Vietnam-the second largest tuna supplier to US

News 16:56 22/01/2014 502

(vasep.com.vn) Despite of improvement in American people’s consumer spending from last year, their demand for tuna was still low.Vietnam remained the second rank among leading suppliers to the U.S. even reduced tuna exports to the market in 2013.

Through November 2013, tuna imports into the U.S. reached 243,457 MT, worth over US$1.4 billion. These figures are down 4 percent year-on-year in volume and 7 percent in value. The country sources tuna from 82 suppliers in the world in which 4 ASEAN countries (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia) are leading tuna suppliers to the U.S.

Vietnam: Through November 2013, tuna exports to the market hit over US$177.6 million, down 23 percent year-on-year. Exports of frozen/live/fresh tuna and processed tuna to the market downed 34 percent and 7 percent, respectively.Thailand: Through November 2013, Thailand –the largest tuna supplier to the U.S. exported 92,086 MT of tuna products, worth US$470 thousand to the market. Thailand sold the U.S. mainly frozen tuna, making up 97 percent of total export value. Exports of the item from Thai to U.S. downed 5 percent year-on-year. Besides, exports of frozen/live/fresh tuna to U.S. downed 63 percent. Accordingly, Thai’s tuna exports to U.S. in 2013 were expected to be lower than 2012.

Philippines: Downgraded to the third position among leading tuna suppliers to the U.S. Through November 2013, Philippines’s main exported products (frozen/live/fresh tuna) to the U.S. downed over 36 percent year-on-year with the value of US$62.5 million. Besides, exports of processed tuna were on the downward trend of 27.6 percent with the export turnover of US$54 million. Predictably, Philippines’s tuna exports in 2013 to the market reported a reduction from 2012.

Indonesia: Through November 2013, tuna exports to the U.S. reached over US$136 million, down 8 percent year-on-year in which exports of frozen/live/fresh tuna downed 2 percent and exports of processed tuna downed 22 percent. Tuna exports to the U.S. in 2013 was expected to see no improvement.

Despite decline in tuna imports from ASEAN countries, the U.S. increased tuna imports from Mauritius and Ecuador. In the coming time, tuna suppliers from ASEAN will face more competition from Mauritius and Ecuador suppliers.

Moreover, ASEAN’s tuna suppliers to the U.S. including Vietnam will be affected by Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA) approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and took effect since July 13th 2013. Under the Act, all canned tuna products in the U.S. market are required to have Dolphin Safe Label. It means that raw tuna must be caught without harming to dolphin.

Top 15 tuna suppliers to the U.S, Jan - Nov 2013, MT (Source: GATS)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Grand Total	22117	18483	21749	25827	24356	21118	23747	21278	21872	22312	20600	243458
Thailand	10342	8619	9761	12334	9241	6523	7190	6938	7119	7306	6714	92086
Indonesia	1204	959	926	1385	1684	1889	1756	1777	1521	1765	1754	16619
Vietnam	1758	1593	1319	2063	2163	2161	2371	1586	1892	2387	2501	21795
Ecuador	1233	1557	1520	1606	1796	1813	2100	1362	1597	1733	1495	17811
Philippines	832	530	1255	1617	2382	2000	2318	1551	1986	2194	1972	18637
China	1957	922	847	1672	2094	2125	2568	2684	2581	1473	1348	20272
Other Pacific Islands NEC(*)	1257	727	2260	630	838	972	1225	1068	1033	1299	1428	12736
Colombia	387	837	895	493	588	868	957	1037	925	838	785	8608
Mauritius	899	731	755	1187	1018	99	100	249	431	725	402	6596
Mexico	355	604	370	442	136	398	447	641	420	451	297	4561
Sri Lanka	190	130	214	168	336	114	175	222	185	255	248	2238
Canada	70	113	74	392	84	181	616	604	890	169	121	3314
Spain	57	58	108	84	74	45	83	36	47	56	74	721
Panama	74	78	77	43	104	161	286	291	109	183	175	1581
Venezuela	8	41	114	70	107	94	90	89	96	62	86	856

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