date:Apr 08, 2014
from India last year, mainly for re-export.
Rise in local demand in Korea also caused warming up of global prices, said Anwar Hashim, leading exporter and former president of Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI).
Spread of EMS also caused shrimp prices to increase across the world and this in turn helped the steep rise in earnings, he added.
However, USA was the largest market for Indian shrimps in dollar terms as the country imported 51.24% of the total Indian shrimp exports. This w