Double growth of Thailand's chicken production and export

Introduction: Thai chicken production, one of the world's several largest chicken exporters, is still on the increase According to the latest information released by the Ministry of agricultural coordination and cooperation of Thailand, Thailand's chicken production reached 83 million in June this year, an increase of 9% over the same period in 2000 Due to strong export demand, Thailand's chicken production has been increasing since September 2000 compared with the same period last year In the first half of this year, Thailand's chicken exports increased by 9.7% over the same period in 2000, and the total quantity reached a high level of 482 million As the basis of chicken production, the hatching of chicks has been increasing continuously since August 2000 According to the statistics in the first half of this year, the number of chicks hatched increased by 9.9% over the same period of 2000, reaching a high level of 505 million It is expected that in a long period in the future, the number of chicks hatched in Thailand will remain the same increase trend as that in the first half of this year The main reason why Thailand has a good market environment for chicken production and export and maintains the continuous growth of production is that European BSE, foot-and-mouth disease, a kind of livestock disease, keeps consumers away from beef, and the replaced chicken has a good export opportunity and consumption market So in the first half of this year, Thailand's chicken exports to Europe increased by 72% over the same period in 2000, with a total volume of 76000 tons This export volume is even close to that of Japan, the largest market for Thai chicken export In the first half of this year, Thailand exported 84000 tons of chicken to Japan Another reason is that Japan stopped importing chicken from China because of its concern about the spread of chicken cold Demand for chicken products, mainly processed chicken products, is still growing, and Japan has increased its imports from other parts of Asia, which of course drives demand for Thai chicken products Thailand's chicken production industry is hopeful that the growth of demand for chicken in the main export market and export market will continue It is the Japanese market that has a shadow over chicken exports Due to the influence of mad cow disease on cattle, the number of beef consumption has also decreased and other factors, and the demand for chicken as a substitute for meat is estimated to increase Thailand's chicken production will take into account the trend of consumers' choice of meat varieties in their export markets, and take this as a key production reference to arrange chicken breeding and food processing It is the production cost that has a great impact on chicken production in Thailand Due to the good influence of the significant decrease of the feeding cost of the chicks, the production cost decreased continuously from 1999 to 2000 compared with the previous year Such a low production cost trend is now a good stimulus to the enthusiasm of chicken farmers However, after entering 2001, the production cost of Thai broiler has been raised to some extent According to statistics in June, the production cost per kilogram of broiler increased by 15.7% on average compared with the same period in 2000, to 27.1 baht (about 76 yen), the highest value in recent three years Therefore, from a long-term point of view, the rising trend of Thailand's broiler production costs may be a factor that may cause the enthusiasm of chicken farmers to be adversely affected or even reduced (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: