Strong shipments were on the back of healthy demand in the US, Japan, South East Asia and the EU, as per data from the Marine Products Export Development Authority
20.63% – jump in shrimp exports during April-January period
$5.64 billion – total seafood exports during first 10 months of this fiscal
42.05% – is the share of frozen shrimps in terms of quantity
4.56 lakh tonne – shrimp exports volume during the period
3.78 lakh tonne – shrimp exports volume during April-January 2017-18
10.85 lakh tonne – total marine cargo handled by Indian ports