The Federation of Livestock and Aquaculture has called on the government to urgently help livestock farmers and food businesses struggling under the 20 to 30 per cent jump in animal feed prices.
China lifts Thailand s poultry trade
Adapting to China s desire for frozen poultry and redirecting cooked meat exports from Europe to Japan, Thai broiler exporters made the best of a bad year.
Just as it did earlier with beef and pork, China is now a powerful, decisive player in the world poultry trade: Smiling fortune on those on does business with and creating difficulties for those it does not buy from.
Those who could take advantage of booming Chinese poultry demand benefitted – and none did so more than Thailand. China offset falling EU shipments, making for a nominal 1.3% increase in 2020 exports to 911,000 tonnes, from a Thai Customs estimated 900,000 tonnes last year.