International Journal of Social Sciences Citation: ISS: 10(03): 273-280, September 2021 DOI: 10.46852/2249-6637.03.2021.11 How to cite this article: Parthasarathi, G., Hema, K., Sridevi Krishnaveni, T.R., Chandrakumar, M. and Krishnaveni, S.A. (2021). Basic Assessment on the Export Performance of Fish and Fish Products in India. Int. J. Soc. Sci., 10(03): 273-280. Source of Support: None; Conflict of Interest: None Basic Assessment on the Export Performance of Fish and Fish Products in India G. Parthasarathi 1* , K. Hema 2 , T.R. Sridevi Krishnaveni 3 , M. Chandrakumar 4 and S. Anandhak Krishnaveni 5 1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agriculture, TNAU, Tamil Nadu, India 2 College of Fish Nutrition and Food Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3 Department of Agricultural Extension, Institute of Agriculture, TNAU, Tamil Nadu, India 4 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 5 Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding author: sarathykillikulam@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4708-4259) Received: 04-06-2021 Revised: 25-07-2021 Accepted: 02-08-2021 AbstrAct Fishery is an important sector in Indian economy, provides employment to millions of people and ensures the country’s food security. At present India is contributing about 4 per cent share among the major marine capture producing countries in the world. The production quantity of Indian fsh and fsh products through inland and marine has increased over the years due to technological developments in production, captures, processing, distribution, transportation, and storage. This study assesses the export performance at basic level of fsh and fsh products from India. The global and national level data on marine products production, utilization and trade were collected from Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) websites respectively. The results show that production of world fsheries & aquaculture, utilization of world fsheries and aquaculture products by human over the period from 1986 to 2018 has increased and the trade value of the export of fsh at global level during the year 2018 is about 164.1 billion US dollars. China, holds the major share in marine capture production, followed by Peru and Indonesia. In India, Frozen shrimp remained the major export item followed by frozen fsh. At present India is contributing about 4 per cent among the major marine capture producing countries in the world. India export majority of the marine products to United States of America, followed by China, South East Asia and European countries. Among Indian states, Andhra Pradesh is the leading exporter, followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Kerala. Thus, the performance in production of fsh and fsh products export shows an increasing trend at national level. HIGHLIGHTS m The paper analyzes the production and export status of Indian fsheries sector. m The fsh production over the period from 1980-81 to 2019-20 have increased from 24.42 lakh tonnes to 104.37 lakh tonnes respectively. The frozen shrimp and the frozen fsh are the major exportable products from India, which shares 51 per cent and 17 per cent of the total marine exports from India respectively. m The export of frozen shrimp and frozen fsh shows the increasing trend. India exports 26 per cent of the fsh and fsh products to China followed by 24 per cent to United States of America, South East Asia and European countries of its total exports. Keywords: Fish export, Export performance, Growth analysis Fisheries sector is a source of livelihood for around 2.8 crore number of fshers, fsh farmers, fsh workers and fsh vendors at primary level and several crores along the