BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) — Thailand’s pork and chicken exports to China were increasing significantly as global pork production dropped due to African swine fever (ASF), according to the Office of Agricultural Economics.
OAE secretary-general Rapeepat Chantarasriwong said ASF damaged pig farms in major sources including China, the Philippines and Vietnam and the production in China alone dropped by 25.27%.
Global pork production would fall by 10.28% from 106.13 million tons this year to 95.22 million tons next year, he quoted the United States Department of Agriculture as reporting.
According to him, Thailand has opportunities to export more pork and chicken to substitute the affected pork production in other countries. From January to October, Thailand exported 10,107 tons of pork and related products, up by 15.68% from the same period last year.
In the same period, Thailand exported 744,119 tons of chicken, up 6.57% year-on-year. The export to China rose by 3.7 times to 55,401 tons.
Sorawit Thaneeto, director-general of the Livestock Development Department, said ASF did not spread in Thailand. It was an epidemic in 30 countries: six in Africa, 12 in Europe and 12 in Asia, he said. (TNA)
