The World Market for Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties: A 2009 Global Trade Perspective

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing the regional markets for imported and exported prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for each region, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes.

After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports, Chapter 3 details the exports of prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties for all countries in the world. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present the complete picture for imports and exports of prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties to and from all major countries in the world. Of the 150 countries considered, if a country is not reported here it is therefore estimated to have only a negligible level of trade in prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties" as a category is defined in this report following the definition given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined "prepared tuna, skipjack, and bonito excluding minced varieties" is 03713 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 METHODOLOGY 10
1.1 Our Approach 10
2 THE WORLD MARKET 14
2.1 Exports 14
2.1.1 The World Market: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Export Supplies in 2009 14
2.2 Imports 16
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties in 2009 16
3 EXPORTS 20
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 20
3.1.1 Executive Summary 20
3.1.2 Cameroon 23
3.1.3 Cape Verde 23
3.1.4 Cote dIvoire 24
3.1.5 Djibouti 24
3.1.6 Egypt 24
3.1.7 Ghana 25
3.1.8 Guinea 25
3.1.9 Kenya 26
3.1.10 Liberia 26
3.1.11 Madagascar 26
3.1.12 Mauritania 27
3.1.13 Mauritius 27
3.1.14 Morocco 28
3.1.15 Senegal 28
3.1.16 South Africa 28
3.1.17 Togo 29
3.1.18 Tunisia 29
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 29
3.2.1 Executive Summary 29
3.2.2 China 32
3.2.3 Hong Kong 33
3.2.4 India 33
3.2.5 Indonesia 34
3.2.6 Japan 35
3.2.7 Malaysia 35
3.2.8 Maldives 36
3.2.9 Papua New Guinea 37
3.2.10 Philippines 38
3.2.11 Seychelles 39
3.2.12 Singapore 39
3.2.13 South Korea 40
3.2.14 Sri Lanka 40
3.2.15 Taiwan 40
3.2.16 Thailand 41
3.2.17 Vietnam 42
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 43
3.3.1 Executive Summary 43
3.3.2 Austria 46
3.3.3 Belgium 46
3.3.4 Croatia 47
3.3.5 Czech Republic 47
3.3.6 Denmark 47
3.3.7 Estonia 48
3.3.8 Finland 48
3.3.9 France 49
3.3.10 Germany 50
3.3.11 Greece 51
3.3.12 Hungary 51
3.3.13 Ireland 51
3.3.14 Italy 52
3.3.15 Latvia 53
3.3.16 Lithuania 53
3.3.17 Luxembourg 53
3.3.18 Malta 53
3.3.19 Poland 54
3.3.20 Portugal 54
3.3.21 Russia 55
3.3.22 Slovakia 55
3.3.23 Slovenia 55
3.3.24 Spain 56
3.3.25 Sweden 57
3.3.26 the Netherlands 57
3.3.27 the United Kingdom 58
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 58
3.4.1 Executive Summary 58
3.4.2 Argentina 61
3.4.3 Brazil 61
3.4.4 Chile 62
3.4.5 Colombia 62
3.4.6 Costa Rica 63
3.4.7 Ecuador 64
3.4.8 El Salvador 65
3.4.9 Guatemala 65
3.4.10 Honduras 65
3.4.11 Mexico 66
3.4.12 Nicaragua 66
3.4.13 Peru 66
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 67
3.5.1 Executive Summary 67
3.5.2 Canada 69
3.5.3 Cuba 69
3.5.4 St Pierre and Miquelon 70
3.5.5 the United States 71
3.5.6 Trinidad and Tobago 72
3.5.7 Turks and Caicos Islands 72
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 72
3.6.1 Executive Summary 72
3.6.2 Australia 74
3.6.3 Fiji 74
3.6.4 New Zealand 74
3.6.5 Vanuatu 75
3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties 75
3.7.1 Executive Summary 75
3.7.2 Iran 77
3.7.3 Israel 77
3.7.4 Oman 78
3.7.5 Saudi Arabia 78
3.7.6 Tajikistan 78
3.7.7 the United Arab Emirates 79
3.7.8 Turkey 79
3.7.9 Turkmenistan 79
3.7.10 Yemen 80
4 IMPORTS 81
4.1 Africa: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 81
4.1.1 Executive Summary 81
4.1.2 Algeria 83
4.1.3 Botswana 83
4.1.4 Cameroon 84
4.1.5 Cote dIvoire 84
4.1.6 Egypt 84
4.1.7 Ethiopia 85
4.1.8 Gabon 85
4.1.9 Mauritius 85
4.1.10 Morocco 86
4.1.11 Mozambique 86
4.1.12 Namibia 87
4.1.13 Senegal 87
4.1.14 South Africa 87
4.1.15 Sudan 88
4.1.16 Zambia 88
4.2 Asia: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 88
4.2.1 Executive Summary 88
4.2.2 Brunei 91
4.2.3 China 91
4.2.4 Hong Kong 92
4.2.5 Indonesia 92
4.2.6 Japan 93
4.2.7 Macau 93
4.2.8 Malaysia 94
4.2.9 Philippines 94
4.2.10 Singapore 95
4.2.11 South Korea 95
4.2.12 Taiwan 96
4.2.13 Thailand 96
4.3 Europe: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 97
4.3.1 Executive Summary 97
4.3.2 Albania 100
4.3.3 Austria 101
4.3.4 Belarus 101
4.3.5 Belgium 102
4.3.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 103
4.3.7 Bulgaria 103
4.3.8 Croatia 104
4.3.9 Cyprus 104
4.3.10 Czech Republic 105
4.3.11 Denmark 106
4.3.12 Estonia 106
4.3.13 Finland 107
4.3.14 France 108
4.3.15 Germany 109
4.3.16 Greece 110
4.3.17 Hungary 111
4.3.18 Iceland 111
4.3.19 Ireland 112
4.3.20 Italy 113
4.3.21 Kazakhstan 114
4.3.22 Latvia 114
4.3.23 Lithuania 115
4.3.24 Luxembourg 115
4.3.25 Macedonia 116
4.3.26 Malta 116
4.3.27 Norway 117
4.3.28 Poland 117
4.3.29 Portugal 118
4.3.30 Romania 118
4.3.31 Russia 119
4.3.32 Slovakia 119
4.3.33 Slovenia 120
4.3.34 Spain 121
4.3.35 Sweden 122
4.3.36 Switzerland 123
4.3.37 the Netherlands 124
4.3.38 the United Kingdom 125
4.3.39 Ukraine 126
4.4 Latin America: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 126
4.4.1 Executive Summary 126
4.4.2 Argentina 129
4.4.3 Belize 129
4.4.4 Bolivia 129
4.4.5 Brazil 130
4.4.6 Chile 130
4.4.7 Colombia 131
4.4.8 Costa Rica 131
4.4.9 Ecuador 132
4.4.10 El Salvador 132
4.4.11 Guatemala 133
4.4.12 Guyana 133
4.4.13 Honduras 133
4.4.14 Mexico 134
4.4.15 Nicaragua 134
4.4.16 Panama 135
4.4.17 Paraguay 135
4.4.18 Peru 135
4.4.19 Uruguay 136
4.4.20 Venezuela 136
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 136
4.5.1 Executive Summary 136
4.5.2 Barbados 139
4.5.3 Canada 140
4.5.4 Dominica 140
4.5.5 Jamaica 141
4.5.6 St. Kitts and Nevis 141
4.5.7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 141
4.5.8 the United States 142
4.5.9 Trinidad and Tobago 143
4.6 Oceana: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 143
4.6.1 Executive Summary 143
4.6.2 Australia 145
4.6.3 Fiji 146
4.6.4 New Caledonia 146
4.6.5 New Zealand 147
4.7 the Middle East: Prepared Tuna, Skipjack, and Bonito Excluding Minced Varieties Imports in 2009 147
4.7.1 Executive Summary 147
4.7.2 Bahrain 149
4.7.3 Israel 150
4.7.4 Jordan 150
4.7.5 Oman 151
4.7.6 Qatar 151
4.7.7 Saudi Arabia 152
4.7.8 Syrian Arab Republic 152
4.7.9 Yemen 153
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 154
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 154
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 155