Dataset on India’s imports of Penaeus vannamei brooders from the United States

Dataset includes the imports of SPF P. vannamei brooders from the United States and other (non-U.S.) countries to India over a period of 16 years. The historical dataset comprises of the quantity of brooders imported by India from various sources. Shrimp stocks supplied from empanelled broodstock centers, including Shrimp Improvement Systems (Florida), Shrimp Improvement Systems (Hawaii), American Penaeid (Florida), BenchMark Genetics (Florida), Syaqua Pvt. Ltd. (Florida), Kona Bay Marine Resources (Hawaii), Molokkai Broodstock Company (Florida), Sea Products (later rebranded as Blue Genetics, Texas), and the Oceanic Institute (Hawaii), are categorized under imports from the USA. In contrast, stocks supplied by Shrimp Improvement Systems (Singapore), Blue Genetics (Mexico), Global Gen (Indonesia), Vannamei 101 (Thailand), Syaqua Siam (Thailand), and CP Foods Pvt. Ltd. (Thailand) fall under imports from other countries. Notably, imports from Southeast Asian countries have been banned in India since 2013. hence, the data from these regions (specifically Thailand-based suppliers) are only included for the years 2009 to 2013. Data was directly obtained from the AQF, established by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) under the Government of India.