Thailand exported over 100,000 tonnes of chicken worth over 100 billion BTH (2.7 billion USD) last year, making the country the world’s third-largest exporter behind Brazil and the US.
The Ministry of Finance has recently sent Dispatch No.14813/BTC-CST to competent ministries and sectors, suggesting cutting import on chicken and pork products.
The Dak Lak People’s Committee and Hung Nhon Group from southern Binh Phuoc province and De Heus Group from the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Buon Ma Thuot city on May 28 on the construction of a hi-tech agricultural park complex in the Central Highland province.
After gaining encouraging results from a pilot programme that allows consumers to check the origin of pork, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade last weekend announced a new plan to use information technology to control and trace the origin of poultry meat and eggs also.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) has recently decided to resume import of Thailand’s chicken after a 12–year pause due to the avian influenza outbreak in 2004, Thailand’s media report.
Vietnam plans to export chicken to Japan from 2017 and expand chicken export markets to other Asian countries in 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
Two Vietnamese Animal Livestock Associations signed petitions on July 28 for an anti-dumping investigation into chicken imported from the US to save domestic poultry farmers from losses.