India to cast seafood exports net wider

Indian seafood shipments are to attract a 59.7% US tariff, including countervailing and anti-dumping duties

- Vijay C Roy & Dhirendra Kumar

Faced with steep tariff barriers in the United States, India is turning to fresh export markets for its seafood. Union minister for fisheries Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the government is looking at the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, China, Korea, and West Asia to widen the reach for India's seafood exports.

"We have asked them (seafood exporters) to face the current challenge bravely. There are alternative markets available...," Singh said during a press briefing on Monday. "The EU, Japan, South Korea, UK, Russia, Australia, West Asia, South East Asia, and many countries are available for export of Indian seafoods."