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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Japan (Contd.): 



Table 2 - 



Average Monthly Export Prices of 1 



Japanese-Caught Atlantic Tima, AprU 1965-IVIarch 1966 | 





Exports to 1 



United States l/ 



Italy 2/ 1 



Albacore 



Yellowfin 



Albacore 



7ellowfin 





Round 



G&G 



Round 



Dressed 





(US$/ Short Ton) 



(US$/ Metric Ton) | 



1965: 











Apr. 



291 



315 



372 



427 



May 



284 



318 



374 



413 



June 



301 



315 



370 



409 



July 



300 



315 



382 



404 



Aug. 



300 



317 



374 



415 



Sept. 



302 



322 



397 



420 



Oct. 



303 



321 



380 



424 



Nov. 



323 



350 



433 



450 



Dec. 



363 



320 



438 



474 



1966: 











Jan. 



379 



372 



471 



493 



Feb. 



445 



451 



532 



548 



Mar. 



494 



476 



591 



589 



l/K.o.b. or f.a.i. p 



3rt of tianiJilpiiient. 



2/C.l.f. lujy. 





Association and the Japan Export Frozen Tuna 

 Producers Association. ( Katsuo - Maguro 

 Tsushin , April 25, 1966.) 



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EXPORT TRENDS OF CANNED TUNA: 



Japanese canned tuna in oil approved for ex- 

 port in business year 1965 (April 1965-March 

 1966) totaled 1,885,214 cases, according to data 

 compiled by the Japan Tuna Packers Associa- 

 tion. This was a decrease of about 100,000 

 cases from 1964 exports of 1,989,004 cases. 



Japanese Canned Tuna in Oil Exports, BY 1965 and 1964 



Principal Countries 

 of Destination 



West Germany 



Canada 



Switzerland . . 



Aden 



Netherlands . . 

 Great Britain . 



Belgium 



Okinawa 



Lebanon 



Kuwait 



Saudi Arabia . . 

 Other 



Total 



BY 1965 



BY 1964 



(No. of Actual Cases) . 



771,110 



300,102 



133,472 



132,402 



103,617 



87,316 



78,918 



66,232 



63,299 



36,319 



24,909 



87,518 



1,885,214 



765,564 



242,752 



139,124 



71,375 



108,985 



191.297 



92,461 



75,267 



43,198 



25,248 



43,573 



190,160 



1,989,004 



Japanese canned tuna other than in oil (spe- 

 cialty packs but not including in-brine pack) 

 approved for export totaled 999,753 cases, 

 321,000 cases more than the 678,224 cases 

 exported in 1964. 



Principal countries of destination for the 

 specialty packs of canned tuna were (1964 

 exports in parentheses): West Germany- - 

 801,569 (480,642); N e t h e r la nd s--85,217 



other Canned Tuna 

 Exports 



Vegetable tuna 



Jelly tuna 



Cream tuna 



Tuna flake in soy sauce . 



Tuna spread . 



Chili sauce tuna , 



Tenderized tuna 



Tomato txina 



other 



Total . 



BY 1965 



BY 1964 



. (No. of Actual Cases). 



858,838 



74,147 



36,860 



8.520 



11,206 



1,817 



70C 



45 



7,620 



999,753 



575,583 

 72.064 



20,080 



6.677 



397 



2,700 



193 



530 



678,224 



(79,781); Belgium--47,415 (45,257); Panama-- 

 10,985 (11,512); Great Britain--10,250 (5,175); 

 Australia--6,750 (2,645); United States -- 

 3,606 actual cases (3,122). ( Suisan Tsushin, 

 April 19, 1966.) 



PACKERS ASSOCIATION SETS QUOTA 

 ON CANNED TUNA CONSIGNMENTS 

 TO SALES COMPANY: 



The Japan Tuna Packers Association, at 

 a meeting held on April 18, agreed on canned 

 tuna consignments to the Sales Company in 

 the ratio of 60-80 percent whitemeat tuna and 

 20-40 percent lightmeat tuna for the business 

 year 1966 (April 1966-March 1967). ( Suisan 

 Tsushin, April 19, 1966.) Of those ratios, 

 consignments by can size were set as follows: 



Can and Case Size 



7-oz. 48's 



13-oz. 24's 



4-lb. 6's 



Whitemeat 



(Percent) 



Lightmeat 



33 

 22 

 45 



35 

 20 



45 



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CANNED FISH PRODUCTION 

 AND MARKETING TRENDS: 



The Japan Canners Association compiled 

 a report on canned food production and mar- 

 keting trends in 1965 and early 1966. The 

 section dealing with fishery products states: 



Canned Tuna : Production totaled about 6 

 million cases, declining despite the fact that 

 United States demand increased and prices 

 continued to increase since the fall, with ex- 

 port prices also going up. The National Fed- 

 eration of Tuna Fishermen's Associations 

 (NIKKATSUREN) had not yet undertaken the 

 promotion of canned albacore in oil as a re- 

 sult of high fish prices. (Note: In September 

 1965 NIKKATSUREN decided to launch a sales 

 campaign to promote domestic consumption 

 of albacore in oil. The program was to con- 

 tinue for three years, beginning November 

 1965, and was to be financed by assessment 

 on albacore landed in Japanese ports.) The 

 major fishing companies were reported plan- 

 ning to launch a campaign after March to sell 



