The recent tariff imposed by US on Indian goods has directly affected 62 seafood processing entrepreneurs and indirectly impacted 25,000 prawn farmers of Odisha, a state minister said Wednesday.

While replying to a written query by BJD legislator Tusharkanti Behera in the Assembly, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said export of fish, prawn and other marine products has been partly affected, due to the additional tariff.

A steep 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, except certain categories, entering the United States took effect last month.

“About 24.5 per cent of marine products exported from Odisha go to the US,” Mallik said.

The minister said that the Centre, in consultation with states, is taking steps to create alternative markets – Japan, Sou

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