Throughout Europe, authorities brought a total of three tuna-related issues before the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in January. Two of these incidents involved products with...
Tuna Trade News
Thai Packers 2020 Raw Material Sourcing Breaks Barrier
It has been five years since the annual sourcing volume of tuna raw material by Thai canners broke through the 700,000 M/T barrier. However, last year the COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand...
Subway Angry Over “Baseless” Claims In Tuna Sandwiches Lawsuit
Subway has expressed its anger over the lawsuit filed by a group of California consumers alleging that the company’s tuna sandwiches did not contain real tuna. The restaurant chain said these...
Thai Canners Increase Supply To More Than 20 Countries
Last year Thai processors increased their exports to major and small markets. Over the past couple of days, Atuna Analyst has been dissecting the data from Thai Customs. The final part...
PNG Halved Thai Canned Tuna Imports In 2020
Thai canned tuna shipped overseas experienced a modest increase during 2020. However, this was mainly visible only for the top major destinations while the processors' foothold in many smaller...
Container Crisis Confronts Canners With Cost Explosion
The global container supply chain shortage is causing plenty of headaches for tuna exporters given that it is causing shipping rates to skyrocket. As Atuna has previously reported, there is a...
Joe Biden Was Promoter Of ‘Dolphin-Safe’ Mexican Tuna Embargo
It is too early to tell how the administration of the new US president, Joe Biden, will impact the national and international tuna industry. However, he has a history with the sector as in...
President Biden Turning Around Policies Good For US Seafood Sector?
On the first day of taking office, US President Joe Biden reversed several major policies of the former Trump administration such as beginning the process of rejoining the 2015 Paris...
Cape Verde Tuna Plant Paralyzed Due To Missing EU Waiver
Cape Verde's government submitted a request to the EU to temporarily waive the rules of origin for its canned tuna exports. The economic bloc has yet to react to the petition, but the...
Brexit Deal Good News For EU Tuna Fleet?
Last year, Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU went right down to the wire, but in the end, a trade agreement was reached. Under the deal, canned tuna imports and exports between the...
Jean-Marc Bonhoure, Founder Of JMB Int’l, Dies At 64
One of Thailand’s pioneering canned tuna brokers Jean-Marc Bonhoure, the founder and CEO of JMB International, passed away on December 31st, from an acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage....
Korean Tuna Company Invests Millions To Reach Global Markets
On Wednesday, South Korean tuna processing company, S&B International, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth KRW 15 billion (USD 13.7 million) for investment with one province...
Dongwon Online Sashimi Sales Skyrocket
South Korean tuna company, Dongwon, has turned to an online platform to market some of its premium fresh tuna and sales are going through the roof. Given that the global pandemic has severely...
UK Travelers Can No Longer Enter With Tuna Into The EU
The EU prohibits travelers from third countries looking to enter its jurisdiction from introducing certain food goods such as canned tuna. As the Brexit transition period is now officially...
Zhoushan Seafood Trading Center Hit Record Tuna Volume In 2020
The China Ocean Squid Trading Center in Zhoushan traded 60,000 tons of tuna last year, according to Zhejiang Online. In addition, the trading volume hit a record-high and exceeded CNY 3.5...
Credit Suisse Slapped With New Suit Over Mozambique Tuna Scandal
Credit Suisse has been slapped with yet another lawsuit over the Mozambique tuna bonds scandal. This time two companies that acquired some of the exposure of the bank’s loan are seeking...
Italian Packers Grew Canned Tuna Trade With Saudis In Q3 2020
The Italians grew their canned tuna business with Arabian Peninsula countries, especially Saudi Arabia, up to the first nine months of 2020 (Q3). Trade data has revealed that EU exporters have...
Spain Rapidly Losing Business In Africa
The shipments of canned tuna from EU countries to Africa dramatically fell during the first nine months of 2020 (Q3). Spain continued to lose business in the region while other much smaller...
Canada Nearly Doubles Canned Tuna Biz With Italians
North and South American markets imported a record volume of canned tuna from the EU in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3), with nearly half the products delivered to Canada. The EU export canned...
Century Pacific Sets Ambitious Targets For 2021
Century Pacific Food (CNPF) has set a conservative growth target of 10 percent for this year after a phenomenal 20 percent increase in its 2020 revenue. In previous years, the Philippine tuna...