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Chicken's
nature 
• IBDV
disease in chicks which is plaguing chicken
raisers is a highly contagious and quickly
spread disease that can entail high mortality
and economic losses on poultry raisers.
• 1999 crop classified by type of chicken:
There are three main types of chicken; broilers,
layers, and native chickens. Broilers and
layers account for foreign and domestic consumptions
whereas the other concentrates on some particular
domestic consumer groups.
Farming
areas
• Number
of chicken and farming areas in Thailand,
1992-2001: mainly central and northeastern
Thailand. Chicken numbers consistently increased
between 1992 and 2001 (from 135,157,576 to
214,979,081 heads), though slightly dropped
to 111,648,510 in 1995. An increase recurred
in 1996 to 144,579,428 heads.
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World
major exporters
• World
chicken meat exporters in 2002: The US was
still in first place with 2,208,000 metric
tons. Brazil was second with 1,425,000 metric
tons; Thailand came fourth with 415,000
metric tons of exports, considered the largest
in Asia, followed by China with 400,000
metric tons.
World
major importers
• Major
chicken meat importers in 2002: The Russian
Federation (1,220,000 metric tons), Japan
(750,000 metric tons) and the European Union
(550,000 metric tons).
Marketing
/ Exporting
•
Thailand's major foreign markets and export
figures in 2002: Japan and Germany remained
the first and the second major export markets.
Japan showed a considerable increase from
156,008,763 tons in 2001 to 1,740,828,958
tons in 2002. Germany also showed an increase
from 47,507,619 tons in 2001 to 171,650,374
tons in 2002.
• Thailand's
top ten frozen chicken exporters :
Saha Farm, C.P. Intertrade, B. Foods Product
International, GFPT Public, Better Foods,
Laemthong Poultry, Golden Foods International
, Sun Valley (Thailand), Central Poultry
Processing, Sunek Food
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Export
procedure information
• Permissions and licenses: carcass
trade and Halal licenses.
Standard
and regulations
• Export regulations and related laws.
• Recommended standard for chicken
export by the National Food Institute, Thailand:
material, facility, operating requirements
for poultry processing.
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World
total
• World chicken
meat production in 2002: US (14,519,000 metric
tons), China (5,400,000), Brazil (7,040,000),
Mexico (2,188,000), EU (6,750,000) and Thailand
(1,320,000). Production increased in most countries
except the EU, Mexico and Taiwan.
Thai
total
• Thai chicken
production cost is higher than those of China
and the USA but the country has the potential
to be competitive.
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World
poultry consumption
• 1996-2001 poultry meat consumption per
capita; Hong Kong is still the world's biggest
consumer of poultry at 57.3 kg/capita, followed
by the US at 49.6 kg/capita and Kuwait at
41.1 kg/capita.
Domestic
consumption fact
• Chicken
consumption situation in the past years.
Since the economic crisis in 1997, people
have substituted chicken for more expensive
pork and beef.
• Health
and cooking tips for chicken consumers;
questions and answers on how to select chicken
when shopping.
Nutrition facts
•
Chicken product composition tables compared
with other meat products.
Recipes
• Special
menu; roast sage chicken and lemon chicken
in cumin.
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