Just like the Ivory Coast, Ghana has now moved to secure a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU, and will see the continuation of its zero duty trade benefit on a large...
Tuna Trade News
Ivory Coast Goes Own Way In EU Free Trade Deal
After already warning that it would ink a separate bilateral trade agreement with the EU if a regional African deal was not reached, the Ivory Coast has gone it alone, and secured an...
Higher Skipjack Prices Pushed TU To Record Sales
Increased market prices for whole round skipjack tuna is just one of the key factors that TU has credited to its record high sales value for the second quarter of 2016. Consolidated sales for...
Thai Union Tops Transparent Company List
Thai Union has ranked as one of the most transparent firms among 100 multinational companies, coming in at 21st place in a new report, and significantly surpassing the average score....
Rio Mare Signs Italian Vending Deal
Rio Mare and Conserve Italia have signed a commercial development agreement for the vending machine market in Italy. Two Rio Mare tuna salads, one with couscous and one with corn will be...
US Tuna Importers Subject To Non-IUU Import Permits
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued revised requirements for importers and exporters of fishery products to the United States. NFMS will require annually renewable...
Century Wins Award For Sexy Tuna Marketing
The company behind Century Tuna has been named Asia’s “Marketing Company of the Year”, knocking another 15 finalists out of the contest. Century Pacific Food Inc., the Philippine’s largest...
ASEAN Market Most Promising For Vietnam
Vietnam tuna exports to the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) have emerged as the most promising, at a time when shipments to other major markets like the US, the EU and Japan have...
Albo Buy Ignites Share Surge For Chinese
Buying Spanish brand Albo has been a big hit with investors, as Shanghai Kaichuang’s (SK) publically listed shares soar to one of the highest peaks of the last five years. In June this year...
Tuna The Biggest Loser In UK Seafood Sales
UK sales of ambient tuna have decreased at a heavier rate than other popular canned fish products on the market, like salmon and mackerel, according to recent data from Nielsen Research...
Tax Break For Ecuador’s Tuna Exporters
The government is offering tax breaks to some groups of exporters within Ecuador, including canned tuna producers, after a substantial strengthening of the US dollar hit their competitiveness...
Where Thai Union Makes Most Profit
Contributing around 70 percent to TU’s gross profits from tuna in the first quarter of this year, branded sales from the likes of John West, Chicken of the Sea, Petit Navire and more, are...
The Worst-Case Scenario For TU
Following Tesco’s announcement that from today it will delist around 20 percent of John West products from its UK stores, leading analysts in Thailand have stated what they believe is the...
Man Jailed For Lidl Tuna Theft
A man has been sentenced to five months in prison for trying to steal more than 100 cans of tuna from a Lidl store in Spain in January this year. After emptying the preserves section of the...
Falling Prices For EU Fresh Tuna Sales
Over the past few years, several reports have suggested that an increasing quantity of Atlantic bluefin tuna is being marketed and consumed in EU nations, as catch quotas grow. This year a...
Non-EU Exports Lift Spanish Tuna Sales
After a consecutive two year slip, Spanish seafood exports shot up 15 percent in volume during the first quarter of 2016, with increased tuna shipments to non-EU countries seen as one of the...
Japanese Show Disinterest In MSC
A study released this year by NGO Ocean Outcomes titled “Opportunities for Sustainable Fisheries in Japan,” shows that Japanese consumers are generally unwilling to pay more for seafood with a...
New England Sees Shooting Profit From Sushi
Surging by over 55 percent year on year, New England Seafood’s profit hike stands out sharply in the company’s most recent financial statement (year ending October 2015), with a big thanks to...
TU’s MSC Tuna Shift Starts Early
This week Thai Union brand Mareblu, which leads in the Italian canned tuna market, has launched its first MSC certified product. The move sees an early shift within a target set by TU to make...
Should FAD-Free Collusion Be A Crime?
The Big 3 tuna brands in the US have been accused of collusion to refrain from offering FAD-free tuna products, according to prosecution documents that are part of a US price fixing...