Thailand: Sun Group to re-start frozen processed chicken export operations.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Corporate News - Sun Group will start re-exporting frozen processed chicken in January after halting exports for three years because of the bird-flu outbreak in the region, The Nation reports.

Initially, the company expects to export a small volume of 2,000 tonnes compared with its 30,000 tonnes in 2003 before the outbreak of the virus.

The recent European Union (EU) announcement to allocate its largest import quota to Thai chicken will also enhance the company's attempts to increase its export trade.

Thailand has been given a quota of 252,643 tonnes by the EU at a lower tariff than earlier announced, …