date:Dec 12, 2012
fall of the rupee against the dollar in the past six-seven months.
Exports in the first half of this year were 349,009 tons, valuedat Rs 7.98 billion, equivalent to $1.481 billion. Compared to thecorresponding period of last year, exports declined 6.9% inquantity and 16.6% in dollar earnings. Frozen shrimp continued tobe the major export item, accounting for 55.4% of total dollarearnings. In volume terms, its export decreased one per cent.