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India continues to increase production of black tiger shrimp
(INDIA, 3/13/2023)
Ravi Yellanki, Chairman of the Indian Shrimp Farmers Association, said as India continues to promote production of black tiger shrimp, the price gap between large and small size shrimp is widening.
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Farmers raising black tiger shrimp with larger sizes (10-16 heads) will make a profit. Farming of smaller sized black tiger shrimp (18-30) is not effective mainly due to the high price of spat. For example, the price of size 20 black tiger shrimp seed is INR 100/kg, and the same size white shrimp seed is INR 40-45/kg if the survival rate is low.
To solve the problem, Yellanki believes that India must drastically increase the supply of disease-free broodstock, including through additional imports and increasing the number of broodstock breeding centers.
Willem Van der Pijl, founder of Shrimp Insights, also warned that any reduction in average size would put the price of black tiger shrimp in direct competition with vannamei.
If he looks at the market, the competitive point of black tiger shrimp comes mainly from size. The size that the vannamei shrimp does not have will be the advantage of the black tiger shrimp.
Although the black tiger shrimp has a more beautiful texture and appearance, the factor that most interests American and European consumers is the price. Therefore, if they are going to breed shrimp with a smaller size, 21-26 shrimp, producers are going to have to have a lot of competition.
Even so, Nelanki is optimistic about the future potential for black tiger shrimp to compete with vannamei shrimp. If the spat price is reduced, surely black tiger shrimp can save costs like vannamei because black tiger shrimp has the ability to outperform white dung and EHP.
India aims to export 65,000 tonnes of black tiger shrimp in 2023
Every year is a new milestone for India's burgeoning black tiger shrimp farming industry since it received its first source of pathogen-free (SPF) broodstock in 2020. Ravi Yellanki, President of Society of Aquaculture Professionals, said that if all goes well to plan, India could almost double its exports by 2023.
In total, India will produce some 43,000 tonnes of black tiger shrimp by 2022, 28,000 tonnes from new semi-intensive farms and 15,000 tonnes from traditional farms. Of which, about 31,000 tons of shrimp are for export, the actual export amount is 21,000 tons, so about 10,000 tons are stored in cold storage.
In 2023, shrimp production is expected to reach 50,000 tons thanks to the improvement of 11 hatcheries. Moana has launched a broodstock breeding center that can produce around 10,000 PL a year by 2023. The Indian government has also allowed the importation of broodstock from Southeast Asia.
"Therefore, it is estimated that there will be more than 50,000 tons of semi-intensive farming shrimp and 15,000 tons of traditional production. India can export about 65,000-70,000 tons of shrimps,” Yellanki concluded.
Shrimp Insights data shows that most of last year's increased production was exported to Northern Europe, specifically Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The mainland is set to become the largest export market for Indian black tiger shrimp by 2022, with a total of 6,489 tonnes of raw product.
By Thuy Linh / Vasep
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