Thai chicken on credit

BANGKOK – Thailand, the world’s fourth largest chicken exporter before it was hit by bird flu, offered yesterday to sell chicken on credit to overseas buyers and said it was willing to take goods in exchange.

“Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra instructed in a meeting today that Thailand provide credit lines to any country importing chicken products from Thailand,” government spokesman Jakrapob Penkair told reporters. “They can take our chicken products and pay back later in any form, not necessarily in cash,” he said after Thaksin’s meeting with Thai ambassadors and other officials.Thailand culled 60 million fowl earlier this year as an epidemic of the H5N1 virus hit many parts of Asia, killing 24 people who came in contact with infected birds.Eight people died in Thailand and 16 in Vietnam.- Nampa-Reuters”They can take our chicken products and pay back later in any form, not necessarily in cash,” he said after Thaksin’s meeting with Thai ambassadors and other officials.Thailand culled 60 million fowl earlier this year as an epidemic of the H5N1 virus hit many parts of Asia, killing 24 people who came in contact with infected birds.Eight people died in Thailand and 16 in Vietnam.- Nampa-Reuters