Thailand export sector is one of the most important part of the country’s overall economy. In this sector, food industry is undeniably one of the key contributions to the phenomenon success. It enhances the value of agricultural products which is the direct livelihood of Thai farmers – majority of the population in Thailand.

With diversifications and plentiful resources for agricultural produces as well as seafood, Thailand is famous for variety of food products exported worldwide, for instant canned tuna, frozen shrimp, canned fruit and vegetable. It brings about USD 10 billion of foreign income to the country annually and creates numerous employments. Nowadays, Thailand has been recognized around the world as one of the most efficient countries for food processing.

Upon that huge revenue from food industry, frozen shrimp is among one of the magnificent export items - value around USD 2.5 billion annually, with opportunity to grow. The story of the success for Thai frozen cultivated shrimps comes from well cooperation from all the integral parts of the industry : from hatcheries, farmers, feed mills, brokers, ice-makers, factories, transporters, ports, government authorities and etc. With continuous ability to cultivate shrimp domestically, to generate high skill labor and to keep better production standard; Thailand is one of the top frozen shrimp export countries in the world.

Thailand has a suitable land for shrimp agricultural for about 55,000 hectares, with approximate production 250,000 metric tons of shrimps per year. As a result, Thailand would be the first rank of the shrimp producing nations on earth with a distant followers from Ecuador, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines and etc.