Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) accounts for 48.89 per cent of the country’s total seafood exports in 2025-26, according to information placed before Parliament by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Replying to a Lok Sabha question by MPs Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy and CM Ramesh on the implementation of the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative in Andhra Pradesh, the Ministry, citing data from the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), said the port had accounted for 50.87 per cent of India’s seafood exports in 2024-25.
In 2023-24, marine product exports through Visakhapatnam Port were valued at $ 2.19 billion, out of India’s total seafood exports of $ 7.38 billion, translating to only 29.67 per cent share. The Ministry furnished the details while outlining measures taken to promote products identified under the ODOP programme in Andhra Pradesh.
Visakhapatnam handled the largest share of marine exports, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru Port, while Kochi emerged as the thirdlargest seafood export gateway, accounting for nearly 10% of export earnings.
