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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. ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Local broiler price up as Thailand readies to ship salted chicken to Europe (week ended Aug 10, 2012)
A survey by the Thai Agriculture Ministry shows the price of live broiler up at THB38/kg (US$1.21/kg) from THB35/kg (US$1.11/kg) last week. The price had languished at THB35-36/kg (US$1.11-1.14/kg) since July when the EU delayed actual impo ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken prices languish as export prospects to Europe dim (week ended Jul 20, 2012)
The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce expects Thailand's goods exports to Europe to contract by 4.5% this year compared with last year's growth of 12%. Aside from chicken, Thailand's major exports to the EU include electronics, raw ...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Farm price of Thai chicken falls anew on lingering oversupply (week ended Jul 27, 2012)
Thailand's live broiler prices weakened anew this week, slipping back to THB35/kg (US$1.11/kg) on the average, as inventory piles up pending the resumption of frozen chicken exports to Europe next month. Local consumption has not been of an ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Thailand to request Australia on removing boiled chicken, duck ban
In an attempt to have certain restrictions on boiled duck and chicken from Thailand lifted, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand is set to negotiate with Australia. After a meeting with the Committee for International Ag ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thai chicken prices flat on weak demand due to rains (week ended Jul 13, 2012)
The OAE said chicken meat consumption during the week had been sluggish because of heavy rains in Thailand's north and northeast due to a storm in the area between China and Vietnam. Pouring rain normally deter people from going to the mark ...
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: EU delays by nearly two months entry of raw chicken from Thailand (week ended Jul 6, 2012)
The EU announced in April the lifting of the import ban on frozen or raw chicken from Thailand by July 1. The ban had been in place since 2004 in the aftermath of the Asian bird-flu epidemic. Analysts at Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), Thaila ...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Lower pork prices pull down farmgate price of Thai chicken (week ended Jun 15, 2012)
The stocking up has wound down during the last few weeks, easing up domestic chicken demand. Thailand expects its chicken exports to grow THB10 billion (about US$317 million) this year after the EU decided to lift its eight-year ban on the ...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Declining pork prices could pull chicken prices down (week ended Jun 8, 2012)
A week ago, GFPT, one of the country's leading broiler exporters, predicted the farm price of live chicken to hit THB45/kg (US$1.42/kg) "on tighter supply brought about by the resumption of raw chicken exports to the EU" beginning July and ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Thailand signify bid to enter US chicken market (week ended Jun 1, 2012)
GFPT bases its THB45/kg projection "on tighter supply brought about by the resumption of raw chicken exports to the EU" beginning next month. It also expects the export price of processed chicken to rise in the third quarter on st ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: Higher UK imports seen to boost Thai chicken prices (week ended May 25, 2012)
The UK is host of this year's Summer Olympics slated for July 27-Aug 17 and about 4 million people from around the world are expected to visit the country during the period to watch the games. To feed both athletes and visitors, the UK is e ...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thai Broiler Weekly: CPF expects Japan to lift ban on Thai frozen chicken later this year (week ended May 11, 2012)
In March, live broiler prices dropped to THB24/kg ($0.77/kg), its lowest since 2007, due to oversupply caused by industry-wide capacity expansion and a decline in domestic consumption. CPF, the country's number one broiler producer, attribu ...

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