Marine Exports From India To USA And Japan

The study focuses on the trends of export of marine food products of India to its major importers USA and Japan. Various macro economic factors of the importing countries like GDP, population, unit price of marine product, exchange rate of importing country and total production of marine products in India have been considered. The paper focuses among these factors that constitute of the total demand from importing nations. The results show that the factors like population and exchange rate of the currencies has a positive effect on the export demand and the extent of demand varies significantly in USA and Japan primarily due to different food requirements and the segment of products being exported. The US primarily imports the crustacean and specialty segment whereas the exports from India to Japan are all inclusive in nature.