EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS FROM INDIA
(April 2006 – March 2007) 

I.                  EXPORT TREND

Export of marine products from India set an ever time record of 612641 tonnes of value Rs. 8363.53 crore and US Dollar 1852.93million during 2006-07.  The export trend of marine products during the last 5 years is given below.

 EXPORT TREND OF MARINE PRODUCTS
                  Q: Quantity in MT, V: Value Rs. Crore, $: US Dollar in Million

  Year

 

Export

Variation

   (%)

U.V.

2002-03

Q

467297

+42827

+10.09

 
 

V

6881.31

+924.26

+15.52

147.26

 

$

1424.90

+171.55

+13.69

3.05

2003-04

Q

412017

-55280

-11.83

V

6091.95

-789.36

-11.47

147.86

$

1330.76

-94.14

-6.61

3.23

2004-05

Q

461329 49312 11.97

V

6646.69 554.74 9.11 144.08

$

1478.48 147.71 11.10 3.20
2005-06 Q 512164 50835 11.02
V 7245.30 598.61 9.05 141.46
$ 1644.21 165.74 11.21 3.21
2006-07 Q 612641 100478 19.62  
  V 8363.53 1118.23 15.43 136.52
  $ 1852.93 208.72 12.69 3.02

During 2006-07 a total of 475 items were exported to as many as 90 countries.

II.                  ITEM – WISE EXPORT

In terms of export earnings, Frozen Shrimp continued to be the largest export item (54% in Value), followed by Fr. Fish(17%), Cuttlefish(10%), Squid(7%), dried items(2%) etc. as shown below.

MAJOR ITEM WISE EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS FROM INDIA
Q: QUANTIY IN MT, V: IN RS. CRORE, $: US$ IN MILLION, UV$: UNIT VALUE IN US$/KG

ITEMS 

% Share to Total

 

APR-MAR
2006-07
 		APR-MAR
2005-06

   VARIATION

(%)

Frozen Shrimp

 22
53.88
53.84		 Q
V
$
UV$

137397
4506.08
997.64
7.26

 145180
4271.51
970.43
6.68		 -7784
234.57
27.22
0.58		 -5.36
5.49
2.80
8.63

Frozen Fin Fish

44
17.37
17.38		 Q
V
$
UV$ 		270751
1452.88
321.95
1.19		 182344
998.70
225.95
1.24		 88407
454.18
96.02
-0.05		 48.48
45.48
42.50
-4.03

Frozen Cuttle Fish

9
9.53
9.49		 Q
V
$
UV$ 		55701
797.37
175.75
3.16		 49651
549.15
124.48
2.51		 6050
248.22
51.27
0.65		 12.19
45.20
41.19
25.86

Frozen Squid

8
6.80
6.81		 Q
V
$
UV$ 		47252
568.32
126.25
2.67		 52352
575.52
130.49
2.49		 -5101
-7.20
-4.24
0.18		 -9.74
-1.25
-3.25
7.19

Dried items

4
2.19
2.20		 Q
V
$
UV$ 		24293
183.16
40.75
1.68		 14167
132.56
30.03
2.12		 10125
50.60
10.72
-0.44		 71.47
38.17
35.71
-20.85

Live items

0
0.77
0.77		 Q
V
$
UV$ 		2478
64.06
14.22
5.74		 2568
61.71
13.99
5.45		 -90
2.35
0.24
0.29		 -3.50
3.80
1.69
5.40

Chilled items

1
1.40
1.44

Q
V
$
UV$

7200
117.30
26.63
3.70		 5060
81.56
18.40
3.64		 2140
35.74
8.23
0.06		 42.29
43.82
44.72
1.70

Others 

11
8.06
8.08

Q
V
$
UV$

67571
674.35
149.72
2.22		 60841
574.58
130.46
2.14		 6730
99.76
19.26
0.07		 11.06
17.36
14.76
3.33

TOTAL 

100
100
100

Q
V
$
UV$

612641
8363.53
1852.93
3.02		 512164
7245.30
1644.21
3.21		 100478
1118.23
208.72
-0.19		 19.62
15.43
12.69
-5.79

III.                  COUNTRYWISE EXPORTS

Exports were effected to 90 individual countries during the year. Exports to the major group countries are as given below.  Except USA, all other countries increased their import of marine products from India during the year.    

COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS
Q:Quantity in M T, V: Value in Rs. Crore, $: US Dollar Million

COUNTRY

% share   

 

APR-MAR

APR-MAR

VARIATION

%

 

to Total  

 

2006-07

2005-06

 

 

JAPAN

11

Q

67437 59785 7652 12.80

 

16.18

V

1353.38 1155.97 197.42 17.08

 

16.15

$

299.20 262.79 36.41 13.85

USA

7.00

Q

43758 55817 -12059 -21.60

 

16.12

V

1347.80 1639.24 -291.44 -17.78

 

16.03

$

297.08 372.62 -75.54 -20.27

European Union

24.00

Q

149760 136842 12918 9.44

 

33.00

V

2759.92 2134.25 625.67 29.32

 

32.97

$

610.86 484.02 126.84 26.21

CHINA

33.00