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Thursday, January 31, 2013
FTA Thai - More broiler export opportunities for Thailand as Thai-EU FTA gets nod from Thai parliament (week ended Jan 25, 2013)
Thai broilers exports to the EU are on restricted quota. Salted chicken (92,610 tonnes) and cooked chicken (160,033 tonnes) totalled 252,643 tonnes, around same level quota as Brazil's total broilers of 250,284 tonnes salted chicken (170,80 ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thailand expects chicken exports to Singapore by March 2013 (week ended Jan 11, 2013)
Dr Tristadee Chaosuancharoen, director general of the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) said poultry farming standards have improved recently since 2009, particularly in the area of avian influenza (AI) control, together with biosec ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Thai Broiler Weekly: EU market to boost total Thai broiler exports by 7-8% in 2013 (week ended Dec 28, 2012)
During the final week of 2012, chicken prices remain unchanged at THB 45/kg (US$1.46/kg) despite increased consumption during the festive season. In 2013, chicken prices are expected to increase due to higher demand from the EU market, six ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai commerce ministry pushes for South Korea to re-open to fresh chicken imports (week ended December 14, 2012)
With increased local demand for chicken ahead of the New Year, farm gate price increased to THB 44/kg (US$1.46/kg) from last week''s THB42/kg (US$1.4/kg). This week, an increase in supply of chicken has entered the market. This week, a dele ...
Monday, December 10, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken exporter hopes Japan will re-open fresh chicken in next 2 months (week ended Dec 4, 2012)
A site visit to Thai chicken farms, slaughter houses and processing plants will be arranged for a Japanese delegation within the next two months. The EU's quota for Thailand is 92,061 tonnes for fresh broiler and 160,033 tonnes for cooked b ...
Friday, November 23, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Religious ceremony and travel season push chicken demand and prices higher (week ended Nov 20, 2012)
Srirat Rastapana, director general of the Department of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Commerce said that this year, exports for all types of chicken will increase by 12%, or 500,00 tonnes, valued at US$ 2,239.68 million. The main chicken ...
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken demand increased after Buddhist lent ended last week (week ended Nov 6, 2012)
Four months after EU reopens its market for Thai fresh chicken exports (since the ban in 2004), the problem shifted to the higher cost of feed raw materials. Saha Farms Group, a big player in this market, has problems meeting their order af ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Thailand's broiler prices on decline
Thailand's broiler industry has witnessed rising production costs with increased prices for soy and corn. At the same time, prices for live broilers and chicken meat have declined due to a supply glut derived from increased broiler producti ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Oversupply fuels drop in Thai chick prices (week ended Sep 28, 2012)
Chick oversupply has resulted in the over-production of broiler that has fuelled Thai chicken prices to plummet. Last week, the farm-gate price of live Thai broiler dived to THB33/kg (US$1.07/kg) where it remains unchanged so far. After the ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Downward spiral in Thai chicken prices continues (week ended Sep 21, 2012)
The Thai Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) says the price drop was due to sluggish domestic consumption fueled by flooding and heavy rains in some parts of the country in the past few weeks. Consumers tend to shy away from the market d ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Retail prices of Thai chicken tumble as oversupply persists (week ended Sep 14, 2012)
Chaisaks Boonprasopthanachote, CEO of Thai Foods Group, a major chicken producer focusing on the domestic market, said he doesn't see chicken prices improving until next year because of the worsening oversupply situation. At a livestock sem ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Strong EU demand to cause Thai chicken shortage soon, top exporter says (week ended Sep 7, 2012)
The Saha Farms Group, which used to be Thailand's number one chicken exporter before the 2004 bird-flu contagion, expects Thai chicken exports to Europe to soar in the next few months following the lifting of the EU ban on uncooked Thai chi ...
Monday, September 3, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken exports unaffected by EU debt crisis (week ended Aug 31, 2012)
Spooked by the EU debt crisis, Thailand's exports have been shrinking during the last few months. In April, the Commerce Ministry reports, Thai shipments shrank by 4.46% overall, with agricultural goods dropping 6.6%. While shipments of oth ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken oversupply easing as big farmers slow down production (week ended Aug 24, 2012)
Thai chicken prices have slumped since March on high inventory due to industry-wide expansions following a 9% chicken export growth in 2011. They plunged to as low as THB24/kg (US$.76/kg), before creeping back to THB34-36/kg (US$1.09-1.15/k ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken prices stabilising, says government - but operators are pessimistic (week ended Aug 17, 2012)
Chicken producers, however, remain pessimistic. GFPT, a leading integrator which reported a net loss of THB16 million (US$509,000) during the second quarter due to weak broiler prices, expects prices to remain weak till the end of the year. ...

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