(a) the details of India’s seafood exports during the last three years and the current year;
(b) whether it is true that there is increasing demand for India’s seafood from other countries;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether there is a growth of 13.7% in quantity and 10.1% in value, if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether it is a fact that researchers in 2019 India’s seafood exports will grow at 17 to 18% clearly showing a demand for Indian products, if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)
(a) to (e): The quantum, value along with annual growth of the major group of seafood exported from India from 2016-17 to 2018-19, and the latest available data for the month of April of the current year is as under:
Value of India''s Export of Seafood (in US$ million)
HS
Code
Commodity 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 (April 2019)
03 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTABRATES. 5501.05 6,850.91 6,256.57 429.67
Annual Growth 22.6% 24.5% -8.7% --
Quantity of India’s Export of Seafood (in thousand tons)
HS
Code Commodity 2016-2017 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 (April 2019)
03 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTABRATES. 1023.62 1283.04 1279.72 98.40
Annual Growth (%) 23.3% 25.3% -0.3% --
Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics
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