In a bid to woo Pacific Island states to its side, the US committed USD 810 million in financial aid to the region. This includes the 10-year USD 600 million it had already pledged, which...
Tuna Trade News
European Canners Raise Loins H1 Trade To EUR 547 Million
Demand for frozen pre-cooked loins is only expanding in the EU, as the canners purchased five percent more than they did in the first half of this year compared to 2021. The volume imported...
#Goodforwho? Greenpeace Vs Bumble Bee
Greenpeace activists displayed a banner reading #GoodForWho during a football game at a stadium next to Bumble Bee's headquarters in San Diego. The organization says, “They call on Bumble Bee...
John West Recalls One “Tuna Pot” Due To Mislabeling
John West UK is recalling a batch of On The Go Indian Tuna Rice salad because of mislabeling. The ingredients soy and wheat (gluten) are not listed on the product's label. The salad has been...
Thai Canners Experiencing Plunging US Orders
In the first half of this year, US canned tuna imports slowed to the lowest level in five years. Nearly all suppliers lost some of their business in this market but Thai processors were the...
Manta’s Skipjack Price Steady At High Levels As Veda Nears End
The first EPO fishing closure, which forces around half the purse seiners to stay at port for at least 72 days, is nearing its end next week. The inevitably lower raw material supply that the...
Innovative Marketing Will Help Tuna Paradise Feed The Poor
A Thai tuna factory selling tuna steaks in retail boxes wants to work alongside its customers to feed the poor. The company, Tuna Paradise, sells ten-pound boxes (4.5 kg) of tuna to...
American Senator Receives His Tuna Lunch By Drone
American Senator, Mark Warner, was amazed when Wings delivered him a can of tuna by drone at his visit to the company's site in Christiansburg, Virginia, last Friday. The company created an...
Thai Pet Food Sales In US Take Off
Thai processors managed to grow their pet food business globally in the first six months of the year and delivered nearly one-quarter more canned products than during the same period last...
Ecuadorian Tuna Sector Upset Over Mexican President’s Remarks
Trade agreement discussions between Mexico and Ecuador have been a protracted affair with both nations not seeing eye to eye on canned tuna imports. The recent claims by the Mexican President...
Ecuador Doubles Its H1 Shipments To Spain
Spanish imports of canned and pouched tuna in the first half of 2022 increased to the second highest volume in five years. Business with Ecuadorian processors doubled, bringing it back to...
President Asks Mexican Tuna Tycoons Not To Raise Consumer Prices
CEOs of Mexico's major tuna processors, as well as heads of other food companies, were invited by the country's president for lunch at the National Palace this week to discuss the increasing...
Controversial Dismissal Of PNA’s Long-Serving Commercial Manager Brownjohn
The long-serving Commercial Manager of the PNA Office, Maurice Brownjohn, has been let go from his role in what he considers a very “disappointing” treatment of him. The office is based in the...
Cost Of Steel Cans To Drop, 10 Percent Capacity Offline
Recently, tin and steel prices have dropped dramatically due to weakening global demand for steel. It is a welcome relief to the canned tuna sector which has been facing rising costs for...
Smaller Suppliers Sold EUR 53 Million More Canned Tuna To EU In H1
Smaller suppliers around the world managed to largely expand their canned tuna business with EU markets by 17 percent or EUR 53 million in the first half of this year. These processors fall...
Rebounding Tourism Strongly Spurs Spanish & Italian H1 Overseas Sourcing
Canned tuna imports into the EU strongly recovered in the first six months of the year, and most of the product was headed to Mediterranean nations Italy, France, and Spain. With pandemic...
EU Buyers Import EUR 1.4 Billion In H1, Sharp Drop In Philippines Supply
EU retailers and traders imported more canned tuna in the first half of this year compared to 2021. However, they cut back on their purchases from PNG and the Philippines due to sufficient...
Bumble Bee Steps Away From Good Catch Plant-Based Adventure
American plant-based food brand, Wicked Foods, has taken over the Good Catch distribution and sales in the US from Bumble Bee, which has stepped out of the joint venture partnership with the...
Pacific Leaders Want More Consumption From Domestic Canneries, While Imports Grow Explosively
Pacific Island nations have the world's largest tuna resource and still, their import of canned tuna from Thailand sharply increased in the first half of this year, amounting to USD 10...
How Tonga Got Its Fresh Tuna Shipments Back On Track
Tonga-based Pacific Sunrise Fishing's six longliner boats were washed out to sea after an erupting volcano triggered a tsunami but what hurt the company's fresh tuna business the most was...