Raw Material Purchase Pattern in Seafood Plants in Kerala
Raw Material Purchase Pattern in Seafood Plants in Kerala
Date
1993
Authors
Ramachandran, A
Samuel, C.T
Ranganathan, N
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) Cochin
Abstract
Inadequate and irregular supply of raw materials arc the foremost problems faced
by the processing plants in India. A study has been carried out on the purchase pattern
of raw materials to aSSt.'SS the situation in the seafood plants of Kcrala, during 1983-84.
50% of the processing plants arc located within one krn from the main landing centre in
a region. 82% of the plants have their own transportatlon facilities. 64% of the plants
in Cochin region took 4 to 6 h for bringing the raw materials to the plants after purchase.
This was between 6 and 8 h in Kollam region. In all the plants, the main item of purchase
was confined to shrimps. The raw material purchases in all the plants were far below
the installed capacity. In 39o/o of the working days, the plants selected for the study had
no purchase or production during the study period.
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Keywords
Raw Material ,Purchase Pattern,Seafood Plants, Kerala
Citation
Fishery Tech 30(1):72-74