SME Times News Bureau | 17 Jul, 2020
European Union has continued to be the third largest
export destination for Indian marine products, informed Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Hardeep Singh Puriin.
In a written reply
in the Lok Sabha, Puriin said European Union (12.96% of export value in USD)
continued to be the third largest export destination for marine products after
USA (34%) and South East Asia (21.7%).
India exported
159274 metric tonnes of marine products worth over Rs 6,000 crore in 2018-19.
Total
exports of India's marine product to global markets amounted to 1356098 metric
tonnes worth over Rs 46085.
European
Union have not placed any procedural ban on export of marine products from
India, he added.