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Andhra exports 1,530 MT of aqua products
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SME Times News Bureau | 04 Apr, 2020
Despite the overall lull in all economic sectors due to the COVID-19
crisis, the Andhra Pradesh government is sparing no effort to keep its
fisheries and aqua products sector alive. By Friday, the state has
exported 1,530 Metric Tons (MT) of aqua products besides opening up 56
aqua processing units to facilitate exports.
The aqua products
are being exported thorough Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Krishnapatnam
ports with 270 MT shipped on Friday alone.
According to the media
on Friday, state Fisheries and Livestock Development Minister Mopidevi
Venkataramana reiterated that the state government is committed to the
safety and financial interests of the aqua farming sector. He requested
farmers to not believe the fake information being spread on the export
of aqua products.
"I request the shrimp farmers not to go for
distress sale. Any decision or announcement related to the department
will be given only by the officials concerned," he said.
The
Minister said that district-level processing units are now functioning
at Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Prakasam, and
Nellore districts, and nodal officers are appointed to monitor the
situation.
They are directly interacting with farmers, people and
collecting data of workers to ensure that the processing work should
not be halted, he added.
The Minister assured shrimp farmers
that no one would incur losses and that the government would fix the
price and purchase the shrimp for export.
"803 MT of shrimps have
been purchased at the price fixed by the government and the system
would be streamlined in another two days,"he added.
The Covid-19
crisis had put the aqua sector in the state on tenterhooks, but the
government has assured that it would take all measures to protect it.
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