S. Korea lifts 11-year ban on Thai fresh chicken imports



BANGKOK, 10 February 2015 (NNT) - South Korea has finally resumed imports of frozen fresh chicken from Thailand after an eleven-year ban on Thai poultry due to the bird flu outbreak in 2004, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Petipong Pungbun Na Ayudhya has announced.

He said that lifting of the ban has prompted a new expectation of a 6%-7% higher growth in Thai exports of fresh chicken, from 560,000 tons of exported chicken in 2014 to 600,000 tons throughout 2015, worth around 82,000 million baht in revenue.

The ministry had persuaded South Korea to lift its ban. Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha took essential information regarding a chicken export renewal to discuss with his Korean counterpart, during the 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan, in order to expedite Korean consideration, said Petipong.

Now the Thai Embassy in Seoul has been informed that the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has allowed the import again after it carefully assessed all risks. The first exports from Thailand are expected to begin in June.

According to Petipong, the renewed arrangement would mean South Korea will take back its crown as Thailand’s top importer.


-- NNT 2015-02-10

Good going PM! +1

I think seeing people one dimensionally shows a serious lack of vision...

mmmmmmmmm.... 9 hours after the article was posted and no nasty comments. Unbelievable.

does anybody have an overview of the process of these chicken ? fed what ? grown how long before slaughter ?

does anybody have an overview of the process of these chicken ? fed what ? grown how long before slaughter ?

one would imagine they would custom made to order if you are a big player. this chicken enterprise in thailand is a major export earner who definitely know what they are doing.

mmmmmmmmm.... 9 hours after the article was posted and no nasty comments. Unbelievable.

Perhaps someone should have noted there was an accompanying picture of a naked bird showing her breasts. That would have got some attention.