Overview
- India reappears on the EU’s revised draft list for aquaculture exporters, which the Commission posted Tuesday, the Commerce Ministry said Thursday.
- The update follows EU rules that bar the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and those reserved for people, and it requires exporting countries to give guarantees under Delegated Regulation 2023/905.
- The listing still needs formal adoption by the European Commission, which would secure shipments beyond September 2026 after an earlier EU rule had left India off the authorized list.
- The EU was India’s third-largest seafood market in 2025–26 at $1.59 billion, with export value up 41.45% and volume up 38.29%, led by farmed shrimp.
- India’s regulators strengthened residue testing and traceability through the National Residue Control Programme, post-harvest testing, antibiotic surveillance, and awareness drives run by MPEDA and the Export Inspection Council.