Some suppliers and buyers are forecasting increased shrimp production from Thailand, as well as other countries, but one US-based importer doesn’t see it the same way.
Don Berger, procurement and sales director with Sea Lion International, points to the development of Thai sales to the United States, in reference to talk of increased farmed production in 2012.
“I have heard talk about increased production which sounds nutty,” he told IntraFish.
The total US imports from Thailand for the last six years are as follows (in metric tons):
2006 | 193,764 |
2007 | 188,319 |
2008 | 182,371 |
2009 | 190,474 |
2010 | 201,766 |
2011 | 184,968 |
“So now in a falling market the farmers are going to build more ponds, increase stocking density? I don't buy it,” said Berger.
However, the general consensus is that Thailand, the rest of Asia and also Central and South America will have a strong production year in 2012.
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