SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

EU tuna imports increase by 60% between 2010-2013

Brussels, 23/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - The most recent issue of the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) published on Monday 23 February shows that the EU imported € 2.74 billion of tuna in 2013, an increase of 60% over 2010. More than 85% of it was canned tuna.

EUMOFA indicated that the EU spent €280 million less (-15%) to import canned tuna in the first three quarters of 2014. This reverses the five-year trend of steady increases in the import...