More Thai shrimp processors are looking to expand farming operations, to meet demands from customers in Europe and the United States for traceability, executives told IntraFish.

Some Thai packers, such as PTN Group, are already involved in farming and are looking to expand, while others are looking to start up operations from scratch.

“We have plans to invest in vannamei farming in the future -- we want to offer customers traceability all the way up the supply chain,” said Auhtaphon Ratana-Arporn, business development manager with Surapon Foods, a Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed, THB 5.481