Vijay Kumar Yaragal, Executive Director, National Fisheries Development Board, discusses major challenges confronting Indian seafood exporters including logistical issues like shortage of containers, expensive flight connectivity, sluggish demand in overseas markets, stiff international competition, and lack of diversification of export markets. Over the last few decades, India has managed to...
Dr Deepankar Sinha, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, cites industry feedback on the shipping crisis, which reveals that empty containers are being shipped to China instead of making them available to Indian exporters. This aspect needs confirmation and further probe. COVID-19 pandemic initiated a slowdown across the world’s logistic systems,...
Container shortages have begun to have a significant impact on export shipments, besides enhancing volatility and causing unprecedented delays. Based on primary inputs from industry on the India-US trade route and academia, this blog explores the genesis, intensity and expected duration of the crisis and how India can avoid such...
Container shortage is proving to be a devastating last mile barrier to India’s robust export growth in recent months. It is important for authorities to manage the immediate issues hampering container availability and also institute a proper overarching regulatory framework for such issues in the long term. Of late, shipping...
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