The global supply of sunflower oil has been severely impacted by the Russian-Ukraine war, as these nations are the world's main suppliers. On March 16, Atuna reported that there is a sunflower...
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Libyan Tuna Brand Eyeing The EU Market After Cleared For Export
Libyan authorities recently gave export accreditation to canned tuna brand Alwafa in a move to clear more of its national goods for overseas shipments and grow the nation's economy. The...
Seafood Expo North America Comes Back After 2-Year Forced Hiatus
The 2022 edition of the Seafood Expo North America concluded yesterday in Boston, US. It was the first in-person show held by Diversified Communications since the beginning of the COVID-19...
The Rise Of Rotterdam As Europe’s Logistic Tuna Hub
Over the last decade, the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has been growing rapidly as Europe's main tuna distribution hub. The small nation took in the second-highest volume of product...
Australian Tuna Sector Hopes Trade Tensions With China Will Thaw
The Australian bluefin sector hopes that its government can soon reconcile relations with China as it wants to export products to the Asian nation. Hagen Stehr, Founder of Stehr Group,...
African Processors Strongly Expanded Canned Tuna Biz In France
France was the top destination for canned tuna imports in 2021 among all EU markets. It was also the highest volume shipped to the country in the past five years. France took in 20 percent of...
All Major Suppliers Lost Canned Tuna Market Share In Germany In 2021
The amount of canned tuna imports into Germany hit a five-year low in 2021 with deliveries from major suppliers such as Ecuador and the Philippines especially having dropped. The latest...
Ecuadorian Canners See One Quarter Of EU Business Evaporate
Shipments of canned tuna to the EU picked up last year after they had temporarily fallen in 2020. However, the bloc’s main canned tuna provider, Ecuador, has seen around a quarter of its...
Dutch Organic Supermarkets Introduce Return Deposit On Cans
Dutch organic supermarket chains Ekoplaza and Marqt are the first to introduce return deposit on cans. The deposit and return rate is EUR 0.15 per can. The system will be operational as of...
EU’s 2.2 Billion EUR Canned Tuna Market Struggling To Recover
The consumption of canned tuna by EU countries strongly recovered last year. Despite this, the quantity was not sufficient to bring the market volume back to the pre-COVID 2019 level. EU...
Russia Halting Fertilizer Exports Could Create Global Food Crisis
The war in Eastern Europe has begun to wreak havoc with the global supply chain and the latest announcement by Russia to halt fertilizer exports will lead to additional disruption. Most...
Spanish Sector Warns Of Disruption Due To Ukrainian Sunflower Oil Shortage
The Spanish processing industry has warned of a possible short-term disruption because the sector is highly dependent on Ukrainian sunflower oil. ANFACO-Cecopesca says that it is necessary to...
Ukraine War Expected To Worsen Global Supply Chain Problems
Global supply chains have been beleaguered by nearly two years of disruptions from lack of containers and the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts predict that the Russia-Ukraine war will put even more...
Boston Seafood Expo First One Without COVID-19 Procedures
When visiting the 2022 Seafood Expo/Seafood Processing North America in Boston, face masks or proof of vaccination are not necessary. Diversified Communications, the organizer of the event,...
Judge Says StarKist Former Owner Del Monte May Face Tuna Buyers’ Claims
StarKist’s former owner, Del Monte Corp, might have to pay tuna buyers for price-fixing even though it sold the brand years ago, according to a ruling by a US federal judge from the Southern...
EU Alerts: Yellowfin Cargo Rejected By Spanish Customs
Only two tuna-related issues were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in February, thus continuing the low number of incidents per month after there were...
Ecuadorians Expand Their Global Distribution Of Loins, Biz Worth USD 277 Million
Ecuadorian processors have been successful in recovering lost pre-cooked loins business and further growing the segment. Major European canners have been buying more of the intermediate...
Thai Union Receives Another Sustainability Loan Of USD 61 Million
Thai Union Group has managed to secure more money for blue financing by signing a THB 2 billion (USD 61.2 million) short-term loan agreement with Bangkok stock exchange listed TMBThanachart...
Major Global Tuna Highlights February 2022
February was a busy month in terms of the tuna sector. Spanish cannery workers continued striking for better pay and no gender discrimination while the OPAGAC and MSC FAD fishery...
Purse Seiners Hit By Record Fuel Costs Due To European Conflict
Global energy markets are reacting to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and crude oil prices have hit the highest levels in years. It has also pushed up the value of fuel for tuna purse seiners to a...