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Monday, August 25, 2014
Thailand shrimp prices down as US export orders shift to India (week ended Aug 21, 2014)
Thailand dominated the American market for imported crustacean for years. US imports of Thai shrimp totaled a little over 136,000, with Ecuador coming in second at 81,500 tonnes, followed by Indonesia at 74,100 tonnes and India at 66,000 to ...
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thailand's shrimp prices stable despite impending US anti-dumping measures (week ended August 7, 2014)
Thai shrimp prices remain strong so far, especially for the larger sizes, whose supplies are down as local farmers focus more on raising smaller sizes which have better demand in the United States, Canada and Japan.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thailand's fishmeal prices soar as CPF raises buying prices by nearly 30% (week ended August4, 2014)
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has raised its buying rates for locally made fishmeal by 25% to 27% above benchmark, pushing the price of Thailand's shrimp grade (60% protein) fishmeal to THB37.70/kg (US$1.18/kg) this week.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Thailand: Imported corn from Cambodia may affect local price (week ended Jul 21, 2014)
Local corn production for the July to August season is low. The Department of internal trade, Ministry of Commerce has approved import corn from Cambodia to support Thailand's livestock industry. The Thai Maize and Produce Trader Associatio ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Thailand's shrimp prices lower after US Trafficking in Persons downgrade (week ended Jun 26, 2014)
Thai Feed Mill Association and the Thai Fishmeal Producers Association-held a press conference on June 22 in Bangkok to respond to the recent allegations from international media and non-governmental organisations that linked Thai shrimp to ...
Friday, July 11, 2014
Thailand imports 50,000 tonnes of wheat after local corn prices skyrocket (week ended June 23, 2014)
Irregular rain during June increased demand for corn seeds by corn farmers for seeding again, as some corn farmers who changed their crop to cassava last season returned to corn farming after mealy bugs affected cassava this season.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Thailand's shrimp prices lower while NCPO tries to resolve slave labour problem (week ended June 12, 2014)
Concerns about foreign labour caused an increase in labour movement to their home country but this did not affect the shrimp industry, as almost all are under legal foreign registration. Wholesale prices are lowered to THB 225/kg (US$6.92/k ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Thailands's corn price continues to rise during low season while soybean production will fall below expectation in 2014/2015 (week ended Jun 9, 2014)
During the low corn production period from June to July, corn trading price has been soaring for many weeks and reached THB 11.35/kg (US$0.35/kg) this week from THB 11.00/kg (US$0.34/kg) last week. Soymeal price is stable at THB 21.40/kg (U ...
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Thailand's chicken price stable while exporters hope Thai-Eu FTA will boost quota (week ended May 30, 2014)
This year, the waiver of visa for Japanese tourists to Thailand is expected to boost number of tourists and the country's consumption. This market is the main Thai export market, on par with the European Union. The European Union is expecte ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Slavery scandal in Thailand shrimp sector could cause increase of demand and prices elsewhere
Reports of alleged slavery in the supply chain of Thailand's shrimp sector could cause demand and prices from other points of origin to increase, according to Undercurrent News. Already affected by the outbreak of early mortality syndrome ( ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Thailand's shrimp prices fall while EMS situation expected to improve in Q3/Q4 (week ended May 29, 2014)
The Office of Agriculture Economic (OAE) expects the Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) disease situation to improve in the 3rd to 4th quarter amid uncertainty in the Thai shrimp industry, particular in the 3rd quarter during the United States ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Thailand's rice by-products prices surge as rice bran oil factories stock up (week ended May 26, 2014)
Seeding of new rice crops is completedafter rice farmers received remaining payment in rice pledge schemes from the government, following the command of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council this week. Rice bran oil factories pre ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Thailand's chicken price stable as it woos Japanese fresh chicken market (week ended May 16, 2014)
There has been no bird flu case in Thailand for four years despite widespread rumors and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has denied any case of bird flu outbreak in Thailand. Many countries face bird flu outbreak of various str ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Thailand's wholesale shrimp prices depressed ahead of Tier 2 watch list review (week ended April 24, 2014
Wholesale shrimp price continues to plunge down for all shrimp sizes ahead of the Trafficking in Person (TIP) review. Thai Frozen Foods Association is still working with 52 factories after just four factories have been approved by the audit ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Prices of smaller shrimp sizes plunged in Thailand (week ended Apr 3, 2014)
The reason for decreased wholesale prices of smaller shrimp sizes is that many processing factories had bought an average of 200 to 300 tonnes of raw material in the past month. Almost all of their inventories' raw material is for a kilogra ...

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