{"id":52764,"date":"2025-08-08T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52764\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:33:15","slug":"big-blow-to-andhra-pradesh-with-us-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52764\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Blow To Andhra Pradesh With US Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shrimp farmers in Andhra Pradesh appear to be among the first victims of newly imposed Trump tariffs.<\/p>\n

Yes, the major industry of Andhra Pradesh is fishery exports, particularly to the USA.<\/p>\n

With the United States being one of the largest importers of Indian shrimp, the steep duties have created a tough market for Indian exporters.<\/p>\n

Competing nations like Indonesia and Ecuador now enjoy a significant advantage, with tariff rates at just 19% and 15% respectively, compared to India\u2019s much higher rates at 50%.<\/p>\n

This has made Indian shrimp less competitive in terms of pricing, despite the country’s strong presence in global seafood markets.<\/p>\n

Andhra Pradesh, which accounts for a significant portion of India\u2019s shrimp exports, is feeling the brunt.<\/p>\n

Farmers and exporters alike are worried at declining demand, lower prices and rising operational costs.<\/p>\n

Industry experts warn that without immediate policy intervention or renegotiation of tariff terms, India could lose its market share to these emerging competitors.<\/p>\n

The situation poses a serious threat to thousands of livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s coastal farming communities.<\/p>\n

Seeking alternatives to the US market is not easy for fish traders in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n

It takes time to identify and establish new export destinations and meanwhile, they struggle to cope with mounting losses.<\/p>\n

The short shelf life of seafood adds to the urgency and pressure.<\/p>\n

Moreover, finding reliable alternative markets and building a loyal customer base is a challenging and time consuming process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shrimp farmers in Andhra Pradesh appear to be among the first victims of newly imposed Trump tariffs. Yes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[29153,29154,84,1294,1186,56,54,55,1709],"class_list":{"0":"post-52764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-andhra-pradesh","9":"tag-aqua-farmers","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-trump-tariffs","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-us-tariffs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}