date:Jul 13, 2012
Even so, Tesco Lotus is committed to procuring some 2 billionbaht worth of shrimp from Thai farmers for distribution inThailand. That would be a 20% jump over 2011.
The contract was signed July 10 to supply of 12,000 tons fromshrimp farmers and cooperatives.
Thai Frozen Foods Association statistics show 2,860 tons ofshrimp from Thailand: fresh, chilled, frozen and prepared items,were exported to Vietnam in the first four months of 2012, up by302% year-on-year. They were valued at 681 million ba