About Us

M/s Suryamitra Exim (P) Ltd. was formerly a partnership concern under name Surya Marine Exports started processing of seafood as a merchant packer managed by Surya Rao Irrinki as Managing Partner in 1998. A brand name that resonates with fresh and tasty aquatic food, Surya Premium needs no special introduction. The company started with a small beginning in the year 1998 exporting sea-food to Japan. Thanks to the vision and stewardship of Dr. Surya Rao Irrinki, the company GMV touched 650 crores during the financial year 2022-23 by exporting seafood to various countries across the globe. Suryamitra is listed among the top 10 exporters in India. It has premier clientele like Walmart India, Barbeque Nation, chain of restaurants.

Dr. Surya Rao Irrinki, has thorough practical knowledge about the Culture and Processing of Seafood, focused mainly on shrimps from 1988. In 2001, the firm built its own ice factory and processing plant with 30 tons daily production capacity. At present we have 90 tons per day production capacity. The firm was converted into a private limited company and is registered under Registrar of Companies, Andhra Pradesh and Dr. Surya Rao is the Chairman & Managing Director. Firm is vertically integrated into Hatcheries of 45 million production per cycle based at Kakinada and also farms constituting 4000-5000 acres of contract farming that can produce 50% of own requirement for export. Constructed own new Value-added processing plant in 2020 with a capacity of 75 tons/day. Unit 1 capacity is 33 tons/day and done export sales more than 90 million USD in 2022-23.

Great deal of effort has gone into building the successful brand of Suryamitra Exim in the International Supermarkets mostly in the USA. Quality, Taste and 100% customer satisfaction are considered the pillars of the company. The company invested in high end technology and machinery from the time of harvesting the shrimp till its shelf life to ensure the taste remains ambrosial. The company vouches for the taste and the quality of the seafood as it sources raw material of shrimps from farms following Best Aquaculture Practices without harming the environment.

Post harvesting from the farm, the product is chill packed at 4 deg C. A process which ensures the blood cells in the shrimp are kept intact thereby leaving the taste unchanged. This process also prevents decomposition of food by bacteria. The food is then carefully placed in slurry ice or liquid ice and moved to the factory via its own insulated vehicles. The factory is equipped with machinery imported from USA, Vietnam, China and Europe that can achieve the required -40degree centigrade temperature. The food is washed and cleaned at +4degree centigrade temperature to remove bacteria and mud.

The process of production starts with De-heading where the head of the shrimp is removed. Once the head is separated, sizing the shrimp is done to achieve uniformity across the product as per buyer specification. The food is now ready for value addition where the product is prepared into different types such as Head-On Shell On, Peeled and Tail On and Peeled Pulled Vein etc. The company also prepares and exports ready to eat shrimp which requires cooking at optimum temperature and careful packing to preserve the food for another two years of shelf life as per the industry standards.

Meticulous planning and attention to detail goes into the logistics part which puts the food on to its final journey of reaching the Consumer or Importer who is located outside India, across continents.

The company, adopted a number of nearby villages, believes in the cause of giving back to society. Under the visionary leadership of Dr. Surya Rao Irrinki and with an efficient workforce, the company plans to ramp up its domestic business unit Aqua-Diet to bring the homegrown genetically superior taste of its sea food to local consumers. We hope and wish the company achieves its target of reaching 1000 crore mark turnover by 2025.

The Company has been awarded with Three Star Export House Status by the Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India. The processing plants are certified by European Union (E.U. No: 1819, 901), BRC (British Retail Consortium) BAP, ASC and USFDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) and we are the second company in India to achieve 4 Star for Aquaculture Certification Council from USA in 2010. The company is registered with and monitored by MPEDA (Marine product export development authority) and E.I.C (Export inspection council of India), Small-scale Industries Department of Andhra Pradesh. We are also approved by major retail chains like Walmart, Kroger, Safeway, Ahold, Red Lobster and many other retail hotel chains in the USA.

The company has Product portfolio of 32 packing varieties of shrimp and fish. Company is exporting to various countries in the world such as the U.S.A, Canada, China, New Zealand, Egypt, Dubai, European Union, South Africa, West Africa, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, and Australia since its inception. The company provides Direct and Indirect Quality employment to 10000 families.

The products we supply include Raw Vannamei PDTO, PD, PDTO, EZP, PDPV, Easy Peel and also have great expertise in cooked products such as CPTO, CPD, Butterfly Shrimp, Skewers. The registered brands for the company are Surya Premium, Wesgo, Pond Gold, Seazoy, Curry, Surya Classic and ISR special. The company also exports customized brands such as Walmart, Safeway, Kroger, Ahold and also deals with top 10 importers in the USA.

Key Members in the Company:-

The Major shareholders of the company are within the family and the board of directors consists of Dr. Surya Rao Irrinki as Managing Director, and Ms. Bhavani Irrinki as Director.

Late Sr. Gangaram Irrinki, father of Surya Rao Irrinki was the mentor and guiding force for the company Finances. He was a graduate in commerce and law. He had 45years of vast business experience and thorough knowledge in Income tax & accounts.

 Dr. Surya Rao Irrinki has 40 years of experience in culturing and processing of shrimp and fish. His qualification is diploma in export management from Indian Institute of International Trade, Bangalore. His international exposure helped the company in installing new systems, technology & machinery that increases productivity. He plans and executes his ideas for Financials requirements, direct sales to the importer, to upgrade plant’s infrastructure and to promote new products to compete with neighboring country exporters. He has received his Doctorate from “Westbrook University, Texas “for his social work and service to the field of Aquaculture and Industry growth”.

 Jr. Gangaram Irrinki son of Surya Rao has done his bachelor’s in Electronics & Communication Engineering. He has done his Master of Business Administration from Dominican University, Chicago, USA. He handles all the company exports sales, Technical, Quality Control department and plan for shipments. He has expertise in all the activities of Aquaculture Industry in Hatchery production, Farming & Food Processing Plant Operations. He is into Operations Management and also Sales, Marketing of product to all the Importing Countries and also domestic markets of India.

Infrastructure: -

Processing Plant (Unit I):

The constructed area of the plant is 50000 sft equipped with latest machinery. Machinery includes the following:

Latest Mechanized Shrimp Washing Machine (3000 kg/ hour)

* Completely Air-conditioned Processing Factory

* Nam dung imported grading/Sizing machine 2 Ton capacity per hour.

* Raw I.Q.F. line with 17000kg per day capacity

* 800 kg per hour cooking line for ready to eat products

* Water Chillers of 37000 ltrs/ hour with 2 deg C temperature

* Three contact plate freezers (60 minutes freezing) with 16.5 tons per day

* Metal detectors before final packing

* Japan make Imported Automated multi head weigher for precise weighment.

* Four individual cold stores with total handling capacity of 500 tons

* Two tube ice machine with 80tons per day capacity

* Automated Crate Washing Machine (400 crates/ hour)

* One refrigerated truck and about a fleet of 60 vehicles for the procurement of

shrimp from farm after harvest.

* Automatic Bagger from South Korea

* Eight 40 feet long trailers for shipment of cargo to port             

The company Lab is completely equipped with imported machinery for testing microbiology and antibiotics in the raw material and finished product to ensure quality in the international markets. Accounts and production details are centralized.

Processing Plant (Unit II):

The constructed area of the plant is 150000 sft equipped with latest machinery.

Machinery includes the following:

* Two Glory IQF with cooker of 38000 kg/day capacity

* One Individual IQF line of 16000 kg/day capacity for cooking.

* Cooker capacity 10000kg/day

* Three Plate freezer (60minutes freezing) with of 17 tons per day

* Shrimp Washing machines - 2nos

* Laser Based smart sorter with 60000kg/day grading machine.

* One Nam dung Grading machine 2000kg/hour

* Metal detectors

* Complete air-conditioned factory

* Cold store of 4800 M tons capacity with racking system.

* Water chiller of 9000 liters / hour

* 40000kg flake ice machine for pre-processing

* Complete independent jet washing system for proper cleaning

* Green concepts such as rain water harvesting, energy efficient lighting and Air

conditioning system, solar water heaters.

* RO and UV treated water for complete factory.

* 15000 sft of master packaging material store.

* 15 tons of block ice with Chill room that can hold 40 tons of ice storage.

Raw Material sourcing network:

The company is having good relationships with more than 2500 farmers in and 50 marine export traders for procurement of quality shrimp and fish. Qualified personnel provided by the company to maintain the quality of the product grow these farms under technical guidance. We source more than 12000-13000 tons of shrimp per year.

Export Statistics: There is a Consistency in the export turnover since 1998 with Rs6 Crores to Rs107 in 2012 which was mostly exported in black tiger and sea caught. Once we started our value-added factory unit 2 in 2012, we have grown from Rs.107 to Rs .650 Crores in 2022-2023. This reflects our continual performance. There may be an increase or decrease of value sometimes but our volume exported has not reduced.

International Exposure for the company:

The Chairman & Managing Director Dr. I. Surya Rao and Mr. Gangaram Irrinki C.E.O, visited the United States, China, Dubai, United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand to promote our brand and to gain customer confidence. They are maintaining direct relationships with importers in sales and promoting brands. We have set up stalls at the major international seafood shows such as the Boston Seafood Show, European Seafood Show and the China seafood show. We have capability to execute year long orders to most of the buyers.

Awards & Achievements:

Due to the coordination amongst the management and employees the company is able to achieve few remarkable awards. These are few among many of our achievements

* We are 2nd company out of 430 seafood companies in India certified with ACC **** rating (Aquaculture Certification Council, USA)

* Company is recently awarded 2nd best stall for value added product display at International Seafood fair 2007 in Cochin.

* Company has its stall displayed at Dubai Seafood fair with joint venture with Itochu Corporation, Japan in 2006.

* The company has been published in a magazine called ‘Seafood International, UK’ explaining our future scope of value-added products.

Future Scope & Development

The Company is targeting to export to other markets of Canada, southeast Asia which has highest consumption. We would like to go for FDI in our company through our buyers’ network. We want to hold our position as top 10 exporters in India. We are planning for approval from other major retailers like Costco, US Food Service and trying to do breaded and ready to eat products.

Domestic market: We are the vendor for Flipkart India limited across India for shrimp and value-added products. We are planning to invest in breading machines for domestic production. The company is targeting to market value added shrimp products in the domestic market as Indians have increased purchasing power. The scope for ready to eat and ready to cook food products is increasing drastically day by day. We are planning to target the Food chains, Restaurants, IT sectors and people who opt for tasting the best healthy seafood.

How to reach us:

About Bhimavaram:

The Climatic conditions are warm year long and dry in winters with Semi- Arid conditions in monsoons and we at Suryamitra Exim (P) ltd are situated Bhimavaram AKA the Hub of Aquaculture production & trade., apart from Aqua culture here agriculture (mostly Paddy) is the major crop harvested here. Bhimavaram is also known for its likeliness for various educational societies. Which is why it is known with the name of Second Bardoli of India.

Reaching us:

Fom Vijayawada Airport: The Distance is 130 Km (2 hr., 30 min.) drive from Vijayawada.Vijayawada is well connected via flights from all major cities in India.

From Rajahmundry Airport: The distance from this airport is 120 Km (2 hr., 30 min.) drive from Rajahmundry and this airport is connected with Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. You can visit spiritual temples of India in palakollu while coming from airport to processing plant.

These are the possible route plans, in case you require any assistance for travelling, call us. we are here to guide you.