Boosted by growing ambient seafood sales, a "significant" rebound of frozen and chilled seafood and continued strong growth in its petcare and value-added divisions, seafood heavyweight Thai Union posted record sales in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The company posted a 20 percent increase in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to hit THB 2.5 billion (€68 million/$77 million) on a 15 percent hike in sales to THB 38.5 billion (€1.1 billion/$1.2 billion).

Top line growth and "consistently" high margins from the company's core business helped mitigate ongoing supply chain challenges.