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India largest seafood exporter in 2016: FAO
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- Globe fish is the unit within the FAO of United Nation responsible for information and analysis on international fish trade and markets.
- Globefish’s flagship reports cover over 14 of the most major traded seafood commodities, including shrimp, tuna, salmon, small pelagics and other species with detailed statistics.
- According to its latest report, India is the largest sea food exporter in 2016.
- The top five shrimp exporters to the international market in 2016 were India, Vietnam, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Thailand.
- India’s top export markets included the US, Vietnam, the EU and Japan.
- India is the second-largest fish producer in the world after China and accounts for nearly 6% of global fish production
- It was established on 16 October 1945 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity.
- It is a Rome based specialized agency of the United Nations.
- There are a total of 197 members comprising 194 member nations, 1 member organization (European Union) and 2 associate members (Faroe Islands and Tokelau).
- Some of the important key programmes of FAO are Food Security Programmes, Codex Alimentarius, International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) etc.,
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