totaled about 3 million pounds (150,000 

 cases) almost entirely from Japan. Canada, 

 has been subject to Japanese export check 

 prices under which sales are required to 

 be made at not less than $8.65 per case 

 for white meat in oil and $7.70 for light 

 meat in oil. 



Brazil has a large potential market 

 for fishery products. In 1956, the 

 Brazilian Government authorized a Japanese 

 tuna fishing company to operate from that 

 country primarily to supply the home mar- 

 ket. This company has been selling frozen 

 tuna and recently has started marketing 

 tuna sausage. 



In conclusion, the outlook is that 

 the world supply of tuna may continue to 

 increase for several years as new stocks 

 are exploited. Market conditions appear 

 favorable for a considerable increase in 

 world tuna consumption. Improvement in 

 incomes and standards of living in other 

 countries can provide a more favorable 



climate if tuna prices are competitive 

 with the increasing supplies of other 

 protein foods. 



As present trade barriers are relaxed 

 and new markets develop, a greater move- 

 ment of tuna to other countries would 

 absorb an increasing share of the world 

 supply and may relieve some of the pres- 

 sure for sales to the United States. But 

 as long as the prices for tuna in the 

 United States market are more favorable 

 than in other countries, there will be a 

 strong tendency for major foreign tuna 

 producers to maximize their marketing in 

 the United States. 



Many facets of tuna marketing in 

 other countries could bear thorough study 

 in order to obtain a better measure of 

 conditions affecting the world tuna trade. 

 Changing market conditions will have an 

 important bearing on future United States 

 production and supply. 



Table 1.— UNITED STATES: EXPORTS OF CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1958 



SOURCE: bureau of commercial fisheries; compiled from bureau of the 



CENSUS DATA. 



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