Abstract:
The result of this research found that Thailand had the advantage of the export performance and export specialization. The research shown that export performance ration and the export specialization ratio increased continuously during 1986-1996 however both started to decrease between 1997-1999.In terms of factors affecting the demand of the Thailands frozen shrimps in 1986-2000, the Japan Gross Domestic Product per capita, The exchange rated and the price of Thailands frozen shrimps were the main factors in Japan market while the key factor in The United State of America market was Gross Domestic Product per capita. Beside the frozen shrimps were considered as the luxury goods in both market. In addition, the result of the Thailand competitive advantage according to Michael E. Porters concept plus data collecting from frozen shrimp exporters indicated that material, labour, technology, quality of the product, financial management and management still contributed to the strength but the threat : cost, no clear lobour division and lack of evaluation still existed. Finally, this study suggested that the entrepreneurs should have some cost saving and the government should adjust the tax involving all the frozen shrimps export to reduce the costs including establishing the business allies to enhance the strength and increase channel distribution.