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India's marine sector exports rose by 16.18 per cent to USD 4.87 billion during April-October this fiscal mainly on account of healthy growth in non-US markets, including China, Vietnam, Russia, Canada and the UK, according to the commerce ministry data. The exports to the US have been impacted because of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian marine products. An official said that a noteworthy shift in trade patterns in the sector has been witnessed during the period. The United States, traditionally India's largest shrimp market, registered a 7.43 per cent decline in exports to USD 85.47 million. "However, this shortfall was more than compensated by a spectacular rise in shipments to China, Vietnam, Belgium, Japan, Russia, Canada and the UK," the official said. These gains reflect both a diversification in export destinations and a structural shift in global sourcing trends, as buyers in Asia and Europe increasingly turn toward Indian suppliers for consistent quality and competitive ...
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) managing director Karan Adani has said that India's biggest private port operator is focusing on scaling up its marine, logistics and agri-logistics businesses. In an interview with PTI, Adani said that APSEZ, the flagship company of the Adani group, will invest Rs 13,000 crore in Vizhinjam International Seaport in phase 2, which will take this deep-water port's cargo handling capacity from current 1.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) to almost 5 million TEUs by 2028. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2 commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport which was completed at an estimated cost of Rs 8,867 crore. "Within APSEZ, we have three big verticals that we are building on -- marine business, logistics business and agri-logistics business," he said. While pointing out that APSEZ is the the largest operator in the country in marine business, Adani said, "the idea now is to keep scaling that (marine business) business up .
There is a potential to increase exports of food, beverages and marine products to USD 100 billion in the next 4-5 years as huge demand is there for these goods in the global markets, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. Interacting with the food and beverage industry players, the minister also suggested the companies focus on quality, nutrition and sustainability. "I hope to see a 3-digit mark, a USD 100 billion mark, in our food, beverages, marine products and agri exports in the next 4-5 years," Goyal said. He further said this is not an ambitious target and the industry should work together to take the exports to this level. To enhance the quality of production, the government is looking at expanding testing laboratories in the country. The interaction was held on the sidelines of the Indusfood 2025 exhibition in Greater Noida.
Various aspects of India's proposed purchase of 26 naval variant of the Rafale aircraft are likely to be discussed during a two-day visit to New Delhi by Eric Trappier, the chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, the maker of the jet, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Trappier arrives in Delhi on Monday to hold negotiations on the procurement, they said. In July, the defence ministry approved the purchase of the Rafale (marine) jets from France, primarily for deployment on board the indigenously-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will also pay a four-day visit to Italy and France beginning Monday to expand bilateral strategic engagements and explore industrial cooperation for joint development of military hardware. The proposed procurement of the Rafale jets by India is also likely to figure during Singh's talks with his French counterpart, Sebastian Lecornu, in Paris. It is learnt that Trappier is likely to meet Defence Secretary Giri