Shrimp exports expected by increase on 2020 but more govt support needed

[webfact]

Shrimp exports expected by increase on 2020 but more govt support needed

By The Nation

 

 

Exports of shrimp are expected to increase to 350,000 tonnes in 2020, 20-per-cent up over the past year which saw 290,000 tonnes exported valued at Bt60 billion, Somsak Paneetatyasai, president of the Thai Shrimp Association, has said.

 

Thai shrimp farmers have been hit by disease in their breeding programmes and protectionism from the US in the last two years leading to lower prices.

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced that shrimps are still much in-demand since shrimps netted at seas are now harder to catch and several countries including the US, the EU and China still have confidence in the quality of Thai shrimps.

 

However, the government will need to deal with the baht appreciation, which has led to lower revenue while also supporting research and development in shrimp farming so that Thailand can compete with other countries, help small shrimp farm owners access loans, and sign the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union as soon.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380000

 

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[jabis]

Speaking like the shrimp export industry isn't already decimated, because of the strong baht during recent few years ????
 

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countries including the US, the EU and China still have confidence in the quality of Thai shrimps.

I think the only confidence is that you can get better quality from the nearby shores with better prices - only thing seen in 5 years is lipservice regarding working conditions and some GPS systems fitted to trawlers - oh dear...

[RichardColeman]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

has announced that shrimps are still much in-demand since shrimps netted at seas are now harder to catch

Harder ? Or just completely overfished 

[hugh2121]

Been here 8 years, never seen a shrimp in Thailand. Those are prawns. Shrimps are very small and brown colour.

[Isaan sailor]

They picked on the USD, and now it’s down to lows not seen in many years.  You reap what you sow, Thailand.

So will the ChiComs buy your shrimp now?

[fruitman]

I just watched this video from germany, they want to know how their Thai prawns are bred but they didn't get access to the farms.

 

[jak2002003]

18 minutes ago, fruitman said:

I just watched this video from germany, they want to know how their Thai prawns are bred but they didn't get access to the farms.

 

I saw that video several weeks ago.  So depressing.  Money is everything here (and most other places). 

 

So much so the authorities turn a blind eye to the environment damage, destruction of protected nature reserves, massive toxic pollution going into the ocean and public drinking water, immigrant workers being exploited and basically treated like they are in a prison. 

 

Even in the west, where these prawns are shipped off too (creating more pollution from transporting them half way across the planet)  the big supermarkets don't bother to actually check what they are buying.... organic prawns...… easy to test them in a lab for chemical residues..... but while they can buy them cheap and sell at a profit... none of these big businesses care.  A lot of money in the hands of a few immoral people, at the expense of fellow human beings, nature and the planet.  

[ChipButty]

Vietnam produce better quality and cheaper Kung

[fruitman]

8 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

I saw that video several weeks ago.  So depressing.  Money is everything here (and most other places). 

 

So much so the authorities turn a blind eye to the environment damage, destruction of protected nature reserves, massive toxic pollution going into the ocean and public drinking water, immigrant workers being exploited and basically treated like they are in a prison. 

 

Even in the west, where these prawns are shipped off too (creating more pollution from transporting them half way across the planet)  the big supermarkets don't bother to actually check what they are buying.... organic prawns...… easy to test them in a lab for chemical residues..... but while they can buy them cheap and sell at a profit... none of these big businesses care.  A lot of money in the hands of a few immoral people, at the expense of fellow human beings, nature and the planet.  

I can't believe that Germany doesn't test talhe safety of their imported prawns.

 

And those workers live worse than prisoners, have you seen the 'rooms' they live in? There's nothing at all, guess they sleep on the floor there..

 

I don't know what organic shrimp farming is but i would think it's in a bay area somewhere in open sea? And they get fed fish or fish leftovers? 

 

Well it's time the West gives certain brands a qualification if they use good products and boycot the rest...

 

I bet the Germans don't want to eat products which are not produced according rules/laws...and which they are not allowed to inspect. Strange that it got this far already.

[fruitman]

10 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Vietnam produce better quality and cheaper Kung

I bet you can't buy those in Thailand.

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, fruitman said:

I can't believe that Germany doesn't test talhe safety of their imported prawns.

 

And those workers live worse than prisoners, have you seen the 'rooms' they live in? There's nothing at all, guess they sleep on the floor there..

 

I don't know what organic shrimp farming is but i would think it's in a bay area somewhere in open sea? And they get fed fish or fish leftovers? 

 

Well it's time the West gives certain brands a qualification if they use good products and boycot the rest...

 

I bet the Germans don't want to eat products which are not produced according rules/laws...and which they are not allowed to inspect. Strange that it got this far already.

It wasn't that long ago the EU was checking every shipment of kung from Thailand for reasons I shall not disclose on here

[fruitman]

Just now, ChipButty said:

It wasn't that long ago the EU was checking every shipment of kung from Thailand for reasons I shall not disclose on here

For meat in Europe they have a law that inspectors have to be able to follow the meat untill the cow on the farm so they know exactly where the meat came from.

 

Isn't there a law like that for seafood and shrimps as well?

[jak2002003]

20 hours ago, fruitman said:

For meat in Europe they have a law that inspectors have to be able to follow the meat untill the cow on the farm so they know exactly where the meat came from.

 

Isn't there a law like that for seafood and shrimps as well?

I read about in investigation into that law.... 'supposed to be able to trace the meat back to the farm', and, as usual, there was a lot of fiddling the paperwork, turning a few blind eyes, and in the end the people trying to trace back the meat to where it came from had to give up as everything was just messed up and botched.  

 

 

[fruitman]

18 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

I read about in investigation into that law.... 'supposed to be able to trace the meat back to the farm', and, as usual, there was a lot of fiddling the paperwork, turning a few blind eyes, and in the end the people trying to trace back the meat to where it came from had to give up as everything was just messed up and botched.  

 

 

Farmers that fiddle with the paperwork or eartags of animals can get huge fines...nevertheless there's always the idiot who still does it..many have had their licences provoked though...they can't be farmer anymore for that reason.

 

But being an inspector in the meatindustry is a dangerous job that not many people will do...

 

We also had to odd stories of restaurants selling horsesteak as being beef, people loved to eat it untill they heard about it being horse. Even Ikea meatballs had horsemeat in it which became a huge scandal as well.

 

But in Holland we have butcher shops with 50-70 salespeople working there to serve clients..huge shops with a very good reputation which they sure don't want to ruin. They know exactly what they're selling and their customers love that. In supermarkets one doesn't know where it came from.

[ChipButty]

21 hours ago, fruitman said:

For meat in Europe they have a law that inspectors have to be able to follow the meat untill the cow on the farm so they know exactly where the meat came from.

 

Isn't there a law like that for seafood and shrimps as well?

You would think so

[ChipButty]

Brussels: After three years of hard work cleaning up its fisheries industry, the Thai government can breathe a sigh of relief after the European Union yesterday delisted the country from yellow-card status in recognition of its progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1607670/eu-lifts-seafood-ban-threat

[ParkerN]

In other words. we want some more money from the Thai exchequer, and if we don't get it then a certain someone can be expected to come calling... lets not forget the terms of the agreement shall we?