Export Performance of Chilled Fish from India

Chilled fish is one of the largest export products among chilled items, one of the 12 major export item groups of marine products from India. The export performance of chilled fish in the post liberalisation period 1995-2008 was analysed by studying the graphical trend, percentage contribution, compound growth rate analysis, instability index and direction of trade. The decline of Singapore as the bulk purchaser, the emergence of a number of smaller markets, and the increase in total export quantities were the dominant features of the trade in chilled fish. Growth rate of Singapore in export quantity and export real value was negative and was significant. Growth of Thailand in export quantity and value was moderate and significant. Stability in export quantity was lower for U.A.E., higher for Canada and moderate for Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Considering direction of trade, Thailand showed only a moderate probability (0.3690) of market retention while Singapore had probability of becoming unstable.