July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



77 



Japan (Contd.): 



49,293 metric tons valued at $19.1 million as 

 compared to the previous year's exports which 

 totaled 56,320 tons valued at $20.6 million. 

 Italy was again the principal customer for 

 Japanese tuna. Her purchases totaled 35,323 

 metric tons valued at $14.9 million, an in- 

 crease of 6,457 tons over BY 1964 purchases, 

 which totaled 28,866 tons valued at $10.8 mil- 

 lion. ( Suisan Tsushin , May 4, 1966.) 



EXPORTS OF FROZEN TUNA TO 

 COUNTRIES OTHER THAN U. S., 

 APRIL 1965-MARCH 1966: 



Exports of Japanese frozen tuna to coun- 

 tries other than the United States in business 

 year 1965 (April 1965-March 1966) exceeded 

 46,000 metric tons, valued at US$17.6 million, 

 according to preliminary data from the Japan 

 Frozen Foods Exporters Association. Ex- 

 ports to Italy (excluding February 1966) to- 

 taled 32,148 metric tons, exceeding the pre- 

 vious year by 4,000-6,000 tons. Exports to 



Japanese Frozen Tuna Exports to European, Asian, and African Countries, 

 April 1965-March 1966 



Country 



Total 



Albacore 1 / 1 Yellowtin 2 / 



Big-eyed 3/ 



Bluefin4/ 



Skipjack 5/j 



[taly 6/ 



Metr 



ic Tons (Value in ITS.Sil.O 



00«) 1 



32.148.4 

 (13.060.0) 



1.798.8 

 (789.8) 



21,217.8 

 (9.114.3) 



5,612.2 

 (1.999.5) 



3,139.6 

 (1.064.5) 



380.0 

 (91.9) 



Spain 



6.373.1 

 (2.159.8) 



4,474.9 

 (1.724.4) 



132.5 

 (45.3) 



498.7 

 (133.1) 



54.8 

 (18.9) 



1.212.2 

 (238.1) 



Yugoslavia . . . 



2,998.2 

 (1.142.6) 



1,462.0 

 (563.1) 



779.2 

 (327.9) 



295.0 

 (90.7) 



462.0 

 (160.9) 



- 



Czechoslovakia 



2.495.6 

 (6B2.4) 







2,495.6 

 (682.4) 



" 



- 



Ghana 



520.2 

 (66.1) 



- 



162.7 

 (21.8) 



145.0 

 (18.5) 



- 



212.5 

 (25.B) 



Uby 



426.1 

 (146.6) 



93.0 

 (35.3) 



30.0 

 (12.8) 



303.1 

 (98.5) 



- 





Tunisia 



318.8 

 (106.7) 



147.6 

 (56.1) 



10.3 

 (4.4) 



155.8 

 (44.4) 



5.1 

 (1.8) 



- 



Trinidad 



308.1 

 (85.6) 







295.9 

 (81.61 



12.2 

 (4.0) 



- 



France 



237.0 

 (9Z.i: 



237.0 

 (92.1) 



- 







- 



Denmark .... 



150.0 

 (35.3) 





- 



150.0 

 (35.3) 



- 



- 



Sweden 



35.0 

 (21.9) 



- 



- 





35.0 

 (21.91 



- 



Australia .... 



7.2 

 (5.5) 



- 



7.2 

 (5.5) 



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Yugoslavia declined drastically, to about one - 

 third of the previous year, while exports to 

 Spain increased 15 -fold. Except for Italy and 

 Trinidad, there were no shipments made in 

 February and March 1966. ( Suisancho Nippo , 

 May 2, 1966 and other sources.) 



EXPORTS OF FROZEN TUNA TO U.S. AND 

 PUERTO RICO, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1966: 



Japan's expcDrts of frozen tuna to the U- 

 nited States and Puerto Rico increased in Feb- 

 ruary 1966 as compared with the previous 



Japan's Exports of Frozen Tuna by Species to the 

 Uniteci States and Puerto Rico, February and January 1966 



Species 



February 



January | 



Qty. 



Value 



Qty. 



Value 



Albacore: 



Short 

 Tons 



1,668 

 2,484 



US$ 

 1,000 



769 

 1,099 



Short 

 Tons 



2,105 



1,416 



US$ 

 1,000 



815 

 528 



United States . . 

 Puerto Rico . . . 



Total 



4.152 



1.868 



3.521 



1.343 



Yellowfin: 

 United States . . 

 Puerto Rico . . . 



2,179 

 1,295 



990 

 498 



2,535 

 308 



993 

 93 



Total 



3.474 



1,488 



2,843 



1.086 



Big-eyed: 



109 

 35 



38 

 11 



60 

 92 



20 

 24 



United States . . 

 Puerto Rico . . . 



Total 



144 



49 



152 



44 



Skipiack: 



670 

 745 



216 



149 



117 

 806 



33 

 132 



United States . . 

 Puerto Rico . . . 



Total 



1,415 



365 



923 



165 



Total United States 



4,626 



2,013 



4,817 



1,861 



Total Puerto Rico 



4,559 



1,757 



2,622 



777 



Grand Total . . 



9,185 



3,770 



7,439 



2,638 



month. Exports to the United States dropped 

 slightly in quantity but increased somewhat in 

 value because of higher prices for frozen tuna. 

 Exports to Puerto Rico increased considerably 

 in both quantity and value. (Fisheries Attache, 

 United States Embassy, Tokyo, April 19, 1966.) 



***** 



EXPORT PRICES OF FROZEN TUNA. 

 APRIL 1965-MARCH 1966: 



The data in the following tables show month - 

 ly average frozen tuna export prices as com- 

 piled by the Japan Frozen Foods Exporters 



Table 1 



- Average Monthly Prices F.O.B. Japan, 



of Frozen! 



Tuna E 



Kported to the United States, April 1965-March 1966| 





Albacore 



Yellowfin 



Skipiack 



Big-eyed 



Round 



Loin 



G&G 



Loin 



Round 







(U^.l; /Short Tnn^ . . 





1965: 















Apr. 



318 



690 



311 



684 



- 



i/420 



May 



313 



688 



312 



684 



227 



i/580 



June 



290 



687 



312 



- 



227 



- 



July 



292 



670 



314 



675 



- 



2/252 



Aug. 



309 



674 



309 



667 



- 



- 



Sept. 



322 



693 



320 



710 



242 



1/420 



Oct. 



325 



708 



320 



677 



- 



- 



Nov. 



325 



733 



312 



711 



- 



1/500 



Dec. 



376 



752 



360 



722 



262 



- 



1966: 



388 



812 



390 



809 



291 



2/339 



Jan 



Feb. 



442 



850 



433 



923 



330 



2/346 



Mar. 



472 



931 



486 



977 



344 



2/364 



i/FUlets. 









2/ Round. 









