Indian Prawn Farmers Seek Cut in Import Duty for Aquaculture Inputs
Demand comes on the heels of the US imposing reciprocal tariffs on shrimp exports
Prawn farmers have urged the Centre to remove import duties on essential aquaculture inputs, including brood-stock and hatchery feeds in the face of US reciprocal tariff on shrimp exports.
The Prawn Farmers Federation of India said nearly 100 per cent of the brood-stock used in shrimp farming was imported from the US along with significant quantities of hatchery feeds, pre-mixes and artemia.
Federation President IPR Mohan Raju pointed out that the 26...
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