Tuna
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Skipjack price dropped to USD 1 700 after staying high for a year
09/11/2023
Demand for frozen tuna, both whole and semi-processed, from tuna canners in South East Asia and Europe weakened during January-September 2023 affected...
High tuna prices affected consumer demand for end products
18/09/2023
Global demand for frozen tuna raw material and end products weakened during the first half of 2023 along with lower catches in the Pacific. Frozen...
Frozen skipjack prices start to soften
02/03/2023
Tuna catches were low worldwide during the third quarter of 2022 pushing frozen skipjack prices to USD 1 800 per tonne for delivery to Thailand. At...
Tuna: Frozen skipjack prices hit a seven-year
05/10/2022
Frozen skipjack prices hit a seven-year high in April 2022. After staying soft for a year, international trade in non-canned tuna made a solid recovery...
Non-canned tuna market revived but weakened for canned and processed tuna
16/12/2021
The global tuna trade in 2021 has been characterised by improved demand for non-canned tuna, falling retail demand of canned tuna and improved sales...
Key Documents
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly tuna analysis - April 2024
03/04/2024
Increased catches of tuna worldwide will result in steady supplies to canned tuna producers at prices much lower than in the last 2–3 years. Consumption of end-products is likely to improve as and when the price benefit of falling raw material prices reaches the retail sector.
GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics - Tuna Q2 2022
17/08/2022
The GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics focus on trends in trade flows for the major product groups and most important traders using the most recently available data. Data is sourced from the...
GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics - Tuna Q1 2022
09/05/2022
The GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics focus on trends in trade flows for the major product groups and most important traders using the most recently available data. Data is sourced from the...
GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics Tuna - Q3 2021
21/09/2021
The GLOBEFISH Trade Statistics focus on trends in trade flows for the major product groups and most important traders using the most recently available data. Data is sourced from the...