After narrowing earlier this year, the usual price gap between high valued tuna species in Japan is revealing itself once again, following the return of more vessels to the country’s ports,...
Tuna Trade News
Reshaped NAFTA Poses Threat To Mexico’s Tuna Industry
Mexico’s last grasp on zero duty access to the US market is hanging by a string, as parties gear up for talks for a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). With United States...
Lent Drives Surge In US Tuna Sales
The tradition of abstaining from eating meat during the Christian period of lent is leading to a boost in tuna sales for several big firms in the US. Companies take advantage of the increase...
2nd Bumble Bee Exec Could Face Price Fixing Jail Time
Former Bumble Bee executive, Ken Worsham, has become the second person from the firm to enter into a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of the ongoing US tuna price...
Industry Expects Higher US Canned Tuna Prices
With uncertainty surrounding the actual detail of Donald Trump’s tax strategy for the US, there is no doubt in the minds of Atuna readers that, should the President follow through on a promise...
China Takes Lead On “TPP-Lite” Trade Pact, After US Exit
A trade deal proposed by China, for which it wants rapid ratification, could ultimately see the country step into the US’ TPP shoes, creating a similar agreement in terms of impact, under a...
EU Border Checks “Undermine” IUU Legislation
Import controls lack consistency in strength and frequency across EU member states, according to a recent analysis, in which researchers state that this makes it more difficult to enforce an...
US Pet Owners Paying Big Prices For Tuna
The US market has seen more pet food launches in the last year than any other nation globally, and animal owners in this country are willing to pay out high prices for tuna-packed product....
Major Tuna Players Head To Boston Expo
Seafood Expo North America is taking off in Boston on Sunday, and as the largest seafood trade event in the US, several top tuna players are heading there. The expo lasts from Sunday March...
Judge Dismisses Attempts To Sue On Tuna Price Fixing
A number of “commercial food preparers” and “end payers” have had their attempts to use state law to sue US tuna companies for price fixing dismissed. Presiding over the case, Judge Sammartino...
Big Buyers Put Pressure On Bangkok SKJ Price
With demand for whole round tuna carrying sustainability claims only strengthening, big buyers are managing to bid lower on the price they pay for regular purse seine catch in the Thai...
Big Buyers Put Pressure On Bangkok SKJ Price
With demand for whole round tuna carrying sustainability claims only strengthening, big buyers are managing to bid lower on the price they pay for regular purse seine catch in the Thai...
Japan Hindering Vietnamese Export Growth
Declining exports to the Japanese market due to high import tax might stand in the way of the expected growth of Vietnamese tuna shipments this year, but strengthened demand from other...
Walmart Restricts Canned Tuna Purchases Per Person
Walmart Costa Rica has restricted the sale of canned tuna to a maximum of 12 cans per person, in the run up to Easter, in order to avoid people reselling the product at a higher cost during a...
Mozambique Predicted To Recover From Tuna Debt
The biggest damage from Mozambique’s debt, partly brought to the nation by a tuna bond, seems to be over. A study now claims that early signs show the country’s economy will eventually recover...
Strong Growth In Thai Tuna Pet Food
Canned tuna exports from Thai processors aren’t declining in every sense, and are increasingly attracting a different kind of consumer, in markets where human-targeted tuna products have been...
Dongwon Continues M&A Spree
Dongwon F&B, sister company of Dongwon Industries, acquired a stock raising and feed making firm last week, following on from several mergers and acquisitions targeted by the Korean group...
TU Poland Loses Legal Appeal, Defendant To Sue
Thai Union Poland has failed in its appeal against the verdict that cleared two Polish firms of violating marketing and competition laws. The defendant, and former majority shareholder of one...
UK Canned Tuna Sales Struggle To Get Back On Track
The tuna-dominated ambient seafood division is seeing a continued sales drop in the UK retail market, among stagnant fish product purchases overall. Slight growth has only been seen in the...
Thai Canners Get Renewed Chance Of EU Free Trade
Free trade talks are set to be restarted between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which a successful conclusion could see the high 24 percent tariff levied on...