The Philippine tuna industry sustains high hopes that the European Parliament will give a majority vote in favor for the Asian nation to secure GSP+; a status that will hand the country a zero...
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No Immediate Free Trade For Australian SBT To China
Following the finalization of the FTA between Australia and China (ChAFTA), the Australian southern bluefin industry has expressed its frustration regarding the timing of the tariff phase,...
GSP+ Could Bring Millions Of Extra Tuna Business To Philippines
Despite a last minute offensive move from Spanish MEPs to block the agreement, the Philippines’ tuna industry, backed by positive news from the European Commission, is still strongly confident...
Bluefin Included In Australian–Chinese FTA
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and China, which would also include the trade for southern bluefin tuna, has been reported to likely be announced next week. Australian...
Philippines Regains Market Share In USA
After a significant decline from 2012 to 2013, Filipino tuna exporters have made a considerable recovery in the US canned tuna market so far this year, with shipments increasing a substantial...
Research Shows Increased Demand For MSC Ecolabel
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has reported, on the basis of independent survey research undertaken on request of the certification body, that consumers have an “increasing appetite for...
Coles Announces Very Low ‘Everyday’ Tuna Price
One of the leaders in the Australian private label market, Coles, has recently released a new TV commercial promoting the ‘everyday’ fixed cost of its own brand 95g canned tuna products, in...
Why Canned Tuna Dropped From #2 Position
Once the number one consumed seafood in the United States, canned tuna products have now slipped to number three, with shrimp and salmon leading the way. According to NOAA data, American’s...
Fair Trade Enters Tuna Segment With Anova USA
Anova Foods LLC will be marketing Indonesian caught yellowfin tuna in the US, under the first Fair Trade USA seafood certification. Four Indonesian handline yellowfin tuna fisher associations...
China Tuna Industry IPO A Lesson For Investors In China?
As the China Tuna Industry Group has been hit with a “downfall” and could try again for an IPO, Gregory Sichenzia, a founding partner of securities law firm, Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference,...
Vietnam Tuna Exports Decline In 97 Markets
From January to September this year, Vietnamese global tuna exports have seen a decrease in value by 13 percent from the same period the previous year, partly due to a reduction in the number...
Thai Union Completes King Oscar & MerAlliance Deals
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), one of the world’s largest tuna processors, has today confirmed the completion of its most recent acquisitions, King Oscar, the leading premium canned sardine...
Sealord: Consumer Unwilling To Pay Premium For MSC Fad-Free
Sealord has recently confirmed it has become a 100 percent FAD-free sourcing tuna production company, according to an atuna.com interview with Sealord’s Marketing General Manager in New...
How Market Reacted To 45 Million+ New TUF Shares
Just days ago, Thai Union (TUF:TB) brought 45,360,045 new shares to the stock market, in an effort to raise more capital. Listed on the Bangkok Stock Exchange, the company already had just...
Thai Raw Tuna Imports Drop To Six Year Low
Bangkok, the largest global import market of raw material tuna, and the world’s hub of tuna processing, has seen a significant drop in the overall volume of frozen whole round tuna reaching...
Lifting Of Yellow Card Not All Good News For Fiji Operators
What was considered to be “good news” for many in Fiji could in fact mean little change for some, as the EU announced a lift on trade sanctions for the nation’s fisheries exports, updating its...
Abidjan Wants To Expand As Leading Tuna Hub
As the historical capital of Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, the largest industrialized hub in West Africa, also has the largest port in the region and the second biggest in Africa. Now the port,...
Ecuador Likely To Keep Zero Duty Until 2017
Ecuadorian tuna exporters can breathe a sigh of relief, as sources from DG Trade Brussels confirm that the nation’s tuna products are likely to keep zero percent duty trade with the EU, until...
Seiners Benefit From 25pct Lower Oil Prices
The continued decline of global oil prices, now reaching a 25 percent decline since June this year, is influencing operations in the tuna industry, as oil costs play a large part in the...
US Origin Labeling A Technical Barrier To Trade?
This week’s ruling by the WTO against US country-of-origin meat labeling (COOL) has been attributed to the fact that its compliance panel sees the policy as a “technical barrier to trade.” The...