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Grow your own shrimp seed instead of smugling it from indonesia thenShrimp industry fears domino effect from possible EU India ban
By Neil RamsdenOct. 27, 2017 09:18 GMT
The Indian -- and indeed global -- shrimp sectors are holding their breath while they await a decision from the European Union on whether it will take measures against perceived health risks of Indian shrimp imports, Siam Canadian Group CEO Jim Gulkin told Undercurrent News.
"If there is an outright ban, or other severe restrictions placed that could drastically curtail India shipments to the EU, there will be a domino effect on the industry," he said.
Such an event could lead to several different outcomes, he said.
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One is that India "totally pivots to the US market", and increases sales as much as it possibly can to Vietnam and China too.
"As a result, Thailand and Indonesia would be further squeezed from the US market. Thailand does not have the option of increasing their sales to the EU to pick up some of the slack left by an India ban, due to Thailand’s lack of GSP [generalized scheme of preferences] privileges."
In this scenario Indonesia could potentially pick up some EU business, "but their market in the EU has always been marginal; the factories are mostly not well set up for EU-type production so there would be a limit to what they could gain", Gulkin said.
The net result for both Thailand and Indonesia would be lower sales to the US, with no obvious alternative markets to make up the loss.
"Vietnam would be the net winner in Asia. It already has substantial market share throughout the EU, and it would be easy for it to ramp this up," he predicted; admittedly, speaking before the EU issued its "yellow card" warning to Vietnam over a perceived lack of efforts against illegal fishing.
"Vietnam already struggles in the US market, so new opportunities in the EU would be a net gain, despite increased competition in the US." The potential danger for Vietnam is that the EU restricts imports from there, over concerns that reprocessed Indian raw material could find its way to Europe via Vietnam, he noted.
https://www.undercurrentnews.com/20...ars-domino-effect-from-possible-eu-india-ban/
Can stop laughing wt a self called "largest shrimp exporter", shrimp tech is too low for EU standard ........but their market in the EU has always been marginal; the factories are mostly not well set up for EU-type production so there would be a limit to what they could gain",
True. Seem like only VN shrimp farming tech is good enough to pass all required inspection in Aussie, EU and other rich TPP markets.
Thats because indonesia main shrimp export destination are not EU
https://lokadata.beritagar.id/chart/preview/ekspor-udang-indonesia-menurut-negara-tujuan-1485249607
http://www.fao.org/in-action/globefish/market-reports/resource-detail/en/c/338029/
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