US’ Biggest Shrimp Supplier India, Rocked by Tariffs, Seeks New Markets
Shrimp ponds extend as far as the eye can see in Bhimavaram, India’s shrimp export hub in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, but there are uneasy ripples under the surface.
Since US tariffs made shrimp 50 per cent more expensive, shrimp farmers and exporters have been anxious about the future.
Factories usually bustling with workers de-veining, cleaning and freezing shrimp register only a murmur of activity. Most machines and freezers have been switched off.
“We have been working at half the...
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