India exported 71,564 MT of shrimp in May 2026, the highest monthly volume of the year so far. However, exports remained 9% below May 2025. Export value reached $476 million, also the highest monthly total of 2026, but declined 13% year-on-year. During the first five months of 2026, India exported 294,771 MT of shrimp, down 2% year-on-year. Cumulative export value fell 6% to $1.99 billion.
Products
Raw L. vannamei exports reached 58,793 MT in May, the highest monthly volume of 2026, but remained 11% below May 2025. January–May shipments totaled 230,791 MT, down 3% year-on-year.
Value-added shrimp exports reached 7,265 MT in May, also the highest monthly volume of the year, and were just 1% below May 2025. Cumulative exports declined 6% to 28,712 MT.
Wild-caught shrimp exports fell 11% in May to 3,780 MT. During the first five months of the year, exports totaled 23,846 MT, down 3%.
Raw P. monodon continued to record strong growth. May exports increased 30% to 1,726 MT, while cumulative shipments rose 48% to 11,421 MT.
Markets
The US remained India’s largest shrimp market. Exports reached 29,055 MT in May, the highest monthly volume of 2026, but while April exports were at par with 2025, May exports were 12% below last year. January–May shipments declined 19% to 102,126 MT.
Exports to China reached 13,813 MT in May, also the highest monthly volume of the year, but did for the first time in 2025 not increase year-on-year. Exports to China fell 20% year-on-year. Despite the May decline, cumulative exports remained 23% higher at 59,947 MT.
After a strong start of the year with year-on-year growth in January and February, exports to the EU dropped year-on-year for the third consecutive month. India exported 6,481 MT of shrimp to the EU-27 in May, down 21% year-on-year. January–May exports remained 3% above last year at 40,680 MT.
Exports to Vietnam increased 11% in May to 7,519 MT. Cumulative shipments rose 9% to 27,341 MT. Exports to Japan reached 3,203 MT in May, up 2% year-on-year. January–May shipments increased 7% to 14,025 MT.
Byte in Numbers
Total Shrimp Exports (HS 030617, HS 160521, HS 160529)
- Volume:
- Jun: 74,405 MT = +12% YoY
- Jul: 75,508 MT = +8% YoY
- Aug: 61,842 MT = -1% YoY
- Sep: 70,121 MT = +18% YoY
- Oct: 75,085 MT = +6% YoY
- Nov: 76,616 MT = +13% YoY
- Dec: 61,781 MT = -9% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 796,374 MT = +9% YoY
- Jan 2026: 50,564 MT = +3% YoY
- Feb: 50,528 MT = +4% YoY
- Mar: 63,475 MT = -5% YoY
- Apr: 58,639 MT = +1% YoY
- May: 71,564 MT = -9% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 294,771 MT = -2% YoY
- Value:
- Jun: $513 million = +20% YoY
- Jul: $533 million = +16% YoY
- Aug: $440 million = +3% YoY
- Sep: $508 million = +21% YoY
- Oct: $569 million = +13% YoY
- Nov: $543 million = +11% YoY
- Dec: $437 million = -12% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: $5,664 million = +14% YoY
- Jan 2026: $347 million = -2% YoY
- Feb: $339 million = -3% YoY
- Mar: $430 million = -9% YoY
- Apr: $399 million = -1% YoY
- May: $476 million = -13% YoY
- 2026 YTD: $1,990 million = -6% YoY
Products
- Raw L. Vannamei:
- Jun: 63,133 MT = +12% YoY
- Jul: 61,609 MT = +7% YoY
- Aug: 44,932 MT = -5% YoY
- Sep: 47,383 MT = +14% YoY
- Oct: 52,115 MT = +7% YoY
- Nov: 54,985 MT = +11% YoY
- Dec: 43,584 MT = -13% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 605,966 MT = +7% YoY
- Jan 2026: 36,765 MT = +3% YoY
- Feb: 38,466 MT = +7% YoY
- Mar: 50,068 MT = -6% YoY
- Apr: 46,698 MT = -1% YoY
- May: 58,793 MT = -11% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 230,791 MT = -3% YoY
- Value-Added:
- Jun: 6,787 MT = +33% YoY
- Jul: 7,012 MT = +17% YoY
- Aug: 5,403 MT = -10% YoY
- Sep: 6,486 MT = +7% YoY
- Oct: 7,033 MT = -4% YoY
- Nov: 7,077 MT = -1% YoY
- Dec: 6,020 MT = -15% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 76,389 MT = +14% YoY
- Jan 2026: 4,664 MT = -17% YoY
- Feb: 4,335 MT = -29% YoY
- Mar: 6,566 MT = -0% YoY
- Apr: 5,882 MT = +19% YoY
- May: 7,265 MT = -1% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 28,712 MT = -6% YoY
- Wild-Caught:
- Jun: 3,444 MT = -1% YoY
- Jul: 3,930 MT = -18% YoY
- Aug: 4,669 MT = -16% YoY
- Sep: 4,780 MT = -10% YoY
- Oct: 5,575 MT = -12% YoY
- Nov: 5,185 MT = -7% YoY
- Dec: 5,355 MT = -9% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 57,431 MT = -4% YoY
- Jan 2026: 5,465 MT = +5% YoY
- Feb: 5,240 MT = +4% YoY
- Mar: 4,863 MT = -14% YoY
- Apr: 4,499 MT = +4% YoY
- May: 3,780 MT = -11% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 23,846 MT = -3% YoY
- Raw P. Monodon:
- Jun: 1,042 MT = -26% YoY
- Jul: 2,958 MT = +99% YoY
- Aug: 6,839 MT = +83% YoY
- Sep: 11,471 MT = +85% YoY
- Oct: 10,361 MT = +25% YoY
- Nov: 9,369 MT = +73% YoY
- Dec: 6,822 MT = +43% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 56,587 MT = +36% YoY
- Jan 2026: 3,670 MT = +51% YoY
- Feb: 2,487 MT = +95% YoY
- Mar: 1,978 MT = +34% YoY
- Apr: 1,560 MT = +27% YoY
- May: 1,726 MT = +30% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 11,421 MT = +48% YoY
Top Five Markets
- USA:
- Jun: 26,693 MT = +5% YoY
- Jul: 27,578 MT = -9% YoY
- Aug: 16,587 MT = -42% YoY
- Sep: 17,610 MT = -33% YoY
- Oct: 21,405 MT = -26% YoY
- Nov: 22,257 MT = -18% YoY
- Dec: 17,599 MT = -37% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 276,348 MT = -9% YoY
- Jan 2026: 13,888 MT = -36% YoY
- Feb: 13,226 MT = -40% YoY
- Mar: 23,134 MT = -14% YoY
- Apr: 22,824 MT = +0% YoY
- May: 29,055 MT = -12% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 102,126 MT = -19% YoY
- China:
- Jun: 16,187 MT = -5% YoY
- Jul: 12,092 MT = +5% YoY
- Aug: 12,190 MT = +33% YoY
- Sep: 15,337 MT = +76% YoY
- Oct: 16,161 MT = +18% YoY
- Nov: 20,146 MT = +42% YoY
- Dec: 13,289 MT = +16% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 154,291 MT = +10% YoY
- Jan 2026: 9,016 MT = +72% YoY
- Feb: 11,093 MT = +117% YoY
- Mar: 13,849 MT = +27% YoY
- Apr: 12,176 MT = +18% YoY
- May: 13,813 MT = -20% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 59,947 MT = +23% YoY
- EU-27:
- Jun: 8,488 MT = +33% YoY
- Jul: 10,780 MT = +32% YoY
- Aug: 11,083 MT = +58% YoY
- Sep: 11,873 MT = +79% YoY
- Oct: 11,873 MT = +79% YoY
- Nov: 12,305 MT = +58% YoY
- Dec: 12,099 MT = +51% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 119,748 MT = +39% YoY
- Jan 2026: 11,099 MT = +49% YoY
- Feb: 8,630 MT = +13% YoY
- Mar: 7,866 MT = -6% YoY
- Apr: 6,605 MT = -17% YoY
- May: 6,481 MT = -21% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 40,680 MT = +3% YoY
- Vietnam:
- Jun: 7,133 MT = +97% YoY
- Jul: 6,901 MT = +140% YoY
- Aug: 5,038 MT = +264% YoY
- Sep: 6,343 MT = +86% YoY
- Oct: 6,727 MT = +90% YoY
- Nov: 6,826 MT = +21% YoY
- Dec: 5,270 MT = -31% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 69,292 MT = +61% YoY
- Jan 2026: 3,618 MT = +1% YoY
- Feb: 4,342 MT = +55% YoY
- Mar: 6,542 MT = -3% YoY
- Apr: 5,319 MT = +3% YoY
- May: 7,519 MT = +11% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 27,341 MT = +9% YoY
- Japan:
- Jun: 3,322 MT = -11% YoY
- Jul: 4,512 MT = +0% YoY
- Aug: 4,220 MT = -20% YoY
- Sep: 5,286 MT = +47% YoY
- Oct: 4,100 MT = +9% YoY
- Nov: 3,157 MT = +23% YoY
- Dec: 2,946 MT = -10% YoY
- 2025 Year-Total: 40,643 MT = +6% YoY
- Jan 2026: 2,392 MT = +4% YoY
- Feb: 2,812 MT = +40% YoY
- Mar: 3,019 MT = -6% YoY
- Apr: 2,599 MT = +7% YoY
- May: 3,203 MT = +2% YoY
- 2026 YTD: 14,025 MT = +7% YoY
