Dump తాత Tarrifs దెబ్బకి Andhra Aqua farmers already ASSAM Train ఎక్కేసారు

[NotSoBusy]

On 4/8/2025 at 8:31 AM, Joker_007 said:

Bongule.half of the investment came from US.. 

Local janalaki amma kunda dollars ki kakkurthi paddaru…

 

how can you blame them man, supply and demand kada always

[andhra_jp]

Trump’s tariffs could hit north, central India, Andhra Pradesh hardest

Andhra Pradesh’s shrimp farmers, Punjab’s cotton producers, and north India’s manufacturing clusters are among the most exposed

North and central India could be hit hardest by US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, with 5 percent of the region’s exports falling in categories where the US buys more than half of India’s shipments. Even in products where over two-thirds of exports go to the US, the region’s 1.8 percent share is the highest in the country, a Moneycontrol analysis shows.

At the state level, Andhra Pradesh is the most vulnerable. Home to India’s shrimp-exporting hubs, 2.9 percent of the state's exports are in categories where the US buys more than half of the produce and 2.2 percent in categories where the US buys more than two-thirds.

Trump’s tariffs could hit some parts of India far harder than others, leaving certain states more vulnerable to lost revenue, job cuts, and political blowback if the US doubles tariffs on certain Indian goods to 50 percent from August 27.

Several other states display high proportional exposure despite smaller export volumes. Chandigarh tops the list, with 12.3 percent of its exports in the over-50 percent dependence category—all of which also fall into the over-66 percent bracket. The union territory exports medical, surgical, dental, and veterinary instruments.

Andhra Pradesh is most impacted

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Table with 3 columns and 35 rows. Sorted descending by column "% of Exports where US dependence is over 66%" (column headers with buttons are sortable)

	% of Exports where US dependence is over 50%	% of Exports where US dependence is over 66%
Chandigarh	12.3	12.3
Dadra, Daman & Diu	5.2	2.5
Andhra Pradesh	2.9	2.2
Uttar Pradesh	5.0	2.1
Uttarakhand	2.1	2.0
Madhya Pradesh	4.2	1.9
Maharashtra	3.1	1.8
Rajasthan	6.8	1.8
Kerala	3.5	1.5
Nagaland	1.5	1.4
Karnataka	1.3	0.5
Telangana	1.5	0.5
Tamil Nadu	2.3	0.4
Gujarat	1.7	0.3
Tripura	0.3	0.3
West Bengal	0.4	0.3
Assam	0.2	0.1
Delhi	1.9	0.1
Haryana	0.7	0.1
Mizoram	0.2	0.1
Odisha	0.2	0.1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1.8	0.0
Arunachal Pradesh	5.0	0.0
Bihar	0.0	0.0
Chhattisgarh	0.2	0.0
Goa	1.9	0.0
Himachal Pradesh	1.1	0.0
Jammu and Kashmir	0.0	0.0
Jharkhand	0.1	0.0
Lakshadweep	0.0	0.0
Manipur	6.0	0.0
Meghalaya	0.2	0.0
Puducherry	0.0	0.0
Punjab	11.6	0.0
Sikkim	0.0	0.0

Source: Ministry of CommerceCreated with Datawrapper

 

Punjab follows with 11.6 percent of exports in the over-50 percent category, while Rajasthan (6.8 percent), Manipur (6 percent), and Uttar Pradesh (5 percent) also rank among the more exposed.

In the south, Kerala’s reliance on US-bound exports stands at 3.5 percent for the over-50 percent category and 1.5 percent for the over-66 percent category. Tamil Nadu’s corresponding figures are 2.3 percent and 0.4 percent.
The data also highlights concentration in smaller territories such as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, where 5.2 percent of exports fall into the over-50 percent category and 2.5 percent into the higher bracket. Uttarakhand records a similar pattern, at 2.1 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively.

While the proposed tariffs target a wide range of products, their impact will be uneven, falling hardest on states whose export baskets are reliant on US demand. Andhra Pradesh’s shrimp sector, Punjab’s agricultural and cotton exports, and North India’s manufacturing clusters stand among those most at risk if the duties take effect.

[andhra_jp]

Caught in trade war, Andhra’s aquaculture faces collapse 

Over the past four decades, the export-oriented aquaculture in Andhra Pradesh offered sustenance to hundreds of thousands of people from across the country and shored up rural economy. The steep hike in U.S. tariff on Indian goods, however, has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the sector and the lives it supports, writes Rajulapudi Srinivas

As U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on imports from India on August 6, at a tiny village in Andhra Pradesh on the other side of the globe, 35-year-old Sharada Devi was toiling in the biting cold inside a shrimp-processing plant.

Engrossed as she was in the work, a corner of her mind was in overdrive, planning the month ahead: medicines for her sick husband, their children’s college fees, household expenses, repairs and so on, all to be covered by her wages. That day, a typical one in her busy life, she wasn’t aware that a decision half a world away had severed the very roots of her lifeline.

 

Sharada and her family came to Andhra Pradesh from Odisha around 10 years ago, when aquaculture was booming in the State, thanks to a considerable demand for Indian seafood in the West. A shrimp-processing plant employed both Sharada and her husband, providing them with accommodation as well. The two settled into a life around their work and enrolled their children in a local school. Hers was one of the thousands of families who migrated to Andhra Pradesh from across the country in search of work.

Blessed with vast inland waterbodies, the State is home to a large number of shrimp and fish farms, concentrated in the districts of Krishna, West Godavari, East Godavari, Eluru, Nellore, Konaseema and Prakasam. With over 30% share in seafood exports from the country, the State is nicknamed the ‘Aqua Hub of India’. The sector began to grow in the 1980s in West Godavari, when paddy farmers began to switch to aquaculture in search of better profits.

For the past four decades, produce from these farms was exported to the U.S. and Europe and other parts of the globe, earning valuable foreign exchange for the country and sustaining countless families. And now, the 50% U.S. tariff on Indian imports, which came into effect in two phases on August 7 and 27, is threatening to upend their lives.

Field of feverish activity

Aquaculture and its allied industries — seafood export companies, hatcheries, laboratories, ice factories, weighing units, feed factories and packing companies — is labour intensive. Each shrimp or fish tank needs at least two workers, who take turns caring for the crop round the clock. Processing plants, where the shrimps are peeled, cleaned and packaged, run throughout the year and employ workers on daily wages.

Labourers harvesting shrimp from a pond near Gollalakoderu village in West Godavari district. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

Over the past four decades, this demand for labour drew thousands of migrant labourers and technicians from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Assam and other States.

“My entire family depends on my income. I have been working in these fish farms for the past 10 years. My husband used to work, too, until he became sick. Two of our children are about to join college now,“ says Sharada, who work at Kalisipudi village in West Godavari district.

“My entire family depends on my income. I have been working in these fish farms for the past 10 years. My husband used to work, too, until he became sick. Two of our children are about to join college now.”Sharada DeviA worker at a shrimp-processing unit

The labourers tend to settle around the aquaculture industry as farmers and plant managements usually provide them with accommodation. Many also enrol their children in local schools, says 40-year-old Korra Kandru of Odisha, who came to A.P. around 15 years ago and works at a shrimp-processing unit in Krishna district.

Bolt from blue

Aquaculture farmers in the State mostly grow the ‘vannamei’, ‘scampi’ and ‘tiger’ varieties of shrimp and seabass, rohu, catla, tilapia, mrigal, murrel and common carp varieties of fish as well as mud crabs. “I have been doing aquaculture for the past two decades and grow the ‘vannamei’ variety of shrimp in about 25 acres. About 500 workers are engaged in the shrimp and fish tanks,” says Krishnam Raju, a farmer from Akiveedu in West Godavari district.

Shrimps are measured in counts (pieces) per kg such as 80-100 (small ones), 60-80, 40-50 and 20-30 (large ones) per kg. The 20-30 per kg count prawns are exported mostly to the U.S., followed by Thailand, China and Japan. “About 70% of the aquaculture farmers in the State depend on the U.S. market,” says M. Venkat, a shrimp farmer in Bhimavaram.

Workers engaged for peeling shrimp at a processing unit in Tundurru village of West Godavari district. About 500 labourers from different State are engaged for cleaning and processing the stocks in a unit daily. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

As for processing and packaging, most workers are women, who earn around ₹700-₹800 a day. Twenty-five-year-old Laxmi from Srikakulam district has been with a processing plant of an export house at Kalla in Bhimavaram for the past three years. After the U.S. imposed tariff on India, however, she was told to look for another job within the next 15 days. ”My husband works in a fish pond; he, too, got a similar notice. We don’t know what to do; we have children in high school,” she says, worry shadowing her face.

Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park vice-president U. Jogi Anand Varma says that many shrimp-processing units stopped operations owing to the U.S. tariff impact. “About 400 labourers work in Godavari Mega Food Food Park at Tundurru village in West Goavari district. Due to a fall in the arrival of stocks, however, we couldn’t provide employment to at least 150 workers a day,” says Jogi Anand Varma.

Prices nosedive

Aquaculture farmers growing the vannamei variety of shrimp, which is mostly exported to the U.S., incur an input cost of around ₹9 lakh per acre. Lease, preparation of tanks and seed and feed costs make up the largest components of the investment. One crop takes about 100 days to mature and, under favourable conditions, produces around four tonnes of yield. In normal market conditions, this fetches a farmer around ₹12 lakh.

Labourers packing shrimp in trays near Gollalakoderu village in West Godavari district. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

With the U.S. tariff upsetting global trade, however, shrimp prices have plummeted, pushing the farmers into losses. “The 20-count prawn, which used to cost ₹500 earlier a kg, now costs only ₹420,” says V. Srinivas, a farmer in Konaseema district.

According to Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), India exported 17,35,286 tonnes of seafood, valued at ₹63,969.14 crore in 2022-23 to 130 countries and 17,81,602 tonnes worth ₹60,523.89 crore in FY2023-24, of which, Andhra Pradesh contributed about 33%. The exports included shrimp, fish, crabs, lobster, squid and frozen items to about. In FY2023-24, the U.S. accounted for 34.53% of the sea exports from India.

What can be done

Andhra Pradesh State Aquaculture Development Authority (APSADA) vice-chairman Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy, who held a series of meetings with farmers, exporters and other stakeholders in the wake of the U.S. tariff on India coming into effect, says the government was thinking of alternative methods to save the farmers.

The APSADA is planning to establish the Andhra Pradesh Prawn Producers Council (APPPC) to help farmers tide over the crisis. Discussions were held with experts in establishing the council, which aims at supplying quality seed, enhancing marketing for producers and avoiding middlemen, he says

“The APPPC will formulate plans to improve domestic consumption as well. We are planning to increase fish and prawn shipping to Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other States, and stakeholders consultations will be held soon.”

“The APPPC will formulate plans to improve domestic consumption as well. We are planning to increase fish and prawn shipping to Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other States, and stakeholders consultations will be held soon.”Anam Venkata Ramana ReddyVice-chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Aquaculture Development Authority

Farmers will also be encouraged to set up outlets to sell fish, prawn and crabs and ready-to-eat products. The APSADA is planning to use social media platforms to spread awareness among the public on the nutritional value of shrimp, fish and other marine products, says Venkata Ramana.

Uddaraju Kasi Viswanadha Raju, chairman of the Ananda Group, which owns a number of shrimp processing units, hatcheries, brood-stock multiplication centre in Bhimavaram and other places, says aquafarmers should be exempted from income tax and aquaculture should be treated like agriculture in the State. “India should enter into an FTA with Russia and improve exports to Russia and other countries to overcome the situation,” he opined.

Besides the U.S., India exports seafood to China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada, the UAE, Italy, West Asia, Southeast Asia, European Union, Russia and Hong Kong.

Steps should be taken to reduce feed and seed cost and other investment expenses to encourage aquaculture farmers, who help the government boost rural economy by providing employment in villages, adds Viswanadha Raju.

Thousands of jobs at stake

Like Sharada Devi, hundreds of thousands of skilled and semi-skilled workers are employed in the aquaculture sector. “I work in a seafood export firm in West Godavari district. I clean shrimp and grade the stock. About 150 workers are engaged in one shift. As exports have come down, there was no work for us for the past few days,” says Sindhu from West Bengal.

Commissioner of Fisheries Rama Shankar Naik says a meeting has been scheduled with farmers, exporters and cold-storage unit owners to hammer out the path ahead. “The Fisheries Department is focussing on the diversification of aquaculture. Apart from shrimp, farmers can take up farming seabass, murrel, crab and tilapia, which have good demand in the market. The price of seabass is around ₹400 a kg, murrel, ₹500. Moreover, crab can be exported live, but its price varies depending on the size,” says Rama Shankar Naik.

The Commissioner adds that plans are afoot to add fish as menu in education institutions, Anganwadi centres and in various State and Union government departments. Discussions were being held with District Collectors and other officers on organising ‘Fish Food Mela’, ‘Seafood Festival’ and other food exhibitions to spread awareness among the public on the benefits of consuming fish, shrimp and crab.

Seafood Exporters Association of India Andhra Pradesh unit president K. Anand Kumar says the Centre should intervene and announce some package to save the aqua farmers from the crisis. Seconding him is Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation (A.P.-Chambers) president Potluri Bhaskara Rao, who adds that the trade body has written to Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Union Minister for MSME Jitan Ram Manjhi requesting them to address the crisis caused by the U.S. tariff.

[Sucker]

Andhra Aqua meedha gatti ga ne padindhi rod ee Tarrifs. Textiles kuda slow ga bisket. Chudham thatha gaari pantham

[paaparao]

1 hour ago, Sucker said:

Andhra Aqua meedha gatti ga ne padindhi rod ee Tarrifs. Textiles kuda slow ga bisket. Chudham thatha gaari pantham

Yup. Aqua, Textiles, handi crafts baaga impact. also deminimus law teesesadu. so goods worth less than $800 also now need to pay tariffs. so lot of things like garuda, india post, dhl nundi voche all shipments also now goes to tariff bracket.

[Sucker]

43 minutes ago, paaparao said:

Yup. Aqua, Textiles, handi crafts baaga impact. also deminimus law teesesadu. so goods worth less than $800 also now need to pay tariffs. so lot of things like garuda, india post, dhl nundi voche all shipments also now goes to tariff bracket.

Picckles India medicine batch baga ne dhebba ee below $800. 

[Android_Halwa]

State ki CM ani okadu vuntadu….chetakani sannasi…deshalu tirigivastadu capital deisgns kosam…aqua market crisis lanvunte matram desham kaadu kada intlo nundi kuda bayataki raadu…

Chetakani sannasi…

[Joker_007]

bongule .. local market la oka kg ammandi ra kontam ante thega niligaru... ippudu edvandi... 

[Sucker]

10 minutes ago, Joker_007 said:

bongule .. local market la oka kg ammandi ra kontam ante thega niligaru... ippudu edvandi... 

So local 10ngali for Dump. It's Al about your own people not about Jagga or CBN with your vendetta 

[Joker_007]

5 minutes ago, Sucker said:

So local 10ngali for Dump. It's Al about your own people not about Jagga or CBN with your vendetta 

it is not about common sense kaka... 1 year kinda gitla thupili palem vella akkada appudey prawns harvest chestunde.. velli kaka oka box Gada lu ivvu intla dawat undi baguntadi ante.. are adi export quality local la ammedi ledu po.. memu gammuga vachesam.. gippdu evadina sarkarodu sayam cheyyi anala case ayithey 10gutham..

[Sucker]

48 minutes ago, Joker_007 said:

it is not about common sense kaka... 1 year kinda gitla thupili palem vella akkada appudey prawns harvest chestunde.. velli kaka oka box Gada lu ivvu intla dawat undi baguntadi ante.. are adi export quality local la ammedi ledu po.. memu gammuga vachesam.. gippdu evadina sarkarodu sayam cheyyi anala case ayithey 10gutham..

Nee point is fine. But end of the day all about biz and state major like AP will be Assam 

[akkum_bakkum]

7 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

State ki CM ani okadu vuntadu….chetakani sannasi…deshalu tirigivastadu capital deisgns kosam…aqua market crisis lanvunte matram desham kaadu kada intlo nundi kuda bayataki raadu…

Chetakani sannasi…

hayyo hayyoo

[Joker_007]

12 hours ago, Sucker said:

Nee point is fine. But end of the day all about biz and state major like AP will be Assam 

thokkale kaka... Prawns business is not even 4% of states revenue... 

[kevinUsa]

hyd realestate is always ups and downs kada 

[kevinUsa]

13 hours ago, Joker_007 said:

it is not about common sense kaka... 1 year kinda gitla thupili palem vella akkada appudey prawns harvest chestunde.. velli kaka oka box Gada lu ivvu intla dawat undi baguntadi ante.. are adi export quality local la ammedi ledu po.. memu gammuga vachesam.. gippdu evadina sarkarodu sayam cheyyi anala case ayithey 10gutham..

ante local vallaki b grade and export ki a+ grade aaa anna what is this ??

there is nothign wrong in  your point