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खाद्य सुरक्षा और पता लगाने की क्षमता के लिए बाजार प्रवेश अस्वीकार (Food Safety and Traceability Market Access Denial)
₹62,408 crore annual seafood export revenue at risk; 15-18% shrimp export volume loss (est. ₹9,361-11,233 crore) due to US tariffs and compliance failures; potential loss of 25-40% premium pricing in EU/UK markets (est. ₹15,000-25,000 crore annually if full market denial occurs).Indian dry fish and seafood SMEs rely primarily on paper documentation at distributor and wholesaler levels, failing to meet international traceability requirements. This directly blocks access to regulated markets like USA (which imposed 50%+ tariffs partly due to compliance failures) and EU. The government framework (released Nov 2024) explicitly identifies 'lack of unified digital traceability' as the barrier preventing market access.
अनुरेखण विफलता के कारण रिकॉल और गुणवत्ता समझौता (Recall and Quality Compromise Due to Traceability Failure)
₹2-10 lakh per recall event (est. product waste ₹1-5 lakh + customer compensation ₹0.5-3 lakh + logistics ₹0.5-2 lakh); industry avg. 2-5 recalls/year across major SMEs = ₹10-50 crore/year total recall losses.Research notes that 'illegal harvesting of seafood and mislabelling of dry fish products have become more prominent in recent years.' Manual documentation systems cannot flag suspicious batches or provide audit trails to prove product legitimacy. When a safety issue emerges, SMEs must manually cross-reference lot numbers, dates, and supplier names across paper records—a process that can take 5-15 days. During this time, contaminated product may reach retailers/consumers, triggering large-scale recalls instead of targeted ones.
उच्च-मूल्य खरीदारों द्वारा आपूर्ति अस्वीकार (High-Value Buyer Supply Rejection)
₹5-15 lakh per lost buyer relationship (est. 20-30% of annual revenue for premium-focused SMEs); 3,477 coastal fishing villages × 40-60% SMEs with no digital system × ₹10 lakh avg. loss = ₹1,390-2,085 crore industry-wide annual opportunity loss.Global companies like Sainsbury's, Whole Foods, AP2HI, The Fishin' Company, and Orca Bay Foods have already implemented blockchain traceability systems and will only accept suppliers with compatible systems. Indian SMEs without digital lot documentation are systematically excluded from these high-margin channels. Instead, they compete in commodity markets (Russia, China, lower-tier distributors) at 30-50% lower margins. This represents a direct loss of customer opportunity due to process capability gap.
ट्रेसेबिलिटी सिस्टम कार्यान्वयन और समन्वय की उच्च लागत (High Cost of Manual Traceability Coordination)
₹3-8 lakh/year per SME (est. 1-2 FTE @ ₹3-4 lakh/year + overhead + audit time); multiplied across 3,477 coastal fishing villages = ₹104-277 crore industry-wide annual waste on manual coordination.Research of 226 Indian dry fish supply chain stakeholders identified that lack of a traceability coordinator is a MAJOR BARRIER. In the absence of digital systems, small processors manually track lot numbers, dates, supplier names, and product movement across handwritten logs and spreadsheets. This requires dedicated staff or diverted operational time. The barrier is compounded by 'lack of government support' and absence of subsidies or shared-cost models to justify coordinator hiring.