As tuna processors and exporters in the Philippines push for zero percent duty tariff on their products imported into the European Union, the country’s tuna fleet is also under consideration...
Tuna Trade News
Philippine Tuna Exports Value On The Rise
Reaching a total of USD 147 million from January to March this year, tuna exports value from the General Santos has risen a 3.98 percent from the same period in 2012. This is according to a...
Thousands Demonstrate For Extension Trade Deal
Thousands of people took the streets in order to demonstrate their support for a tuna trade deal that is essential to their daily livelihood. More than 8,000 Ecuadorians took to the Murcielago...
Major UK Foodservice Tuna Importer Ends Activities
Catering tuna importers in the UK could be looking at new opportunities in the domestic market, as one major importer of foodservice size has stopped all tuna activities. Speaking with one...
1Q Net Profit For Century Pacific Hits USD 7.3M
Century Pacific has reeled in an increased net profit for the first quarter of this year, reaching USD 7.3 million. Reporting to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company announced that its...
Asia Will Start To Challenge Dominance Ecuador
According to economist Dario Chemerinski, within the coming 5 years the dominance of the Ecuadorian canned tuna industry, within the Pacific South American markets, will be reduced due to a...
The EU’s Strongest Growing Regional Market
It’s currently the EU’s smallest regional canned tuna importing market, but is this likely to last for long? With the strongest purchase growth within Europe last year, Scandinavian...
Less Demand Slashes Japan’s Skipjack Price
The falling demand of frozen skipjack tuna has also slashed prices in Japan by as much as 40 percent. Big volumes of skipjack catch unloaded this year at Yaizu Shizuoka Prefecture, a major...
New USA Retail Index Shows Strong Price Cuts
US canned tuna brands have been slashing their retail prices significantly over the last three months, in a reaction to the lower raw material prices for skipjack in Bangkok. Scanning a...
Central EU Canned Imports Show Strong Growth
As the largest importing market for canned tuna globally, the tuna industry is bursting with references to the European Union. And Central Europe, as the largest market within this community,...
Atuna Introduces Skipjack Price Index
Want to stay up-to-date with the movement of the most important global tuna price indicator in the business? Now you can! Atuna.com has added an exciting new feature to its bursting collection...
One Year In Jail For Mislabeling Tuna?
A hefty sentence could be waiting for seafood suppliers and restaurant owners in California who sell mislabeled tuna. If passed, the new Senate bill would sanction non-compliers with a USD...
Vietnamese Yellowfin Feb Export Sales Plummet
Vietnam’s yellowfin tuna export sales have fallen by as much as 25 percent to USD 73 million. The dramatic drop has been witnessed in sales across February this year, when compared to the same...
The Falling Skipjack Price – Where Is The Bottom? What Did You Think?
Despite widely split opinions in our most recent atuna.com homepage poll, most of our readers are expecting the bottom price of the falling skipjack market not to drop below USD 1,150 CFR BKK....
German Discounters Are Shaking Up UK’s Tuna Business
German retailers, Aldi and Lidl are making their mark in the UK canned tuna business, creating tough competition for the traditional British supermarkets’ formulas. Major UK-owned retail...
EU Canned Tuna Imports Back On Track
The EU canned tuna market is back on track with an eight percent growth in imports last year. After suffering a dip in 2012, the European market for this product has made a recovery, reaching...
USA’s #2 Tuna Retailer Sold For USD 9 Billion
The United States’ No. 2 Supermarket chain is being sold for USD 9 billion. An investment group led by private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, is acquiring the group that is the...
Bluefin Served In Europe: 4/5 Involves Fraud
Four in every five cases of bluefin tuna being served in Europe involves fraud. This is according to a recent study on seafood traceability that conducted a unique investigation into fish...
Big Iranian Tuna Deal Sinks Trader
A spoiled sale of nearly USD 3 million worth of tuna into Iran has sunk a New Zealand tuna company, seeing it fall into liquidation. Oceanic Seafoods in Auckland was put into voluntary...
Retailers Choose To Put Alarm Tags In Canned Tuna
The crumbling Argentinean economy and its accompanying inflation has caused something quite unusual. Because of the increase of theft, even at supermarkets, alarms were placed on food specific...