EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS FROM INDIA

Current Affairs Trade: The total marine product exports from the country in 2009-10 is as below:

The exports to the Euro market, USA and Japan during 2009-10 are as below:

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is making efforts to find new markets for Indian marine products. For the purpose, it is participating in the major international seafood trade fairs. Indian marine products are showcased in these trade fairs for their variety and quality with a view to introduce our products to the new traders who visit these fairs and to establish new trade contacts in new markets. MPEDA also regularly mounts trade delegations and official delegations to new regions with the objective of tapping potential for export of our marine products to the countries in those regions. MPEDA publishes list of exporters on its website and passes on the valuable trade enquiries received by it to the exporters in Indiathrough trade associations. India exported marine products to 99 countries in 2009-10 as against 91 countries in the year 2006-07. Finding new markets for Indian Products through broadening and deepening our presence in world markets is a continuous and ongoing process and hence no specific target for finding new markets has been fixed for 2010-11.

MPEDA is focusing only on its core area of export promotion of marine products. It is continuously taking several measures to boost exports by implementing a number of schemes which include sea-freight assistance scheme for import of raw material for value addition and re-export, developmental assistance for export of ornamental fish and assistance for technology up gradation for processing of marine products.

Further, MPEDA is regularly disseminating the trade enquiries received to the trade members and facilitating interaction of sellers/buyers through its Trade Promotion Offices in Japan and New York to develop new tie-ups between exporters and buyers.