11.   When he cooks shrimp now, they are mostly frozen shrimp, although fresh, head-on shrimp are available in the summer.

12.   Charuayporn Tantipipatpong, president of Thai Food Processors Association, said Thailand is a major exporter of rice, pineapple, tuna fish and frozen shrimp.

13.   He asked Japan to relax hygiene standards on frozen shrimp, reduce tariffs on frozen chicken, and buy more para rubber fom Thailand.

14.   Thailand is also seeking a special quota with lower duties for frozen shrimp, which are a major export to Europe, said the report.

15.   The ban will mostly hit supplies of deep frozen shrimp headed to Britain, France and Belgium.

16.   The drugs were hidden in a shipment of frozen shrimp destined for Spain.

17.   The increase was seen mainly in frozen shrimp and fish, as well as rice, tapioca and frozen chicken, she said.

18.   The major American imports from Thailand included automatic data processing machines, seafood and frozen shrimp, integrated circuits and jewelry.

19.   Frozen shrimps and leather goods constitute the bulk of the other major export sectors.

20.   He also said an unspecified number of Thai frozen shrimp exporters had pledged to stop buying shrimp food from Europe.