Lok Sabha Question No. 2013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Fish Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2013

## ANSWERED ON 03 RD  MARCH, 2020

## FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## 2013. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the assistance provided to fish processing industries in the country especially in Srikakulam;
- (b) whether the industries related to fish processing match international quality standards;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken in this regard;
- (d) the list of countries to which fishery products are exported along with the volume of exports; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to promote export of fishery products?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), under its Central Sector Umbrella SchemePradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), provides financial assistance in the form of grantsin-aid, inter alia, for creation of modern infrastructure and efficient supply chain for facilitating preservation and processing of both Agro and Marine produce including Fishery products. Under schemes of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain), Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (BFL) and Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (Unit) of PMKSY financial assistance  for  processing  and  preservation  and  farm/market  linkages  are  provided  for  all  agro  produce including fish. Under the schemes of Mega Food Parks and Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters of PMKSY  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  creation  of  common  infrastructure  for  processing  and preservation  of  agro  and  marine  produce  including  fish.  These  schemes  of  PMKSY  are  demand-driven and implemented all across the country including in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Srikakulam under it. Under the schemes financial assistance is provided to farmers, entrepreneurs, organizations such as Central and State PSUs/Joint Ventures/Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)/NGOs/Cooperatives/SHGs/ Public and  Private  Companies  etc.  to  set  up  food  processing  industries/projects/units.  Financial  assistance  is provided to the eligible applicant as per the Scheme guidelines and against the Expression of Interest issued by  the  Ministry  from  time  to  time.  The  Marine  Products  Export  Development  Authority  (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry also provides financial assistance to develop infrastructure facilities for production and export of value added marine products.

Assistance  for  fish  processing,  marine  &  seafood  sector  has  been  provided  to  32  Cold  Chain projects, 2 BFL projects and 5 to Unit projects in the country by MoFPI under its Cold Chain, BFL and Unit  Scheme  with  a  total  approved  grants-in-aid  of  Rs.295.56  crore  of  which  Rs.140.01  crore  has  been released.  In  Andhra  Pradesh,  10  Cold  Chain  projects  have  been  approved  with  a  total  grants-in-aid  of Rs.94.05 crore of which Rs.36.68 crore has been released. MPEDA has provided assistance of Rs.21.91 crore to the fish processing units during 2014-15 to 2018-19. No eligible proposals from Srikakulam in fish sector has been received for assistance either in MoFPI or in MPEDA.

(b) & (c): Fish processing units registered with MPEDA and approved by the Export Inspection Council of India  are  compliant  to  the  regulations  as  per  Hazard  analysis  and  Critical  Control  Points  (HACCP) principles. Of the 607 processing plants registered with MPEDA,344approved  by  European  Union  (EU) are compliant as per EU standards.

- (d): The country wise export of fishery products during the last two years is given at Annexure-I.
- (e): The steps taken by MPEDA to promote export of marine products including fishery is given at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2013  FOR ANSWER ON 03 RD  MARCH, 2020 REGARDING 'FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRIES'.

Country-wise Export of Fishery Products during 2017-18 and 2018-19

|       |                     | 2017-18            | 2017-18             | 2017-18                 | 2018-19            | 2018-19             | 2018-19                 |
|-------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl No | Country             | Quantity (in Tons) | Value (in Rs. Lakh) | Value (in USD milli on) | Quantity (in Tons) | Value (in Rs. Lakh) | Value (in USD milli on) |
| 1     | USA                 | 2,47,780           | 14,76,982.99        | 2,320.05                | 2,81,913           | 16,22,000.1 2       | 2,344.43                |
| 2     | VIETNAM             | 4,13,518           | 11,30,119.89        | 1,773.75                | 2,37,114           | 6,87,971.44         | 1,005.65                |
| 3     | CHINA               | 45,385             | 1,00,837.52         | 158.30                  | 2,20,877           | 5,00,982.46         | 715.74                  |
| 4     | JAPAN               | 85,651             | 2,84,630.49         | 445.27                  | 84,080             | 2,91,974.85         | 423.28                  |
| 5     | THAILAND            | 1,27,031           | 1,65,772.93         | 260.12                  | 1,39,729           | 2,26,285.81         | 322.21                  |
| 6     | UAE                 | 28,507             | 1,18,841.82         | 186.68                  | 30,114             | 1,22,652.31         | 177.50                  |
| 7     | SPAIN               | 49,429             | 1,58,478.16         | 248.61                  | 39,133             | 1,17,519.18         | 168.19                  |
| 8     | ITALY               | 30,333             | 1,03,038.23         | 161.81                  | 28,070             | 1,00,248.50         | 144.21                  |
| 9     | U K                 | 20,461             | 1,08,502.08         | 170.00                  | 18,302             | 96,872.99           | 139.54                  |
| 10    | CANADA              | 19,713             | 95,291.09           | 150.09                  | 17,361             | 95,520.37           | 138.89                  |
| 11    | NETHERLANDS         | 18,985             | 82,152.86           | 129.12                  | 18,169             | 80,387.89           | 115.93                  |
| 12    | BELGIUM             | 17,869             | 85,150.83           | 133.74                  | 14,940             | 71,327.71           | 102.95                  |
| 13    | HONG KONG           | 4,315              | 43,965.83           | 69.10                   | 4,643              | 66,293.75           | 95.39                   |
| 14    | RUSSIA              | 17,524             | 51,311.93           | 80.68                   | 14,696             | 54,161.61           | 78.56                   |
| 15    | TAIWAN              | 28,856             | 44,374.23           | 69.69                   | 31,306             | 52,092.24           | 74.58                   |
| 16    | FRANCE              | 13,271             | 51,128.83           | 80.10                   | 11,929             | 48,949.04           | 70.37                   |
| 17    | MALAYSIA            | 24,578             | 36,608.86           | 57.51                   | 19,332             | 38,226.29           | 54.91                   |
| 18    | PORTUGAL            | 14,019             | 44,034.16           | 69.17                   | 11,385             | 37,856.47           | 54.74                   |
| 19    | SINGAPORE           | 7,165              | 23,663.70           | 37.54                   | 7,351              | 25,825.41           | 37.09                   |
| 20    | SOUTH KOREA         | 12,634             | 21,470.09           | 33.73                   | 10,960             | 23,766.25           | 34.26                   |
| 21    | GREECE              | 8,739              | 25,885.85           | 40.69                   | 7,366              | 23,168.97           | 33.50                   |
| 22    | SAUDI ARABIA        | 20,023             | 23,630.15           | 37.11                   | 13,998             | 20,330.78           | 28.85                   |
| 23    | BANGLADESH          | 25,663             | 23,921.84           | 37.47                   | 26,672             | 19,963.02           | 28.66                   |
| 24    | KUWAIT              | 2,298              | 8,860.77            | 13.92                   | 3,998              | 17,885.99           | 25.81                   |
| 25    | LITHUANIA           | 6,595              | 12,046.24           | 18.87                   | 8,639              | 17,376.58           | 25.04                   |
| 26    | GERMANY             | 4,970              | 22,573.33           | 35.45                   | 4,038              | 17,100.15           | 24.68                   |
| 27    | TUNISIA             | 17,576             | 16,194.99           | 25.47                   | 18,738             | 16,692.27           | 23.94                   |
| 28    | QATAR/DOHA          | 4,756              | 14,021.60           | 22.03                   | 4,255              | 13,222.41           | 19.24                   |
| 29    | SOUTH AFRICA        | 2,246              | 7,760.62            | 12.19                   | 3,789              | 12,655.65           | 18.31                   |
| 30    | REUNION             | 2,099              | 9,816.61            | 15.41                   | 2,556              | 12,074.32           | 17.54                   |
| 31    | DOMINICAN RE PUBLIC | 3,145              | 10,499.73           | 16.50                   | 3,817              | 11,279.66           | 16.44                   |
| 32    | SRI LANKA           | 6,677              | 9,602.24            | 15.09                   | 7,243              | 11,241.26           | 16.22                   |
| 33    | TURKEY              | 3,317              | 9,852.03            | 15.46                   | 3,765              | 9,808.03            | 14.21                   |
| 34    | MAURITIUS           | 1,884              | 7,990.09            | 12.54                   | 2,080              | 8,623.13            | 12.41                   |
| 35    | BAHRAIN ISLA ND     | 834                | 3,352.43            | 5.28                    | 1,683              | 7,194.90            | 10.64                   |
| 36    | MALDIVE ISLA NDS    | 575                | 3,885.60            | 6.11                    | 615                | 6,653.41            | 9.58                    |
| 37    | ALGERIA             | 2,786              | 4,951.13            | 7.76                    | 3,398              | 5,705.80            | 8.34                    |
| 38    | OMAN/MUSCAT         | 1,858              | 5,023.00            | 7.88                    | 1,793              | 5,536.87            | 7.96                    |
| 39    | LEBANON             | 1,221              | 4,765.61            | 7.48                    | 1,231              | 5,315.05            |                         |
|       |                     |                    |                     |                         |                    |                     | 7.68                    |
| 40    | CAMEROON            | 117                | 111.96              | 0.18                    | 7,295              | 5,304.78            | 7.51                    |
| 41 42 | POLAND AUSTRALIA    | 1,021 5,071        | 4,554.50 6,648.61   | 7.18 10.46              | 918 3,014          | 4,435.35 4,239.43   | 6.39 6.09               |

| 43    | DENMARK                    | 2,654   | 6,865.20        | 10.72     | 800     | 3,511.69      | 5.05      |
|-------|----------------------------|---------|-----------------|-----------|---------|---------------|-----------|
| 44    | ISRAEL                     | 1,230   | 4,091.99        | 6.42      | 698     | 2,758.50      | 3.97      |
| 45    | NEW ZEALAND                | 375     | 1,523.99        | 2.39      | 558     | 2,592.65      | 3.73      |
| 46    | CYPRUS                     | 717     | 2,109.43        | 3.31      | 747     | 2,415.61      | 3.47      |
| 47    | IRAN                       | 881     | 981.88          | 1.54      | 2,011   | 2,148.97      | 3.41      |
| 48    | IRELAND                    | 363     | 2,171.47        | 3.42      | 380     | 2,212.50      | 3.19      |
| 49    | PUERTORICO                 | 154     | 961.06          | 1.51      | 277     | 1,817.58      | 2.57      |
| 50    | NAMIBIA                    | 73      | 205.67          | 0.32      | 380     | 1,610.77      | 2.25      |
| 51    | FIJI ISLAND                | 425     | 982.76          | 1.53      | 613     | 1,501.56      | 2.17      |
| 52    | CHILE                      | 8,373   | 7,490.04        | 11.82     | 1,473   | 1,293.68      | 1.86      |
| 53    | MEXICO                     | 535     | 1,921.80        | 3.01      | 1,585   | 1,097.91      | 1.60      |
| 54    | CONGO                      | 746     | 355.69          | 0.56      | 1,963   | 1,119.64      | 1.59      |
| 55    | AUSTRIA                    | 170     | 561.54          | 0.88      | 304     | 950.93        | 1.39      |
| 56    | SEYCHELLES                 | 60      | 465.19          | 0.73      | 380     | 811.54        | 1.18      |
| 57    | INDONESIA                  | 2,162   | 1,899.26        | 2.98      | 432     | 806.15        | 1.17      |
| 58    | UKRAINE                    | 145     | 696.16          | 1.09      | 212     | 818.17        | 1.17      |
| 59    | MARTINIQUE                 | 205     | 803.02          | 1.26      | 145     | 763.97        | 1.12      |
| 60    | LIBYA                      | 188     | 348.02          | 0.55      | 213     | 706.57        | 1.02      |
| 61    | KAZAKISTAN                 | 18      | 85.29           | 0.13      | 175     | 659.56        | 0.94      |
| 62    | SWITZERLAND                | 153     | 651.25          | 1.03      | 158     | 608.07        | 0.88      |
| 63    | NORWAY/OSLO                | 72      | 296.31          | 0.47      | 210     | 584.41        | 0.84      |
| 64    | JAMAICA                    | 0       | 0.00            | 0.00      | 111     | 588.03        | 0.83      |
| 65    | MOROCCO                    | 1,849   | 2,000.11        | 3.15      | 457     | 543.04        | 0.83      |
| 66    | ANGOLA (LUA NDA)           | 128     | 107.76          | 0.17      | 692     | 550.20        | 0.78      |
| 67    | BRUNEI                     | 144     | 578.76          | 0.91      | 130     | 521.77        | 0.75      |
| 68    | MOZAMBIQUE                 | 188     | 90.72           | 0.14      | 808     | 501.34        | 0.72      |
| 69    | GUINEA (WEST AFRICA)       | 163     | 320.79          | 0.50      | 295     | 505.75        | 0.72      |
| 70    | WEST INDIES BENIN REPUBLI  | 84      | 471.63          | 0.74      | 91 297  | 497.84        | 0.72      |
| 71    | C                          | 177     | 368.68          | 0.58 0.13 |         | 465.20        | 0.68      |
| 72    | EGYPT                      | 122     | 81.88           |           | 174     | 459.60 462.46 | 0.67      |
| 73    | SWEDEN IRAQ                | 420 514 | 1,381.66 878.94 | 2.17      | 169 308 | 399.21        | 0.67 0.57 |
| 74 75 |                            |         |                 | 1.38      |         | 379.56        |           |
| 76    | JORDAN                     | 95 594  | 427.09          | 0.67      | 137     | 371.04        | 0.55 0.53 |
| 77    | PHILIPPINES BELARUS        | 700     | 421.19 1,084.80 | 0.66 1.71 | 463 113 | 380.09        | 0.53      |
| 78    | URUGUAY                    | 61      | 249.92          | 0.39      | 72      | 310.67        | 0.46      |
| 79    | SLOVENIA                   | 159     | 421.74          | 0.66      | 121     | 299.53        | 0.43      |
| 80    | ARUBA                      | 19      | 148.08          | 0.23      | 34      | 267.61        | 0.41      |
| 81    | PERU                       | 198     | 333.08          | 0.53      | 260     | 272.54        | 0.39      |
| 82    | MYANMAR                    | 24      | 117.56          | 0.18      | 139     | 237.45        | 0.34      |
| 83    | IVORY COAST                | 168     | 180.79          | 0.28      | 231     | 237.34        | 0.34      |
| 84    | ALBANIA                    | 242     | 668.80          | 1.05      | 70      | 222.11        | 0.33      |
| 85    | HONDURAS                   | 0       | 0.00            | 0.00      | 10      | 229.98        | 0.33      |
| 86    | KENYA                      | 67      | 58.91           | 0.09      | 244     | 211.33        | 0.31      |
| 87    | SENAGAL/DAK AR (W. AFRICA) | 83      | 177.64          | 0.28      | 150     | 203.96        |           |
|       |                            |         |                 |           |         |               | 0.29      |
| 88    | MALTA                      | 33      | 99.27           | 0.16      | 65      | 196.33        | 0.28      |
| 89    | CROATIA                    | 43      | 126.96          | 0.20      | 56      | 177.41        | 0.26      |
| 91    | NEPAL                      | 0       | 0.00            | 0.00      | 47      | 177.05        | 0.25      |
| 92    |                            |         |                 |           |         | 148.29        | 0.21      |
|       | ROMANIA                    | 10      | 43.94           | 0.07      | 41      |               |           |
| 93    | GAMBIA                     | 40      | 50.05           | 0.07      | 80      | 148.32        | 0.21 0.19 |
| 94    | GABON                      | 62      | 151.08          | 0.24      | 46      | 130.31        |           |
| 95 96 | PAKISTAN COLOMBIA          | 1 27    | 0.72 45.10      | 0.00 0.07 | 49 104  | 123.03 117.03 | 0.18 0.17 |

| 97   | GHANA               | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 41        | 114.78        | 0.17     |
|------|---------------------|-----------|--------------|----------|-----------|---------------|----------|
| 98   | YEMEN               | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 7         | 108.97        | 0.15     |
| 99   | REPUBLIC OF P ANAMA | 113       | 346.90       | 0.55     | 17        | 83.24         | 0.13     |
| 100  | DJIBOUTI            | 37        | 164.19       | 0.26     | 20        | 89.53         | 0.13     |
| 101  | TRINIDAD&TO BAGO    | 27        | 133.06       | 0.21     | 16        | 86.91         | 0.13     |
| 102  | GEORGIA             | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 18        | 83.89         | 0.11     |
| 103  | TANZANIA            | 40        | 65.60        | 0.10     | 40        | 64.22         | 0.10     |
| 104  | TOGO                | 20        | 48.10        | 0.07     | 46        | 55.12         | 0.08     |
| 105  | LIBERIA             | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 80        | 43.53         | 0.06     |
| 106  | BRAZIL              | 9         | 18.97        | 0.03     | 49        | 44.02         | 0.06     |
| 107  | NIGERIA             | 119       | 288.65       | 0.45     | 20        | 34.62         | 0.05     |
| 108  | CAMBODIA            | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 9         | 26.75         | 0.04     |
| 109  | VENEZUELA           | 26        | 29.48        | 0.05     | 24        | 25.40         | 0.04     |
| 110  | MADAGASCAR          | 60        | 43.54        | 0.07     | 20        | 15.20         | 0.02     |
| 111  | SUDAN               | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 1         | 16.73         | 0.02     |
| 112  | ZIMBABWE            | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 13        | 10.29         | 0.01     |
| 113  | CZECH REPUBL IC     | 0         | 1.87         | 0.00     | 0         | 5.04          | 0.01     |
| 114  | ETHIOPIA            | 0         | 3.57         | 0.01     | 0         | 3.82          | 0.01     |
| 115  | UGANDA              | 0         | 0.00         | 0.00     | 1         | 2.21          | 0.00     |
| 116  | MALI                | 60        | 174.37       | 0.27     | 0         | 0.00          | 0.00     |
| 117  | HUNGARY             | 2         | 42.80        | 0.07     | 0         | 0.00          | 0.00     |
| 118  | MACEDONIA           | 21        | 81.09        | 0.13     | 0         | 0.00          | 0.00     |
| 119  | ESTONIA             | 16        | 84.97        | 0.14     | 0         | 0.00          | 0.00     |
| 120  | SYRIA               | 3         | 34.61        | 0.05     | 0         | 0.00          | 0.00     |
|      | ** Grand Total * *  | 13,77,244 | 45,10,689.12 | 7,081.55 | 13,92,559 | 46,58,937.4 4 | 6,728.51 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION  NO.2013  FOR  ANSWER  ON  03 RD   MARCH,  2020  REGARDING  'FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRIES'.

## Steps taken by MPEDA to Promote Export of Marine Products Including Fishery Products

1.  MPEDA is providing financial assistance to develop infrastructure facilities for production and export  of  value  added  marine  products.  MPEDA  organizes  hands  on  training  programme  on seafood value addition with the help of experts to skill the workforce in seafood processing units, to increase the production of value added products and export revenue thereby.
2. MPEDA  participates  in  major  International  Seafood  expositions  with  the  approval  of  the Ministry of Commerce & Industry along with seafood exporters to promote Indian seafood.   The enquiries  received    are    disseminated    among    the    seafood  exporters  in  order  to  transform  the same  into  business  orders.  MPEDA  organizes  International  fairs  in  India  such  as  'India International Seafood Show' and 'Aqua Aquaria India" to promote Brand India globally.
3. Trade delegations to selected markets are also organized with an aim to enhance trade, resolve trade/quality issues and to develop a better trade relationship. Buyer seller meets and Brand Indian seafood campaigns are also organized. Indian Seafood exports are also promoted through the social media and advertisements in National/International magazines/digital media. Besides, SPS / TBT and other issues are taken up through Ministry on a regular basis to be lead to logical conclusions for the benefit of trade.
4. Shrimp is the principal commodity among the marine products exported from India. Through the efforts taken by MPEDA, export oriented aquaculture production of the country has touched 7.00  lakh  MT  during  the  last  two  years  consecutively.  Since  introduction  of  exotic  species, Litopenaeus vannamei in commercial aquaculture production in India, cultured shrimp production increases year by year and now our country is the largest producer of shrimp through aquaculture in the world. It also plays a key role in the development of aquaculture capacity building by extending trainings, awareness and demonstration programmes among the stakeholders. The fishers are also empowered by MPEDA by conducting awareness campaigns on adopting hygienic practices in the fishing and also on proper preservation of fish to enhance the commercial value of fish. Actions taken  to  upgrade  the  infrastructure  facilities  in  25  major  fishing  harbours  of  the  country  to international standards.
5. Rajiv  Gandhi  Centre  for  Aquaculture,  a  society  under  MPEDA  is  developing  viable  culture technologies for diversified species such as GIFT, Sea bass, Cobia,  Pompano, Mud Crab etc and producing   and    supplying    quality    seeds of these species to the aqua farmers for boosting aquaculture production. It also has established and operates the one and only Aquatic Quarantine facility at Chennai that helps in the import of the brood stock of exotic vannamei shrimp species, the most important species of shrimp farmed in India now.
6.  National  Centre  for  Sustainable  Aquaculture,  another  society  of  MPEDA focuses  on  the development  of  cluster  farming  in  the  maritime  states  of  the  country.  It  helps  to  make  Shrimp Farmers Welfare Societies on  village  basis to augment the culture and productivity in the culture areas especially of shrimp. MPEDA is providing financial assistance to these aqua farmer societies to  develop  infrastructure facilities.
7. MPEDA operates 4 Quality Control Labs to monitor and test various residues in seafood such as  antibiotic  residues,  heavy  metals,  pesticides  etc.  11  Enzyme-linked  Immunosorbent  Assay (ELISA) Labs) are operated for Pre-Harvest Testing of farmed shrimps to ensure that the exported shrimps  are  free  from  antibiotics.  Residue  monitoring  programmes  such  as  National  Residue Control Plan (NRCP), Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level (MPRNL), Monitoring of radio nuclides in fishes etc are also being done in the interest of  trade.