Indian shrimp exporters keep their fingers crossed as the United States begins to begin their review of anti -dumping and compensatory tasks in shrimp next month, and seek government intervention to help ensure relief in the midst of a hard global competition, industry experts.
Exporters said that the United States formula to calculate thesis tasks is incorrect, and that the Indian government should address the problems with them bilaterally, since national merchants face a hard competition of the market of Ecuador and Vietnam.
“The US authorities consider Rodtep’s inconvenience schemes and duty of India as incentive schemes, which is not the case. Both are only service reimbursement schemes fulfilled by the WTO”, seafood exporter based in Kolkata and Megaa Yogta.
He added that he uses a ‘zero’ method to impose his anti -dumping duty on shrimp, which is not correct and must look again, since he distorts the calculation of the discharge margin.
He said the exhibitors are worried and that the government should support them by reintroducing the transport and marketing assistance scheme (TMA).
Through this, the United States is not making a fair comparison between the export price and the normal value, which leads to distorted discharge margins.
Besids thesis duties, Indian shrimp exporters face a 10 percent basal rate imposed by the United States on April 2. Giving great relief, the United States has suspended the addition of 26 percent duty in India.
Currently, Indian shrimp exports to the US. UU. Face an effective customs duty or 17.7 percent, including 5.77 percent in compensatory and 1.8 percent tasks in anti -dumping dresses.
The Secretary General of the Association of Mariscos Exporters of India, KN Raghavan, has recently urged the Government to concentrate on a “level of level play” for seafood exports of the country that make the next commercial conversations before the expire pause.
Another exporter said that Ecuador is the largest competitor in India in the sector, since it faces lower duties and enjoys a great advantage in shipping due to its proximity to the US market.
The exhibition based in Odisha, Rajen Padhi, said that anti -dumping duty has been in force for two decades, and it is time for the United States to establish a uniform rate for India.
“As By An International Agreement, no Taxes Should Be exported. So now can convince the us that the Rodtep (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) Scheme is not an incentive scheme scheme as we have a mechanism in place to do Said Paddor, “Said Padd,” Said Padd, “Said Padd,” Said Padd, “Said,
The United States is the largest market for the national shrimp industry. From the total shrimp exports of India, the country sends 40 percent to the United States.
Ecuador and Indonesia are the main competitors of national exporters in the US market.
There are about 1 Lakh of shrimp farms in India, which are in Andhra Pradesh.
The export of the duration of the frozen shrimp 2023-24 was 7.16.004 tons. The United States imported 2,97,571 tons last fiscal year, followed by China (1,48,483 tons), the European Union (89,697 tons) and Japan (35,906 tons).
Posted on April 17, 2025