Shrimp

The next time you are relishing shrimps in a restaurant in US, Europe or Middle
East there is high probability that those shrimps might well have been exported
from our very own state of Andhra Pradesh.
The Aquaculture/Seafood industry in Andhra Pradesh has grown leaps and
bounds over the past couple of decades with AP becoming the numero uno
exporter of frozen shrimps from India.
Exports in the Frozen Shrimp category have skyrocketed from Andhra Pradesh
with the lions share of exports going to the US followed by Europe, China and
middle east.
During the financial year 2021-22, India exported a total of 13,69,264 MT of
Seafood worth a massive US$ 7.76 Billion. This by the way was an all time high (in
terms of value) that the sector had ever reported.

Frozen shrimp continued to be the major export item. Out of the total USD 7.76
billion exports a whopping USD 5,828.59 Million (i.e. USD 5.8 billion) was frozen
shrimp with a quantity of 7,28,123 MT. These accounted for a share of 53.18% in
terms of quantity and 75.11% of the total USD earnings.
AP continued its dominance in the seafood exports by exporting a whopping
USD 2.72 billion in seafood exports out of the total USD 7.76 billion in FY 22. This
in value terms marked Andhra Pradesh’s share at 35.07% while in quantity terms
it stood at 23.73%. There has been phenomenal growth of the marine products Exports from India
especially from the state of Andhra Pradesh over the last 25 years.
Shrimp Types : Brown Shrip, Black Tiger Shrimp, White Shrimp