requiem for a blue fin tuna, an international trade analysis (1998 2009)

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Requiem for a BlueFin Tuna

an International Trade Analysis (1998/2009)

Uncovering the relentless overfishing of a collapsed fish

stock

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Requiem for a BlueFin Tuna

an International Trade Analysis (1998/2009)

Uncovering the relentless overfishing of a collapsed fish

stock

A Report by:

Suaviter in modo, Fortiter in re.

Advanced Tuna Ranching Technologies, SL ©®™C/ O’Donnell, 32 – 2º E28009 Madrid, Spain.

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An international disgrace governed by a looting rationale

“Suppose that I stick to my quota, but others do not.

In this case BlueFins will get fished out, and everyone will be the looser in the long term.

But I will be a looser in the short term as well, since by confining myself to the quota allocated to me I will suffer an immediate drop in income that others do not. Suppose on the other hand that I break my quota.

Then, if others break theirs, BlueFins get fished out, certainly, but I am not a special loser.Contrariwise, if others keep to their quotas while I break mine, the stock will be preserved to my long term benefit as well as theirs, but unlike them, I will not suffer an immediate drop in income either.

So, whether other BlueFin Tuna fishing states ignore or observe their quotas, my best strategy is to ignore mine, while blaming others for doing so.”

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Index

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Introduction 005

Trade data sources and general methodology 007

Used Sources for Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFinTuna Trade Statistical Data Crosschecks 007

Used Statistical Codes for Processed Fresh & FrozenBlueFin Tuna Trade 012

ICCAT Codes for Processed Fresh& Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and Used Conversion Factors 014

Antecedents of a Peak BlueFin Tuna scenario 016

Overkill logistics 016

Overkill NEA+MED BFT Quotas & TACs;“Negotiating with biology”... 018

1998-2009 BFT Trade data Analysis 022

An estimation of ex-Trade BlueFin Tuna catchesduring the period 1998-2009 022

Trade-Flux Block I: An estimation of Intra-EU27Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna tradevolumes during the period 1998-2009 027

Trade-Flux Block II: An estimation of EU27Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tunaexports to Japan during the period 1998-2009 039

Trade-Flux Block III: An estimation of EU27Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tunaexports to the USA during the period 1998-2009 054

Trade-Flux Block IV: An estimation of EU27Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tunaexports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA)during the period 1998-2009 068

Trade-Flux Block V: An estimation of ProcessedFresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to EU27by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey,during the period 1998-2009 079

Trade-Flux Block VI: An estimation of ProcessedFresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Japan byCroatia during the period 1998-2009 089

Trade-Flux Block VII: An estimation of ProcessedFresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Japanby Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Egypt & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009 096

Trade-Flux Block VIII: An estimation of ProcessedFresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to the USA byIceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Egypt & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009 106

Trade-Flux Block IX: An estimation of ProcessedFresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Korea,China & Panama by Libya & Turkey,during the period 1998-2009 113

Conclusions 116

List of acronyms 129

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Introduction

ICCAT1’s ill-termed Management Plan, pompously set to save Atlantic BlueFin Tuna (BFT) from stock collapse, has turned out to be a total and utter failure.

ICCAT has the dishonourable privilege of having overseen a 72% decline in the adult population of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean stock of BlueFin tuna and an 82% percent decline in the adult population of the western Atlantic stock, over the past 40 years.

In recent years (1998-2008) countries that fish the eastern stock, which spawns in the Mediterranean, have illegally done so at over twice the sustainable level, thus causing the dramatic stock decline of a species that has been fished inside the Mediterranean Sea for as long as 7.000 years. Tuna ranches in Cyprus remain empty in 2009 due to extreme low catches in the eastern Mediterranean; Tuna ranches in Malta, Greece, Turkey and Tunisia have been jam-packed with juvenile BFT in 2008 and 2009.

Rampant BFT over catch during the past five years has not been reduced by the so called ICCAT BFT Management Plan and meagre enforcement of fishing, ranching and trade control measures.

Chart 000: “Aquacalypse now”: An intolerable tax-free loot by one of the most heavily subsidised fishing, ranching and trading industries worldwide. An unbearable scam in the eyes of concerned tax-payers, namely in the European Union, by far the main culprit of such an international disgrace.

In fact and contrary to ICCAT’s grossly underreported catch statistics, the gap between ICCAT yearly allocated BFT quotas and BFT real catches has widen alarmingly.

Since a traded BlueFin Tuna can only be a fished BFT, the present report uses official trade data as a mean to estimate the degree of real BFT overfishing during the past decade.

1 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the international body that manages BlueFin Tuna fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea

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It clearly demonstrates, among other facts, that yearly detected and identified BFT quota over-catches have raised from 3.569.673,48 Kgs. in 2004 to a staggering 24.297.826,03 Kgs. in 2008.

The 2004-2008 wholesale value of such an intolerable tax-free loot would amount to some € 1.411 million; whereas the wholesale value of such over catches for the period 1998-2008 would amount to a total ≈ € 3.076 million, that is ≈ 25% of an estimated ≈ € 12.000 million global BFT trade value, calculated for the last decade.

Such values, in essence conservative, do not take into account BFT black-market trade fluxes during the 1998-2008 decade.

This “international disgrace” has been characterised by recurrent mala-fides and wilful ignorance in the light of fishing and ranching blatant illegalities having been committed by ICCAT Contracting Parties themselves during the period 1998-2008.

As Dr. Peter Makoto Miyake, Former Deputy Director General of ICCAT confirms, “the reason for the failure in the management of Eastern Atlantic BlueFin tuna is that fishing countries around the Mediterranean have not complied with ICCAT's regulatory measures. (...) If member States had abided by the quota, the present situation would never have happened.”

And yet the proposal to ban international trade of Atlantic BlueFin Tuna (BFT) thus recommending a listing of the species on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) could only but further sparkled the picaresque of a ruthless global Tuna cartel with little or no social-responsibility culture.

Adding outrage to insult, a widespread “à la carte” pseudo-scientific media campaign, generously funded by one of the most heavily subsidised fishing, ranching and trading industries worldwide, is now proactively denying that the King of Sushi is just about to collapse if not definitively gone.

Requiem for a BlueFin Tuna, an international trade analysis (1998-2009), Uncovering the relentless overfishing of a collapsed fish stock.

Printed in Madrid, Spain on October 20nd 2009.

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Trade data sources and general methodology

Used Sources for Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Statistical Data Crosschecks

Recorded exports of fresh & frozen BFT from Mediterranean countries to Japan, the USA, the EU, Korea and other destinations, have been analysed in an attempt to assess the levels of wild BFT having been caught in the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (NEA + MED) from January 1998 to December 2008, included.

In order to assess such levels of BFT catches during such period, a number of ICCAT Contracting Parties’ Statistical Document bi-annual reports were reviewed and data contained in such documents was logged into a database.2

This Report’s findings are based on a Trade-Flux Block (TFB)-Crosscheck Analysis Approach.

The following BlueFin Tuna (BFT) TFBs and related sources of official trade statistical data, were thus analysed in an attempt to estimate the amounts of wild BFT having been caught in the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (NEA + MED) from January 1998 to December 2008, included.

Trade-Flux Block I: Intra EU27 Processed BFT Trade;

Trade statistical source: Eurostat

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 TARIC CN8 Trade Data.

Trade-Flux Block II: Processed BFT Exports to Japan by EU27;

Trade statistical sources: Eurostat, Japanese Customs, 2005-2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 TARIC CN8 Trade Data, 1998/June 2009 HS9 Trade Data, 2005-2008 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block III: Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27;

2 We assume that all exports referred to in this report, were backed by pertinent mandatory national and international documentation and permits, namely but not restricted to:

Valid Highly Migratory Species International Trade Permits, Completed and submitted statistical documents or statistical document/re-export certificates, Sets for each shipment of the named specie, Completed and submitted summary reports of trade activity for the named specie, Compliance with all applicable record-keeping and reporting requirements.

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Trade statistical sources: Eurostat, US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service, 2005-2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 TARIC CN8 Trade Data, 1998/June 2009 HS10 Trade Data, 2005-2008 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block IV: Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27;

Trade statistical sources: Eurostat, 2005-2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 TARIC CN8 Trade Data, 2005-2008 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block V: Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27;

Trade statistical sources: Eurostat, 2005-2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 TARIC CN8 Trade Data, 2005-2008 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block VI: Processed BFT Croatian Exports to Japan;

Trade statistical sources: Japan Customs, Croatia Chamber of Economy, Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department, 2005-2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 HS9 Trade Data, 2005-2008 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

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Trade-Flux Block VII: Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey;

Trade statistical sources: Japan Customs, 2005/June 2009 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 HS9 Trade Data, 2005/June 2009 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block VIII: Processed BFT Exports to USA by Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey;

Trade statistical sources: US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service, 2005/June 2009 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 1998/June 2009 HS10 Trade Data, 2005/June 2009 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Trade-Flux Block IX: Processed BFT Exports to Korea, China & Panama by Libya & Turkey.

Trade statistical sources: 2005/June 2009 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Type of trade statistical data: 2005/June 2009 semestrial processed fresh & frozen BFT Exports.

Other official sources of information have also been monitored and used for the purpose of this report. These are:

ICCAT:

o 1998/2008 SCRS Task I Catch Data

o 2007/2008 CoC CPs reports

o 2008/2009 BCD database Catch Data

o 2005/2009 CPs’ Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations3

2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan 2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Algeria: ICCAT

Circular: 1328/06 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China:

ICCAT Circular: 667/06

3 Utmost caution was taken in order to avoid double counting, that is, whenever a Contracting or Non-Contracting Party reported an import from another Contracting or Non-Contracting Party and that import was reflected as an export in another Statistical Document bi-annual report, then only the recorded export was logged.

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2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 558/06

2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 2157/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Croatia: ICCAT Circular: 504/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by EU: ICCAT Circular: 815/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular: 760/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Korea: ICCAT Circular: 684/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Taiwan: ICCAT Circular: 585/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circulars: 092/06, 300/06 & 1513/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1226/06, 025/07

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 739/06





2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 025/07


2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Croatia: ICCAT Circulars: 228/07 & 382/07




2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Morocco: ICCAT Circular: 430/07


2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circular: 239/07



2007 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 1990/08



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2007 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Taiwan: ICCAT Circular: 1506/07 (Revised)




2007 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 129/08









2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Korea: ICCAT

Circular: 2288/08 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Taiwan: ICCAT

Circular: 1783/08 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT

Circulars: 1429/08 & 1936/09 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular:

1964/08 2008 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by EU: ICCAT Circular:

1197/09 2008 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT

Circular: 716/09

2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1788/09 & 1799/09

No 2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual reports by Japan, EU, USA, China, Korea, Taiwan and other ICCAT CPs were made available by ICCAT at the time of print of this report.

Data corresponding to BFT having been caught during 2008 but exported during Q1+Q2 2009, contained in such 2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual reports, would have therefore been crosschecked with available 2009 Q1+Q2 BFT Trade statistical data from other official sources (Namely Japan Customs, Eurostat and US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service) thus allowing a more refined crosscheck of BFT Trade data for such period.

Croatia Chamber of Economy (Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department)

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Used Statistical Codes for Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade

Eurostat TARIC CN8 Codes

o 03023510: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation,

o 03023590: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, (Excluding Tunasfor industrial processing or preservation),

o 03023911: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or chilled, for industrialprocessing or preservation,

o 03023991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or chilled (Excluding Tunasfor industrial processing or preservation),

o 03034511: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, whole,

o 03034513: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, gilled and gutted,

o 03034519: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, without head and gills, but still to be gutted,

o 03034590: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, (Excluding Tunas forindustrial processing or preservation),

o 03034921: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, whole,

o 03034923: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, gilled and gutted,

o 03034929: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation (Excluding whole and gilled and gutted).

Japan Customs HS9 Codes

o 0302.35-000: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0302.39-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0303.45-000: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, whole;

o 0303.49-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, whole;

o 0304.20-092: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;



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o 0304.99-991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation.

US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service HS10 Codes

o 0302350000 Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0302390020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0303450000 Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, whole;

o 0303490020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;

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ICCAT Codes for Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and Used Conversion Factors

Where appropriate, possible and/or necessary, Conversion Factors4 used to calculate BFT Round Weight used for statistical analysis and calculation are:

o Belly Meat x10.28o Dressed Weight x 1.25o Fillets & Loins x 1.67o Gilled & Gutted x 1.16o Others x 2.00

In all cases, immediately inferior Conversion Factor is applied in case of doubt between two possibilities, as shown in following Table 001.

Product Type Description

Product Type Code

Product Shape DescriptionProduct Shape Code

Product Origin

Description

Conversion Factor

Frozen to Fresh Weight

Conversion Factor to

Whole/Round Weight

Conversion Factor

Wild/Ranched

Fresh or Chilled F Dressed DR Ranched 1,000 1,250 1,140

Fresh or Chilled F Dressed DR Wild 1,000 1,250 1,000

Fresh or Chilled F Fillet FL Ranched 1,000 1,670 1,140

Fresh or Chilled F Fillet FL Wild 1,000 1,670 1,000

Fresh or Chilled F Gilled & Gutted GG Ranched 1,000 1,160 1,140

Fresh or Chilled F Gilled & Gutted GG Wild 1,000 1,160 1,000

Fresh or Chilled F Not available n/a n/a 1,000 1,160 1,000

Fresh or Chilled F Other, Loin, Saku Block, etc… OT Ranched 1,000 1,000 1,140

Fresh or Chilled F Other, Loin, Saku Block, etc… OT Wild 1,000 1,000 1,000

Fresh or Chilled F Whole, Round RD Ranched 1,000 1,000 1,140

Fresh or Chilled F Whole, Round RD Wild 1,000 1,000 1,000

Frozen FR Dressed DR Ranched 1,100 1,250 1,140

Frozen FR Dressed DR n/a 1,100 1,250 1,000

Frozen FR Dressed DR Wild 1,100 1,250 1,000

Frozen FR Fillet FL Ranched 1,100 1,670 1,140

Frozen FR Fillet FL Wild 1,100 1,670 1,000

Frozen FR Gilled & Gutted GG Ranched 1,100 1,160 1,140

Frozen FR Gilled & Gutted GG Wild 1,100 1,160 1,000

Frozen FR Not available n/a n/a 1,100 1,160 1,000

Frozen FR Other, Loin, Saku Block, etc… OT Ranched 1,100 1,000 1,140

Frozen FR Other, Loin, Saku Block, etc… OT Wild 1,100 1,000 1,000

Frozen FR Whole, Round RD Ranched 1,100 1,000 1,140

Frozen FR Whole, Round RD Wild 1,100 1,000 1,000

Table 001: Codes for Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and used Conversion Factors.

According to industry sources, belly meat of 8% of wild long-lined and purse-seined BFT is exported on its own, since the rest of the meat is generally not suitable for the Japanese market. Applying an x10,28 Conversion Factor to such product would therefore be safe, though a double counting may occur in the case that such belly meat is exported to Japan and the rest is exported or distributed to lesser choosier markets.

According to Industry Sources, the amount of ranched BFT belly meat exported to Japan has been historically minimal (less than 2%). Applying an x10,28 Conversion Factor to farmed BFT belly meat would again be misleading in that there is no effective method to identify whether or not such product is accompanied by loins or fillets belonging to the same fish. (Ranched BFT belly meat and loins may be exported separately thus possibly creating a double-count or over-estimation when converted into Ranched Round Weight (R/RW) and/or W/RW)Accordingly, we have chosen to compute BFT Belly Meat as well as other product shapes (OT) in our calculations as if Whole (RD) with a x 1.000 Conversion Factor to round weight,

4 Source: Estimation of Unreported Catches by ICCAT, Victor Restrepo (ICCAT, Madrid) OECD I/U/U Workshop, Paris, 19-20 April, 2004.

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thus providing to our final results a conservative degree of statistical comfort. Likewise, not available product shapes are also computed as if Whole (RD) with an x 1.000 Conversion Factor to round weight.

Whenever the declared origin of the exported/imported BFT is stated as “Ranched” but reported fishing gear is “n/a”, “UNCL” or “OT” we have assumed that fishing gear is “PS” as purse seining is the only fishing gear that allows BlueFin Tuna to be caught and transferred live into tuna ranching cages. Some experimental live BlueFin Tuna transferring from set nets: “TRAP” into ranching cages has nevertheless taken place.

However, this technique has been hardly used. Accordingly, whenever the declared origin of the exported/imported BFT is stated as “Farmed” and reported fishing gear is “TRAP” we have concurred that fishing gear is “TRAP”.

Recently publicised BFT fattening ratios of up to 300% are flatly contested. Serious scientific evidence backing such fantasy claims is simply non-existent if not purportedly faked. To all purposes, maximum average Conversion Factor from ranched BFT weight to Wild Round Weight (W/RW) used in this report is 1,140, with the exception of Croatian Ranched BFT for which such conversion factor is 1,350.

References to NEI (unreported) BlueFin Tuna catch contained in ICCAT data sources were calculated following the formulation:

NEI = A – B – C – 0.8 D 5 Where:

A = Catch reported to ICCATB = Imports to USAC = Imports to Japan from wild fishD = Imports to Japan from farming

When the NEI values thus calculated are negative, they are taken as estimates of unreported catch.

Statistical crosschecks between two or more BFT trade statistical data sources have thus been performed where appropriate, possible and/or necessary.

In order to further avoid double counting, live-BFT import/exports amongst ICCAT Contracting Parties inside the Mediterranean Sea under Eurostat TARIC Code: 0301999060, have been discarded for general calculation purposes, with the exception of:

o Those registered exports of “live-BFT” by EU27 Member States that do not operate inside the Mediterranean Sea, ex. Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and other North European States.

o Those registered exports of “live-BFT” by EU27 Member States that do operate inside the Mediterranean Sea but for which monthly recorded exports of such “live-BFT” took place well before or after the PS summer fishing season and therefore cannot correspond to true live-BFT transferred to Tuna Ranches.

o Those registered exports of “live-BFT” by EU27 Member States that operate inside the Mediterranean Sea but for which monthly recorded export volumes for such “live-BFT” are so low that cannot correspond to true live-BFT transferred to Tuna Ranches despite of the fact such monthly recorded exports of “live-BFT” did take place in or around the PS summer fishing season.

To all purposes, processed fresh/chilled and frozen BFT trade export/import fluxes are strictly and only order by final exporting and/or importing countries. This does not imply in any way that such export fluxes are directly attributable to BFT catches by recorded final exporting countries.

5 Source: ESTIMATION OF UNREPORTED CATCHES BY ICCAT. 19-20 April 2004 Victor Restrepo, ICCAT, Spain. AGR/FI/IUU(2004)21. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. DIRECTORATE FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES-FISHERIES COMMITTEE

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Antecedents of a Peak BlueFin Tuna scenario

Overkill logistics

Massive overfishing of BlueFin Tuna by Mediterranean and Asian vessels over the past 12 years is a consequence of first-purchase price squeezing by Japanese tuna companies of wild and ranched BFT producers, while controlling inflation of local end-consumer prices.

Thanks to a new generation of ultra-low freezing technology, Japanese fresh and frozen tuna traders are no longer faced with the urgency of its rapid market distribution. Tuna has thus become a commodity with which Japan can indeed speculate.

During the 1998-2009 period, Japan has built an impressive revolving frozen BFT stock in its mainland cold-storage stock of frozen fishery products.

As shown in Chart 001 and according to NOAA6, Japan’s Medium Yearly Frozen BFT mainland registered holdings alone, rose from 15.907 Metric tonnes during 1998 up to 23.623 Metric tonnes during 2009 first semester. It is thought that unrecorded holdings in mainland Japan and abroad in June 2009 could have amounted to some 47.000 Metric tonnes.7

Chart 001: Mediterranean BFT Ranching Capacity Vs. Frozen BFT Holdings in Japan (All values in Kgs)

Faced with lower profit margins, higher fuel costs and a weaker yen, wild and ranched BlueFin Tuna producers have had no other choice but to overfish and pump-up their BFT ranching capacity, in order to break even over the same 1998-2009 period.

Again and as shown in Chart 001, the Mediterranean BFT Ranching Capacity has soared from 3.500 Metric tonnes maximum ranching capacity back in 1998, to a staggering 63.042 Metric tonnes maximum ranching capacity in 20098.

Likewise and as shown in Chart 002, the operative Mediterranean Tuna purseine fishing fleet has increased by over 35% during the period 1998-2009. Its operative fishing capacity is thought to have almost doubled due to evermore performing engines, hulls, fishing gears, fish detection technology as well as the widespread use of tuna-spotting aircrafts, banned by ICCAT as late as in 20079.

6 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the US federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere.7 According to Industry reports, new high capacity super-freezing holding centres controlled by Japanese/European BFT operators/traders, have started operations in 2009 in mainland China.8 The number of BlueFin Tuna ranching operators has increased from five to over 40 in the past decade.

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Chart 002: Yearly variation of operative Mediterranean BFT Purseiners by ICCAT Contracting Parties (More than 35,5% increase in fishing capacity in just over a decade)

The EU, via its FIFG-IFOP grant program, has largely contributed to this spiralling fishing and ranching overcapacity and uncontrolled overcapitalisation. According to http://www.fishsubsidy.org, the entire EU Mediterranean BFT purseine fishing fleet alone, would have been subsidised by at least € 24.189.236,00.

Finally and according to ICCAT itself, the operative BFT reefer vessel fleet has soared from 24 units back in 1998 to 40 units in 2009, as shown in Chart 003.

9 Over 160 different tuna-spotting aircrafts have been positively identified as having been fully operational at least during one or more BFT PS fishing seasons.

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http://www.fishsubsidy.org/

Chart 003: Yearly variation of operative BFT Reefer Vessels registered with ICCAT (Freezing & carrying capacity of frozen BFT has almost doubled in just over a decade)

Overkill NEA+MED BFT Quotas & TACs10; “Negotiating with biology”...

In 1997 and with declared 1996 annual BlueFin Tuna catches in the order of 43.000 Metric tonnes, ICCAT’s scientific body, the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) recommends a catch of 25.000 Metric tonnes.

In 1998, the SCRS maintained its 25,000 Metric tonnes recommendation noting that it will “halt the decline in spawning biomass” but could not be expected to return it to historical levels. ICCAT recommends a 1999 the Total Allowable Catch (TAC, quota) of 32.000 Metric tonnes and 29.500 Metric tonnes for 2000. (See Table 002 & Chart 005: Yearly variation of ICCAT BFT Quotas or EU BFT TACs)

In 2002 ICCAT sets the TAC for East Atlantic and Mediterranean BlueFin Tuna at 32.000 Metric tonnes for the period 2003-2006. In its 2006 assessment, SCRS notes that reported catches were below quota in 2003-2004 but substantially higher in 2005 – though it believed actual real catches were in the order of 50.000 Metric tonnes throughout the period and that “it is apparent that the TAC regulation … was not respected and was largely ineffective in controlling overall catch”.

In 2006 and according yet again to ICCAT’s SCRS “the only scenarios which have potential to address the declines and initiate recovery are those which (in combination) close the Mediterranean to fishing during spawning season and decrease mortality on small fish through fully enforced increases in minimum size. Realized catches in the next few years implied by fully implementing these actions are expected to be in the order of 15.000 tonnes.”

Chart 004: Yearly variation of Total NEA + MED PS BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I. (Source: ICCAT) Vs. Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas. (Source: ICCAT) and ICCAT-SCRS Total NEA+MED yearly BFT quota recommendations.

In turn, ICCAT votes to accept an EU proposal for a quota of 29.500 Metric tonnes, reducing to 25.500 Metric tonnes by 2010.

10 The terms Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and quota are used interchangeably ICCAT’s scientists means the ICCAT Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS)

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Contracting Parties1996 or Base³ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002⁵ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Albania 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50.000,00 50.000,00

Algeria¹ 0,00 0,00 0,00 304.000,00 4.000.000,00 4.000.000,00 0,00 1.500.000,00 1.464.000,00 1.523.000,00 1.693.000,00 1.838.770,00 1.460.040,00 1.117.420,00 1.012.130,00

China 84.000,00 84.000,00 120.800,00 117.800,00 55.000,00 75.000,00 76.000,00 74.000,00 128.700,00 128.700,00 117.800,00 103.670,00 63.550,00 61.320,00 56.860,00

Croatia 1.410.000,00 1.410.000,00 1.362.500,00 1.406.500,00 1.313.000,00 1.259.000,00 1.232.000,00 1.155.000,00 951.000,00 1.069.000,00 1.022.000,00 862.310,00 833.080,00 641.450,00 581.510,00

Cyprus 0,00 0,00 0,00 14.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 154.680,00 149.440,00 112.080,00 n/a

Egypt 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50.000,00 50.000,00

France 6.420.000,00 5.840.000,00 5.250.000,00 6.413.000,00 6.279.000,00 6.279.000,00 6.461.000,00 6.298.000,00 6.233.000,00 6.192.700,00 6.182.000,00 5.493.650,00 5.306.730,00 2.859.000,00 n/a

Greece 664.500,00 664.500,00 664.500,00 126.000,00 329.000,00 329.000,00 359.500,00 473.500,00 326.000,00 323.400,00 323.000,00 287.230,00 277.460,00 208.095,00 n/a

Iceland 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 30.000,00 40.000,00 50.000,00 60.000,00 53.340,00 51.530,00 49.720,00 46.110,00

Italy 5.161.500,00 5.161.500,00 5.161.500,00 3.463.000,00 4.958.000,00 4.958.000,00 6.105.000,00 5.264.700,00 4.920.000,00 4.888.000,00 4.880.000,00 4.336.310,00 4.188.770,00 3.141.577,50 n/a

Japan 3.554.000,00 3.554.000,00 2.666.000,00 3.122.000,00 2.780.000,00 2.949.000,00 2.813.000,00 2.949.000,00 3.050.000,00 2.982.000,00 2.790.000,00 3.030.920,00 2.430.540,00 1.871.440,00 1.696.570,00

Korea² 688.000,00 688.000,00 591.000,00 1.197.000,00 1.816.000,00 2.429.400,00 2.429.400,00 2.428.900,00 2.428.900,00 1.728.900,00 741.900,00 851.700,00 171.770,00 132.260,00 119.900,00

Libya⁴ ⁷ 1.332.000,00 1.332.000,00 1.302.000,00 1.300.000,00 1.199.000,00 1.570.000,00 1.570.000,00 1.286.000,00 1.833.800,00 1.934.200,00 2.283.500,00 1.359.000,00 1.381.990,00 1.091.520,00 1.002.330,00

Malta 0,00 0,00 0,00 344.000,00 419.000,00 387.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 355.590,00 343.540,00 257.655,00 n/a

Morocco⁴ ⁸ 1.812.000,00 1.812.000,00 1.359.000,00 2.430.000,00 3.028.000,00 3.028.000,00 3.028.000,00 3.030.000,00 3.551.000,00 3.551.000,00 3.948.000,00 3.151.300,00 3.055.560,00 2.415.260,00 2.218.490,00

Norway 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 53.340,00 51.530,00 49.720,00 46.110,00

Others 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.633.000,00 1.146.000,00 1.100.000,00 1.000.000,00 823.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

Portugal 500.718,75 500.718,75 500.718,75 519.000,00 599.000,00 599.000,00 803.500,00 752.300,00 594.000,00 590.200,00 590.000,00 523.880,00 506.060,00 379.545,00 n/a

Rest of EU MemberStates¹⁰

0,00 0,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 59.500,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 60.000,00 832.517,50 n/a

Spain 5.321.896,50 5.321.896,50 5.321.896,50 5.555.000,00 6.365.000,00 6.365.000,00 6.497.000,00 6.383.700,00 6.317.000,00 6.276.700,00 6.266.000,00 5.568.210,00 5.378.760,00 4.116.530,00 n/a

Syria 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 53.340,00 51.530,00 50.000,00 50.000,00

Taiwan² ⁶ 546.750,00 546.750,00 546.750,00 714.000,00 1.123.000,00 1.468.000,00 1.493.000,00 827.000,00 382.000,00 331.000,00 480.000,00 333.600,00 68.710,00 68.710,00 66.300,00

Tunisia⁹ 2.503.000,00 2.503.000,00 2.180.300,00 2.761.300,00 2.553.300,00 2.513.300,00 2.144.000,00 2.503.000,00 4.254.000,00 4.197.000,00 3.573.000,00 2.333.600,00 2.364.480,00 1.937.870,00 1.775.670,00

Turkey 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.155.000,00 903.000,00 2.058.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 918.320,00 887.190,00 683.110,00 619.280,00

Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas

29.998.365,25 29.418.365,25 27.026.965,25 31.001.600,00 37.779.300,00 40.326.700,00 36.704.400,00 36.160.600,00 37.633.400,00 36.825.800,00 35.833.200,00 31.722.760,00 29.082.260,00 22.176.800,00 19.950.000,00

ICCAT Recommendation Nº and/or EU Commission Regulation Nº:

94-11 & 95-05 94-11 & 95-05 94-11 & 95-0598-05 & EU

Creg. 49/199998-05 & EU Creg.

2742/199900-09 & EU Creg.

2848/2000

No ICCAT quotas & EU

Creg. 2555/2001 + EU Creg. 1811/2002

02-08 & EU Creg. 2341/2002

02-08 & EU Creg. 2287/2003

02-08 & EU Creg. 27/2005

02-08 & EU Creg. 51/2006

06-05 & EU Creg. 41/2007

06-05 & EU proposed 2008

TACs (Pink)08-05 & EU TACs 08-05 & EU TACs

ICCAT National Quota adjustments:

Adjusted quotas according to EA + MED BFT Compliance Table adopted in 2004. ICCAT biennial period, 2004-2005 Part I (2004)-Vol. 1.

Adjusted quotas according to EA + MED BFT Compliance Table

adopted in 2007. Underages of Libya, Morocco and Tunisia in 2005 and 2006, carried over to 2009 and 2010 included.

Adjusted quotas according to EA + MED BFT Compliance Table adopted in 1999. ICCAT biennial period, 1998-1999 Part II (1999)-Vol. 1.






Table 002: Yearly variation of ICCAT BFT adjusted Quotas or EU BFT TACs (All values in Kgs)11

11 1. Algeria reported an autonomous quota of 4.000 Tm for 2000 and 2001. 2. Fishing possibilities attributed to Korea & Taiwan during 2003 to 2006, are based on their traditional shares of 1,5% will only be activated in a given year when they individually have fished their current level of underages.3. National EA + MED BFT ICCAT Quotas were to be initially calculated, starting 1996, on the basis of a 25% reduction (or such lower amount which may have been specified by the SCRS) from the catch level in 1993 or 1994 (Whichever was higher). Such reduction was to be accomplished by the end of 1998.

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Chart 005: Yearly variation of ICCAT BFT adjusted Quotas or EU BFT TACs (All values in Kgs)

4. Recommendation 98-5 objected by Libya and Morocco. Figures for Morocco 1999 and 2000 are autonomous catch limits (Recommendation 98-5 established a catch limit of 820 t and 756 t for 1999 and 2000) Recommendation 00-09 states that Morocco and Libya established catch limits of 3.028 Tm and 1.570 Tm respectively, for 2001.5. For 2002, no catch limits/quotas were in force. It was agreed that no carryover of under harvest from 2002 to 2003 would be permitted. EC and Croatia adjusted 2003 quotas using 2001 balances, from which Croatia deducted its 2002 over-harvest. EC may adjust in 2005, and may include 30 Tm unused quota from Iceland.6. Taiwan 2003 catch limit was adjusted using 2002 figures, as the quota share for Taiwan was not activated until the under harvest was fished.7. Libya has indicated that it intends to distribute its under-harvest over the period up to 2010, with 79 Tm in 2007, 145,25 Tm in 2008, 2009 and 2010 (Total = 2006 balance/2)8. Quotas for 2007 to 2010 included are adjusted as follows: Balance of 2005+2006 x 50% = 1.308 Tm. Such tonnage will be spread over 4 years by adding 327 Tm per year to initial quota.9. Tunisia has indicated that it intends to distribute its under-harvest over the period up to 2010 as follows: 2008 = +110 Tm, 2009 = +190 Tm and 2010 = 214 Tm (Total = 1.028/2 = 514 Tm)10. Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

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In 2008 ICCAT’s SCRS estimated 2007 BlueFin Tuna catches amounting to 61.000 Metric tonnes, twice the current total allowable catch (TAC), and four times the sustainable level.

SCRS recommended TACs of between 8.500 and 15.000 Metric tonnes, noting that continuing with “the current management scheme will most probably lead to further reduction in spawning stock biomass with high risk of fisheries and stock collapse”.

In turn, ICCAT independent performance review deems management of the East Atlantic and Mediterranean BlueFin fishery to be an “international disgrace” with “indications that collapse could be a real possibility”. The report recommends ICCAT immediately suspends fishing until its members show they “can control and report on their catch”. Additional recommended measures include closure of spawning grounds in spawning periods. Noting illegal fishing pushing to twice quota levels and four times scientific recommendations the report concludes “It is difficult to describe this as responsible fisheries management.”

Notwithstanding, ICCAT casted aside the views of its scientists and the review panel to endorse a revised “recovery plan” with a 2009 TAC of 22.000 Metric tonnes and a “bad weather” tweak to the closed season which inevitably allowed additional industrial fishing during the 2009 spawning season.

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1998-2009 BFT Trade data Analysis

An estimation of ex-Trade BlueFin Tuna catches during the period 1998-2009

According to ICCAT-SCRS Task I, ICCAT Contracting Parties have declared a total of 12.459.193,00 Kgs. of W/RW BlueFin Tuna having been caught by Mediterranean and North East Atlantic Sport fishermen during the period 1998-2008.

The yearly variations of such catches ordered by ICCAT CP can be seen in Table: 003. (Page 23)

Such catches do not appear on any Trade Database since they correspond to Sport fisheries across the Mediterranean Sea and the North East Atlantic, thus unsuitable by law for commercial and/or trade purposes. Retained values are expressed in Kgs. of Round Wild Weights (W/RW)

According to ICCAT-SCRS Task I, total NEA+MED BFT Catches by China, Faroe Is, Iceland, Japan, Korea, NEI, Norway, Panama, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Syria & Taiwan, during the period 1998-2008, amounted to a total of 47.633.628,00 Kgs. of W/RW BlueFin Tuna.

The yearly variations of such catches ordered by ICCAT CP can be seen in Table: 004. ()

We have chosen to compute such catches as having been directly marketed by those CPs at their national markets’ level (Not exported)

A crosscheck between such catches and direct recorded BFT exports by China, Korea & Taiwan to Japan contained in 2005 to 2008 Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT (See Table: 005, Page 25), shows that the W/RW equivalent of processed fresh and frozen BFT exported volumes to Japan by such countries, are almost always inferior to those of their declared annual catches to ICCAT-SCRS Task I

A final crosscheck between W/RW data contained Tables: 003, 004 & 005 shows that total W/RW equivalent of BFT catches ex-Trade for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 60.608.439,62 Kgs.

The yearly variations of such catches (Sport + Industrial BFT catches ex-Trade) ordered by ICCAT CP can be seen in Table: 006 (Page 26) and Chart 006 below.

Chart 006: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of NEA+MED Sport + Industrial (ex-Trade) BFT catches by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. All values in Kgs.

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MED+NEA BFT Sport Catches by ICCAT CPs. Source ICCAT-SCRS Task I (Not marketed)

ICCAT CP 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Jan.-Jun. 2009

ALGERIA 180.000,00 208.000,00 159.000,00 163.000,00 129.000,00 0,00 39.000,00 27.000,00 21.000,0020.000,0

00,00

CROATIA 1.000,00 39.000,00 0,00 4.000,00 1.000,00 2.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 8.473,00

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 3.478,00

FRANCE 22.444,00 2.921,00 13.985,00 47.790,00 21.705,00 9.808,00 2.067,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 279.000,00 233.000,00 597.000,00 341.000,00 394.000,00 245.000,00 73.200,00 0,00 6.400,00 6.550,00 93.179,00

ITALY 14.000,00 425.000,00 385.706,00 403.169,00 621.490,00 500.000,00 500.100,00500.000,0

0277.448,0

00,00 16.583,00

MOROCCO 634.000,00 600.000,00 650.000,00 195.000,00 407.000,00 570.000,00 597.000,00 80.000,00187.000,0

019.000,0

00,00

NEI (FLAG RELATED) 64.000,00 42.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 122.000,00 62.000,00 203.294,00 170.100,00 120.300,00 128.060,00 106.232,00 33.610,00 12.010,0030.410,0

021.381,00

TUNISIA 48.000,00 43.000,00 37.000,00 58.000,00 15.000,00 46.000,00 109.000,00 4.300,00 3.000,00 4.000,00 0,00

TOTALS:1.364.444,0

01.654.921,0

02.045.985,0

01.382.059,0

01.709.495,0

01.500.868,0

01.426.599,0

0644.910,0

0506.858,0

079.960,0

0143.094,0

00,00

Table 003: MED+NEA BFT Sport Catches by ICCAT CPs (Not marketed, all values are Round Wild Weights) Source: ICCAT-SCRS Task ICells highlighted in orange correspond to non available or incomplete data.

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NEA+MED BFT Catches by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. Source ICCAT-SCRS Task I

COUNTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Jan.-Jun. 2009

CHINA 85.000,00 103.000,00 79.600,00 68.100,00 39.100,00 19.300,00 41.000,00 23.695,00 72.000,00 96.289,00

FAROE ISLANDS 67.000,00 104.000,00 118.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ICELAND 2.000,00 27.000,00 0,00 0,00 1.133,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50.000,00

JAPAN3.556.000,0

03.071.000,0

03.031.000,0

02.577.000,0

02.926.000,0

03.011.000,0

02.653.000,0

02.976.000,0

02.452.000,0

02.078.000,0

03.031.004,0

080.240,0

0JAPAN (ALGERIAN CHARTER) 0,00 0,00 700.000,00 109.000,00 186.000,00 0,00 167.000,00 712.000,00 88.000,00 754.000,00 0,00

KOREA 66.000,000,00

5.573,00 500,00 0,00

700.000,001.145.000,0

027.000,00 276.000,00 335.000,00

NEI (COMBINED)1.030.000,0

01.995.000,0

0109.000,00 571.000,00 508.000,00 610.000,00 709.000,00

0,00 0,00 0,000,00

NEI (FLAG RELATED) 891.000,00 140.000,00 17.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

NORWAY 0,00 5.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 295,00

PANAMA 0,00 13.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SERBIA 0,00 0,00 4.350,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SEYCHELLES 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.635,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SIERRA LEONE 0,00 0,00 92.620,00 118.344,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SYRIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 49.590,00 40.500,00

TAIWAN 456.000,00 249.000,00 313.000,00 633.000,00 666.000,00 445.000,00 51.000,00 277.000,00 9.000,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS:6.153.000,0

05.707.000,0

04.470.143,0

04.076.944,0

04.327.868,0

04.085.300,0

04.321.000,0

05.133.695,0

02.576.000,0

03.229.590,0

03.553.088,0

080.240,0

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Table 004: NEA+MED BFT Catches by China, Faroe Is, Iceland, Japan, Korea, NEI, Norway, Panama, Serbia Seychelles, S. Leone Syria & Taiwan (All values are Round Wild Weights) Source: ICCAT-SCRS Task I

Cells highlighted in orange correspond to non available or incomplete data.

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NEA+MED Processed BFT Exports by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

EXPORTING COUNTRIES 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun. 2009

CAPE VERDE 8.137,00 0,00 60.000,00 45.500,00

CHINA 0,00 47.000,00 28.000,00 51.550,00

IVORY COAST 13.982,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

KOREA 86.267,00 76.645,30 107.838,10 95.875,40

TAIWAN 135.092,00 67.186,00 8.849,40 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 243.478,00 190.831,30 204.687,50 192.925,40 0,00

W/RW Equivalent of NEA+MED Processed BFT Exports by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs.


CAPE VERDE 10.382,81 0,00 76.560,00 58.058,00

CHINA 0,00 59.972,00 35.728,00 65.769,00

IVORY COAST 17.841,03 0,00 0,00 0,00

KOREA 130.361,70 105.881,66 168.277,59 152.746,97

TAIWAN 172.377,39 73.663,72 11.291,83 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 330.962,93 239.517,38 291.857,42 276.573,97 0,00

Table 005: NEA+MED Processed BFT Exports and W/RW Equivalent, by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


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NEA+MED BFT Catches by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. Source: ICCAT-SCRS Task I and NEA+MED Processed BFT Exports by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs. (All values W/RW Equivalent in Kgs.)

COUNTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Jan.-Jun.

2009ALGERIA 180.000,00 208.000,00 159.000,00 163.000,00 129.000,00 0,00 39.000,00 27.000,00 21.000,00 20.000,00 0,00

CAPE VERDE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 10.382,81 0,00 76.560,00 58.058,00

CHINA 85.000,00 103.000,00 79.600,00 68.100,00 39.100,00 19.300,00 41.000,00 47.000,00 59.972,00 88.000,00 96.289,00

CROATIA 1.000,00 39.000,00 0,00 4.000,00 1.000,00 2.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 8.473,00

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 3.478,00

FAROE ISLANDS 67.000,00 104.000,00 118.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 22.444,00 2.921,00 13.985,00 47.790,00 21.705,00 9.808,00 2.067,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 279.000,00 233.000,00 597.000,00 341.000,00 394.000,00 245.000,00 73.200,00 0,00 6.400,00 6.550,00 93.179,00

GUINEA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 12.000,00 0,00

ICELAND 2.000,00 27.000,00 0,00 0,00 1.133,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50.000,00

ITALY 14.000,00 425.000,00 385.706,00 403.169,00 621.490,00 500.000,00 500.100,00 500.000,00 277.448,00 0,00 16.583,00

IVORY COAST 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 17.841,03 0,00 0,00 0,00

JAPAN 3.556.000,00 3.071.000,003.031.000,0

02.577.000,00 2.926.000,00 3.011.000,00 2.653.000,00 2.976.000,00

2.452.000,00

2.078.000,00 3.031.004,00 80.240,00

JAPAN (CHARTER ALGERIA)

700.000,00 109.000,00 186.000,00 167.000,00 712.000,00 88.000,00 754.000,00 0,00

KOREA 66.000,00 0,00 5.573,00 500,00 0,00 0,00 700.000,00 1.145.000,00 105.881,66 276.000,00 335.000,00

MOROCCO 634.000,00 600.000,00 650.000,00 195.000,00 407.000,00 570.000,00 597.000,00 80.000,00 187.000,00 19.000,00 0,00

NEI (combined) 1.030.000,00 1.995.000,00 109.000,00 571.000,00 508.000,00 610.000,00 709.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

NEI (Flag related) 955.000,00 182.000,00 17.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

NORWAY 0,00 5.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 295,00

PANAMA 0,00 13.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SERBIA 0,00 0,00 4.350,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SEYCHELLES 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.635,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SIERRA LEONE 0,00 0,00 92.620,00 118.344,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 122.000,00 62.000,00 203.294,00 170.100,00 120.300,00 128.060,00 106.232,00 33.610,00 12.010,00 30.410,00 21.381,00

SYRIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 49.590,00 40.500,00

TAIWAN 456.000,00 249.000,00 313.000,00 633.000,00 666.000,00 445.000,00 51.000,00 277.000,00 73.663,72 14.377,40 3.337,00

TUNISIA 48.000,00 43.000,00 37.000,00 58.000,00 15.000,00 46.000,00 109.000,00 4.300,00 3.000,00 4.000,00 0,00

TOTALS: 7.517.444,00 7.361.921,006.516.128,0

05.459.003,00 6.037.363,00 5.586.168,00 5.747.599,00 5.830.133,84

3.286.375,38

3.428.487,40 3.757.577,00 80.240,00

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Table 006: Crosschecked W/RW Equivalent of NEA+MED Processed BFT Exports and/or recorded catches by China, Faroe Is., Iceland, Japan, Korea & other CPs + MED+NEA BFT Sport Catches by ICCAT CPs not marketed.


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Trade-Flux Block I:An estimation of Intra-EU27 Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna trade volumes during the period 1998-2009

The only public available intra EU27 trade data of processed fresh & frozen BlueFin Tuna is contained in the Eurostat TARIC CN8 – based Trade Database12.

A general search for recorded monthly exports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was thus conducted for the purpose of this report. (Rows: Exporting (R), Columns: Importing (P))

o Retained EU27 exporting Countries were:

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia Slovakia Sweden Romania Spain United Kingdom

o Retained TARIC CN8 codes for such search were:

03023510: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “ThunnusThynnus”, for industrial processing or preservation,

03023590: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “ThunnusThynnus”, (Excluding Tunas for industrialprocessing or preservation),

03023911: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or

12 Detailed intra EU27 trade data of processed fresh & frozen BlueFin Tuna contained in EU Intrastat database is not public.

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chilled, for industrial processing or preservation, 03023991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or

chilled (Excluding Tunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03034511: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, whole,

03034513: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

03034519: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, without head and gills, but still to be gutted,

03034590: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”,(Excluding Tunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03034921: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation, whole,

03034923: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

03034929: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation (Excluding whole and gilled and gutted).

Likewise, a parallel general search for recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was also performed. (Rows: Exporting (P), Columns: Importing (R))

o Retained EU27 importing Countries were again:


o Retained TARIC CN8 codes for such search were again:

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03023510: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “ThunnusThynnus”, for industrial processing or preservation,

03023590: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “ThunnusThynnus”, (Excluding Tunas for industrialprocessing or preservation),

03023911: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh orchilled, for industrial processing or preservation,

03023991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh orchilled (Excluding Tunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03034511: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, whole,

03034513: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

03034519: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation, without head and gills, but still to be gutted,

03034590: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”,(Excluding Tunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03034921: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation, whole,

03034923: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

03034929: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, forindustrial processing or preservation (Excluding whole and gilled and gutted).

It is to be noted that not all of recorded 1998-2009 processed fresh/chilled & frozen BFT trade fluxes prior to May 1st 200413 and January 1st 200714, can be considered or catalogued as true Intra-EU27 BFT trade fluxes. Some of today’s EU27 Member States were not EU members until 2004 and 2007.

Trade fluxes among such states prior to their EU accession date as well as with EU Member States are thus to be considered as extra-EU imports and exports, not regulated by applicable Intra EU Trade regulations. The Trade status chronology among today’s EU27 Member States can be seen in following Table: 007. (Page 30)

A first crosscheck15 between recorded monthly exports and imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009, was carried-out with the following initial conclusions being addressed:

o For all EU27 Member States and all TARIC CN8 BFT presentations, there was not a single instance of a monthly correspondence in volume (Kgs.) and value (€), between a given recorded Intra EU27 export flux from one country to another and the recorded Intra EU27 import flux between those two same countries, for that same month, as well as same TARIC CN8 BFT presentation.

o For all EU27 Member States and all TARIC CN8 BFT presentations, there was not a single instance of a correspondence in volume (Kgs.) and value (€), between a given monthly recorded Intra EU27 export flux from one country to another and the recorded Intra EU27 import flux between those two same countries, for the following first, second and third months, as well as same TARIC CN8 BFT presentation.

13 EU27 Accession date for Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.14 EU27 Accession date for Bulgaria and Romania15 The methodology of such first crosscheck can be seen in Chart 007. (Page 31)

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Table: 007: Trade status chronology among today’s EU27 Member States.

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Chart 007: Methodology of first crosscheck between recorded monthly exports and imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009.

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Chart 008: Methodology of second crosscheck between recorded monthly exports and imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009.

A second crosscheck (See Chart 008) between recorded monthly exports and imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna among EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was also carried-out.

For all EU27 Member States and all TARIC CN8 BFT presentations, there was not a single instance of a correspondence in volume (Kgs.) and value (€), between a given monthly recorded Intra EU27 import flux from one country to another and the recorded Intra EU27

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added export fluxes between those two same countries, for the preceding first, second and third months, as well as same TARIC CN8 BFT presentation.

According to Eurostat’s statistics on the trading of goods User Guide:

o “Statistics on trade between the Member States of the European Union are based on a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of 31 March 2004 and on the implementing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 of 18 November 2004 which lay down or supplement the rules on methodology, thresholds and specific movements and one amending Commission regulation ((EC) No 1915/2005 on simplified quantity reporting). The Intrastat system, which was created as a means of collection of these statistics, came into operation on 1 January 1993.”

o EUROSTAT “provides for direct collection of information from trade operators, which send the relevant national administration a summary declaration for the previous month’s operations. In France and Italy, these declarations also serve statistical and fiscal purposes.”

o EUROSTAT “is based on a close link with the VAT system relating to intra-EU trade. The tax authorities of the Member States are required, at least once every quarter, to transmit to the statistical services a list of operators who have made purchases or sales and the value of these operations, so that the exhaustiveness and quality of the statistical data can be checked.”

o “For intra-EU trade (and to a lesser extent for extra-EU trade) there are thresholds below which the information is either absent or simplified. These have been adopted to limit the burden on information providers, while preserving an acceptable quality of statistical information.”

A number of fair and credible assumptions may therefore be asserted at this point:

o EUROSTAT does not cover the entirety of intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen exports and import fluxes,

o Since EUROSTAT is based on a close link with the VAT system relating to intra-EU trade, it is our fair assumption that systematic differences between monthly export and import values revealed by both previously described trade data crosschecks, are mostly to be attributable to such fact.

Intra EU27 VAT billing regulations allow exporters to invoice importers with or without VAT.

In the first case, VAT is declared to the exporter’s Member State Tax Authority. In the second case, VAT is declared to the importer’s Member State Tax Authority.

It is therefore fair to assume that:

Intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export values contained in EUROSTAT, only cover those exports that were VAT invoiced by the exporter,

Intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT import values contained in EUROSTAT, only cover those exports that were invoiced with no added VAT by the exporter,

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Both previous assumptions are also valid for trade fluxes among states prior to their EU accession, as well as for such non EU states’ trade fluxes with EU Member States.

Both sets of export and import values are therefore complementary and should furthermore be added to reach an acceptable level of statistical exhaustiveness.

Accordingly, total intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 142.425.050,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 008 (Page 35).

The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 132.403.805,80 Kgs, as shown in Table 009.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Table: 009 (Page 36) and Chart 009 below.

Chart 009: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs.

A dramatic fall of intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux is to be pointed-out for the year 2008. (A -51,47% drop in processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux worth ≈ €97,5 million loss, and also corresponding to a -33,37% drop in W/RW equivalent of processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux)

Though the exact reasons of such an anomaly are not yet clear, it is worthwhile noting that such a drastic drop may be due to a combined effect of a lower EU BFT catch having been offloaded at EU ports during that year and an effective BFT consumer boycott in Europe spearheaded by leading NGOs and reputable European wholesalers.

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Intra EU27 Processed BFT Exports. Source Eurostat CN8.

BLUEFIN TUNAS 'THUNNUS THYNNUS', FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN (INCL. TUNAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OR PRESERVATION) WHOLE, GG & OTHERS (EXCL. FILLETS, LOINS, SAKU, BM, ETC…)

EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Jan.-Dec. 1998

Jan.-Dec. 1999

Jan.-Dec. 2000

Jan.-Dec. 2001

Jan.-Dec. 2002

Jan.-Dec. 2003

Jan.-Dec. 2004

Jan.-Dec. 2005

Jan.-Dec. 2006

Jan.-Dec. 2007

Jan.-Dec. 2008

Jan.-Jun. 2009

AUSTRIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 50,00 3.550,00 7.900,00 1.700,00BELGIUM 550,00 2.150,00 1.750,00 3.800,00 6.050,00 27.400,00 34.400,00 19.500,00 38.400,00 33.350,00 24.450,00 3.500,00CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 2.500,00 12.800,00 13.200,00 44.500,00 405.350,00 400,00 0,00 765.300,00 250.450,00 28.200,00CZECH REP. 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00 400,00 100,00 1.550,00 3.400,00DENMARK 5.900,00 15.800,00 4.600,00 10.950,00 25.200,00 6.950,00 3.550,00 4.700,00 5.300,00 7.700,00 9.450,00 5.350,00ESTONIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 200,00 0,00 0,00FINLAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00FRANCE 5.328.550,00 8.786.950,00 6.384.650,00 4.529.150,00 8.550.150,00 4.436.350,00 5.106.050,00 2.425.200,00 3.692.800,00 2.486.950,00 973.900,00 283.650,00GERMANY 50,00 61.150,00 214.200,00 93.150,00 18.000,00 5.900,00 23.750,00 46.900,00 18.050,00 68.150,00 18.700,00 12.350,00GREECE 184.150,00 186.500,00 162.550,00 261.800,00 111.800,00 126.700,00 3.171.000,00 193.600,00 36.450,00 56.050,00 102.050,00 60.450,00HUNGARY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 1.200,00 0,00 0,00IRELAND 21.950,00 176.500,00 43.600,00 35.100,00 800,00 8.100,00 17.000,00 3.800,00 4.800,00 0,00 33.700,00 58.300,00ITALY 2.828.700,00 3.706.950,00 3.862.000,00 2.936.550,00 1.378.000,00 1.541.800,00 2.906.450,00 4.369.250,00 2.978.800,00 912.250,00 1.182.750,00 622.100,00LATVIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 5.200,00 400,00 600,00 100,00 0,00LITHUANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 700,00 0,00 0,00 0,00LUXEMBOURG 0,00 200,00 1.000,00 2.200,00 50,00 100,00 0,00 50,00 200,00 450,00 14.750,00 250,00MALTA 0,00 500,00 50,00 100,00 5.100,00 50.750,00 144.000,00 1.213.900,00 140.600,00 74.300,00 27.300,00 68.800,00NETHERLANDS 30.450,00 12.200,00 13.400,00 30.600,00 32.700,00 87.850,00 124.500,00 113.950,00 59.750,00 123.050,00 98.100,00 51.350,00POLAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.100,00 26.650,00 100,00PORTUGAL 244.100,00 158.350,00 237.800,00 326.100,00 65.400,00 76.400,00 71.300,00 32.200,00 87.850,00 60.800,00 98.850,00 291.600,00SLOVAKIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 250,00 200,00SLOVENIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 7.300,00 50,00 0,00 2.700,00SPAIN 5.268.900,00 4.351.800,00 3.009.400,00 5.011.800,00 4.414.700,00 4.236.600,00 3.069.600,00 4.915.950,00 4.709.600,00 5.753.450,00 2.478.750,00 689.900,00SWEDEN 600,00 600,00 2.100,00 62.300,00 200,00 8.900,00 2.300,00 1.950,00 2.550,00 2.350,00 2.400,00 24.050,00UK 3.100,00 1.550,00 3.800,00 450,00 1.800,00 2.700,00 13.050,00 12.700,00 24.000,00 217.600,00 87.950,00 24.400,00

TOTALS: 13.917.000,00 17.461.200,00 13.943.400,00 13.316.900,00 14.623.150,00 10.661.050,00 15.092.700,00 13.359.550,00 11.808.000,00 10.569.650,00 5.440.000,00 2.232.450,00

Table 008Cells highlighted in orange correspond to non available or incomplete data.

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W/RW Equivalent Intra EU27 Processed BFT Exports. Source Eurostat CN8.


EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Jan.-Dec. 1998

Jan.-Dec. 1999

Jan.-Dec. 2000

Jan.-Dec. 2001

Jan.-Dec. 2002

Jan.-Dec. 2003

Jan.-Dec. 2004

Jan.-Dec. 2005

Jan.-Dec. 2006

Jan.-Dec. 2007

Jan.-Dec. 2008

Jan.-Jun. 2009

AUSTRIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 55,00 55,00 3.550,00 7.905,00 1.710,00BELGIUM 560,00 2.231,25 1.763,80 3.800,00 6.055,00 27.432,60 34.952,00 19.527,60 40.260,10 36.167,60 24.503,80 3.555,20CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 2.192,98 11.228,07 11.578,95 39.035,09 355.570,18 350,88 0,00 671.315,79 833,34 0,00CZECH REP. 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00 405,00 105,00 1.603,75 3.420,00DENMARK 5.900,00 15.800,00 4.600,00 11.072,60 25.220,00 7.067,50 3.580,00 5.010,00 5.300,00 7.705,00 9.955,00 5.355,00ESTONIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 242,50 0,00 0,00FINLAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00FRANCE 5.347.851,00 8.802.399,35 6.421.308,80 4.536.393,35 8.557.845,60 4.442.785,80 5.118.702,20 2.477.739,80 3.703.807,40 2.496.505,00 490.122,90 127.538,60GERMANY 50,00 81.062,50 285.787,50 117.937,50 18.140,00 6.085,00 23.970,00 48.137,80 18.145,00 68.155,00 18.753,75 12.350,00GREECE 184.300,00 186.638,00 162.908,80 261.800,00 101.741,23 111.208,32 2.782.328,94 173.574,56 33.552,62 51.473,69 92.412,29 53.026,31HUNGARY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 55,00 0,00 1.320,00 0,00 0,00IRELAND 21.950,00 176.500,00 43.620,00 35.100,00 800,00 8.100,00 17.000,00 3.800,00 4.800,00 0,00 33.700,00 58.300,00ITALY 2.834.749,40 3.750.630,00 3.408.684,92 2.581.380,00 1.212.530,71 1.354.918,85 2.567.362,98 3.850.759,48 2.620.369,89 803.760,96 352.192,28 542.212,98LATVIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 5.200,00 400,00 600,00 100,00 0,00LITHUANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 700,00 0,00 0,00 0,00LUXEMBOURG 0,00 200,00 1.090,00 2.410,00 50,00 100,00 0,00 50,00 200,00 460,00 14.750,00 250,00MALTA 0,00 438,60 43,86 104,17 4.745,62 48.526,32 130.438,60 1.165.192,55 130.600,88 72.798,25 23.947,37 59.473,69NETHERLANDS 38.872,95 13.998,40 14.312,80 37.008,20 32.992,50 88.897,50 136.877,50 124.440,20 62.760,00 127.865,00 99.265,00 52.006,25POLAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.310,00 26.675,00 100,00PORTUGAL 257.741,60 186.391,60 260.790,80 326.100,00 72.390,00 76.795,00 81.417,50 34.148,00 91.654,00 62.597,50 99.808,80 291.660,00SLOVAKIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 260,00 420,00SLOVENIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 7.300,00 50,00 0,00 2.700,00SPAIN 4.645.593,42 3.857.724,30 2.684.302,98 4.434.264,66 3.919.317,72 3.777.686,66 2.764.677,72 4.389.513,77 4.200.615,26 5.208.520,96 1.888.265,52 607.534,03SWEDEN 600,00 600,00 2.100,00 64.038,80 200,00 8.900,00 2.300,00 1.950,00 2.550,00 2.350,00 2.400,00 26.290,00UK 3.100,00 1.587,50 3.840,00 450,00 1.800,00 2.710,00 13.018,75 13.790,00 24.005,00 228.518,60 98.257,50 26.390,00

TOTALS: 13.341.268,37 17.076.201,50 13.297.347,24 12.423.137,35 13.965.407,33 10.000.298,64 14.032.596,37 12.313.494,64 10.947.480,15 9.846.470,85 3.285.711,30 1.874.392,06

Table 009Cells highlighted in orange correspond to non available or incomplete data.

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EUROSTAT intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux data for the period 1998-June 2009, does not differentiate between exports and re-exports of BFT among EU27 Member States.

This is especially true and relevant for BFT trade between the three most important BFT fishing EU Member States: Spain, France & Italy; totalling a combined 1998-2009 EU TAC of 195.922.734,00 Kgs. (92,91%) out of an EU 1998-2009 ICCAT combined ICCAT Quota of 210.875.625,25 Kgs.

Based on EUROSTAT intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux data for the period 1998-June 2009, the flow of such imports/exports can be seen at Chart 010.

Chart 010: Flow of processed BFT import/export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, among the three most important BFT fishing EU Member States: Spain, France & Italy. All values in Kgs. Source: Eurostat.

According to EUROSTAT intra EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux data during the period 1998-June 2009 between Spain, France and Italy alone, the total flow of BFT exports by and between these three countries amounted to 122.277.800,00 Kgs. of processed BFT, equivalent to 114.126.106 Kgs. (W/RW); that is 58,25% of the combined 1998-2009 EU TAC of 195.922.734,00 Kgs.

o It appears that France is the leading exporting/re-exporting country with 48.784.200,00 Kgs. of processed BFT equivalent to 49.106.031,00 Kgs. (W/RW) having been exported/re-exported to Spain and Italy during the period 1998-June 2009.

o France is followed by Spain with 45.005.750,00 Kgs. of processed BFT equivalent to 39.910.849,00 Kgs. (W/RW) having been exported/re-exported to France and Italy during the period 1998-June 2009.

o Spain is in turn followed at a considerable distance by Italy with 28.487.850,00 Kgs. of processed BFT equivalent to 25.109.226,00 Kgs. (W/RW) having been exported/re-exported to France and Spain during the period 1998-June 2009.

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In terms of fully detectable exports (FDE), that is: FDE = TE-TI16,

o It appears that Italy is by far the only net exporting country with 16.497.100,00 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT having been exported net to France and Spain during the period 1998-June 2009.

o Spain is the most important net importer with 12.244.800,00 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT having been imported net from Italy during the period 1998-June 2009.

o Spain is followed by France as a net importer with 4.252.300,00 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT having been imported net from Italy during the period 1998-June 2009.

This would therefore mean that out of a total 122.277.800,00 Kgs. flow of processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by and between these three countries during the period 1998-June 2009, a maximum flux of 105.780.700,00 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT may well be presumed as corresponding to re-exports, thus raising a double-counting issue.

We nevertheless comfortably assume such quantities as being exports.

An estimated combined average national domestic consumption of processed fresh & frozen BFT amounting to some 11.000.000,00 Kgs. per year for all three Member States during the period 1998-2008 (That is 121.000.000,00 Kgs.) largely exceeds the 105.780.700,00 Kgs. threshold of presumed processed fresh & frozen BFT re-exports.

o According to data from Spain’s former Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAPA-FROM17) Spain had an average yearly processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption of 2.889.570,00 Kgs. during the period 2002 to 2005.

According to same MAPA-FROM data, Spain’s processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption for 2005 rose to 4.098.500,00 Kgs.

According to industry sources, Spain’s processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption for 2006 and 2007 was in tune with that of 2005.

o According to France’s OFIMER18, 15% (1.418.700 Kgs.) of France’s 2004 total BFT Catches (9.458.000,00 Kgs according to EUROSTAT and 7.032.067,00 Kgs. according to ICCAT) were marketed nationally.

Again according to OFIMER/DPMA, France imported that same year some 2.800.000,00 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT from Spain, Italy, Tunisia and Turkey in order to satisfy its national market demand, thus raisin France’s processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption for 2004 up to some 4.200.000,00 Kgs.19

o According to industry sources, France’s processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption for 2005, 2006 and 2007 was in tune with that of 2004.

According to industry sources20, over 10.000,00 Kgs. of fresh BFT are sold daily at Palermo’s fish market alone, during the three month-long BFT Summer fishing

16 Where TE accounts for total exports and TI accounts for total imports17 Fondo de Regulación y Organización del Mercado de los Productos de la Pesca y Cultivos Marinos18 Office national interprofessionnel des produits de la mer et de l'aquaculture. Conseil de Direction. Séance du 21 Septembre 2005. Le Point sur le marché du thon germon.19 According to OFIMER, France’s 2007 processed fresh & frozen BFT domestic consumption rose to 4.412.000,00Kgs. Source: Bilan Annuel 2007, Consommation des Produits de la Pêche et de l’Aquaculture.20 Source: HACCP

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season. Italy’s processed fresh & frozen BFT yearly domestic consumption up until 2007 is estimated at some 3.000.000,00 Kgs.

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Trade-Flux Block II:An estimation of EU27 Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Japan during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for EUROSTAT recorded monthly exports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States to Japan for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was conducted for the purpose of this report.




03023510: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation,

03023590: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”,(Excluding Tunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03023911: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or chilled, forindustrial processing or preservation,

03023991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, fresh or chilled (ExcludingTunas for industrial processing or preservation),

03034511: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole,

03034513: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

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03034519: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, without head and gills, but still tobe gutted,

03034590: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, (Excluding Tunasfor industrial processing or preservation),

03034921: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole,

03034923: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, gilled and gutted,

03034929: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation (Excluding whole and gilled and gutted).

o Accordingly, total EU27 EUROSTAT recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to Japan for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 96.766.500,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 010. (Page 41)

o The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 88.076.163,64 Kgs, as shown in Table 011. (Page 42)

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 011 below.

Chart 011: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to Japan for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT.

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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8.BLUEFIN TUNAS 'THUNNUS THYNNUS', FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN (INCL. TUNAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OR PRESERVATION) WHOLE, GG & OTHERS (EXCL. FILLETS,

LOINS, SAKU, BM, ETC…)

EXPORTING COUNTRIES 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun.

2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 11.000,00 8.700,00 3.200,00 960.400,00 1.479.700,00 0,00 939.500,00 1.020.400,00 500,00

FRANCE 118.400,00 26.900,00 32.500,00 6.700,00 48.600,00 42.800,00 87.100,00 8.100,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 97.300,00 185.200,00 203.500,00 217.700,00 38.100,00 40.700,00 37.500,00 607.000,00 1.074.200,00 576.000,00 682.600,00 524.900,00

IRELAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 155.100,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 32.700,00 28.100,00 110.500,00 104.100,00 496.500,00 170.900,00 451.400,00 1.292.400,00 2.288.100,00 1.152.300,00 1.136.400,00 86.200,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 477.150,001.995.750,0

02.315.550,0

03.148.000,00 4.088.150,00 5.043.900,00 6.326.900,00 1.769.400,00 100.900,00

PORTUGAL 7.600,00 0,00 900,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN3.218.100,0

06.370.100,00

5.157.900,00

4.688.300,00

5.053.500,00

3.241.800,00

7.066.600,00 3.427.400,00 4.005.000,00 4.842.400,00 5.746.800,00 1.981.400,00

UK 6.600,00 21.000,00 11.700,00 5.500,00 0,00 0,00 38.100,00 26.100,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS:3.480.700,0

06.631.300,00

5.517.000,00

5.510.450,00

7.796.250,00

5.814.950,00

11.789.100,00 10.928.850,00 12.411.200,00 13.837.200,00 10.355.600,00 2.693.900,00

Table 010.Cells highlighted in orange correspond to non available or incomplete data.

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W/RW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to Japan by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8.BLUEFIN TUNAS 'THUNNUS THYNNUS', FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN (INCL. TUNAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OR PRESERVATION) WHOLE, GG & OTHERS (EXCL. FILLETS,

LOINS, SAKU, BM, ETC…)


2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 9.649,12 7.631,58 2.807,02 1.074.368,77 1.427.780,70 0,00 824.122,81 895.087,71 438,60

FRANCE 118.400,00 26.900,00 32.500,00 6.700,00 48.600,00 42.800,00 91.470,00 8.100,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 85.416,67 162.456,14 178.508,77 190.964,91 33.421,05 35.701,75 32.894,74 532.456,14 942.280,70 505.263,16 598.771,93 460.438,60

IRELAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 170.610,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 28.684,21 26.319,65 102.885,62 91.315,79 435.543,85 151.464,91 396.271,93 1.143.578,95 2.011.885,97 1.010.789,47 996.842,11 75.614,03

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 496.782,891.925.245,6

12.220.620,6

63.012.087,72 3.781.162,29 4.687.263,16 6.788.692,28 1.668.619,65 88.508,77

PORTUGAL 7.600,00 0,00 900,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN2.822.960,5

35.587.807,02

4.524.473,68

4.112.543,86

4.579.903,51

2.845.798,25

6.201.092,10 3.007.500,00 3.514.077,89 4.278.855,26 5.058.760,97 1.738.070,18

UK 6.600,00 21.000,00 11.700,00 5.500,00 0,00 0,00 38.100,00 26.100,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS:3.069.661,4

15.824.482,81

4.850.968,07

4.913.456,57

7.200.955,60

5.299.192,59

10.846.285,26 9.926.678,08 11.155.507,72 13.407.822,98 9.218.082,37 2.363.070,18


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A second general search for Japanese Customs’ recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was again conducted.



o Retained HS9 codes for such search were:

0302.35-000: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation;

0302.39-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, forindustrial processing or preservation;

0303.45-000: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;

0303.49-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;

0304.20-092: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;



0304.99-991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation.

o Accordingly, total Japanese Customs recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 95.276.637,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 012.

o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 124.000.302,18 Kgs, as shown in Table 013.

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The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 012 below.

Chart 012: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese Customs.

A comparative monthly crosscheck between EUROSTAT recorded exports and Japanese Customs’ recorded imports of processed fresh/chilled BlueFin Tuna by & from EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009, was retained unviable for the following reasons:

o Most of the BFT exported by EU27 Member States to Japan, is sold RD-fresh ex-Tuna Ranch to Japanese Tuna traders. Harvested BFT is immediately loaded onboard reefer vessels to be processed (Loined, filleted, etc...) and blast-frozen.

o Most of frozen processed BFT imports by Japan from EU27, recorded by Japan’s Customs, thus correspond to fresh unprocessed BFT exports to Japan recorded by EUROSTAT.

o Finally, such monthly comparative crosscheck was retained unviable due to a chronological overlapping issue: Exports recorded for a given month by EUROSTAT may well appear as imports with Japanese Customs two to three month later. EUROSTAT export date cannot correspond to Japan’s Customs’ import date since shipping of such commodity takes between two to three months.

Yet, a general comparative crosscheck between EU27 EUROSTAT recorded exports to Japan and Japanese Customs recorded imports by Japan from EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, reveals a minor total processed fresh & frozen BFT export/import difference of 1.489.863,00 Kgs. for the entire studied period of time.

When both export & import fluxes are translated to their respective W/RW equivalents, the difference is no longer a minor one as the import/export gap between both trade data sets amounts to 35.924.138,54 Kgs. for the entire period 1998-June 2009.

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Processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Denmark and Germany amounting to 202.843,00 Kgs. and 11.278,00 Kgs. respectively and for the period 1998-June 2009, are not to be find as exports on EU27 EUROSTAT recorded exports to Japan.

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EU27 EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF BLUEFIN TUNAS 'THUNNUS THYNNUS', FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN (INCL. TUNAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OR PRESERVATION) WHOLE, GG & OTHERS: FILLETS, LOINS, SAKU, BM, ETC… Source Japanese Customs


2009

CYPRUS 0,00 930,00 3.275,00 10.575,00 9.335,00 3.632,00 279.533,00 667.987,00 1.070.507,00 707.876,00 678.618,00 572.839,00DENMARK 26.842,00 67.469,00 102.469,00 6.063,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00FRANCE 751.913,00 519.583,00 308.172,00 179.023,00 50.330,00 148.932,00 191.935,00 74.968,00 58.102,00 360.264,00 147.407,00 143.334,00GERMANY 11.278,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00GREECE 293.589,00 245.730,00 258.157,00 265.372,00 125.442,00 83.520,00 43.776,00 440.093,00 793.244,00 432.596,00 404.923,00 401.575,00IRELAND 2.090,00 8.201,00 8.621,00 4.857,00 4.051,00 494,00 1.665,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY1.061.620,0

01.237.418,0

01.368.109,00 772.799,00 879.385,00

1.235.694,00

575.065,00 1.103.674,00 2.680.585,00 2.794.478,00 1.826.609,00 753.911,00

MALTA 164.852,00 28.791,00 296.501,00 616.614,00 1.119.208,00 706.925,001.726.015,0

02.171.860,00 4.548.490,00 2.189.037,00 4.460.568,00 2.718.665,00

PORTUGAL 255.875,00 126.033,00 141.942,00 145.054,00 105.313,00 3.914,00 1.790,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN3.153.017,0

04.986.175,0

04.403.246,00

4.713.845,00

4.615.199,004.174.832,0

04.138.922,0

04.374.587,00 3.630.602,00 3.297.612,00 3.902.155,00 1.087.685,00

UK 0,00 10.779,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS:5.721.076,0

07.231.109,0

06.890.492,00

6.714.202,00

6.908.263,006.357.943,0

06.958.701,0

08.833.169,00 12.781.530,00 9.781.863,00 11.420.280,00 5.678.009,00


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W/RW Equivalent EU27 EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF BLUEFIN TUNAS 'THUNNUS THYNNUS', FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN (INCL. TUNAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OR PRESERVATION) WHOLE, GG & OTHERS: FILLETS, LOINS, SAKU, BM, ETC… Source Japanese Customs


2009

CYPRUS 0,00 815,79 2.872,81 9.276,32 8.188,60 3.185,96 436.843,45 1.061.956,56 1.699.477,15 1.124.943,45 1.065.502,94 893.318,78DENMARK 26.842,00 73.277,10 112.715,90 6.669,30 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00FRANCE 255.548,13 910.504,67 513.016,26 289.007,36 65.330,55 217.974,86 286.361,01 124.928,74 78.064,40 629.003,40 255.611,84 248.909,00GERMANY 12.405,80 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00GREECE 257.534,21 215.552,63 226.453,51 232.782,46 110.036,84 73.263,16 38.400,00 677.696,09 1.176.080,52 663.399,14 596.463,46 624.692,07IRELAND 2.090,00 8.201,00 8.621,00 4.857,00 4.051,00 494,00 1.665,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY1.524.983,8

41.777.901,0

01.971.347,12

1.047.247,40

993.161,441.463.230,0

2599.995,48 1.493.939,88 3.872.892,47 4.080.717,31 2.395.938,60 1.073.367,74

MALTA 238.603,08 25.255,26 379.733,53 840.483,59 1.628.062,29 638.588,582.396.318,7

43.205.905,76 7.010.886,40 3.365.869,91 6.949.774,32 4.229.607,77

PORTUGAL 292.486,26 138.642,54 153.666,88 158.447,90 115.085,92 3.914,00 1.790,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN3.583.086,5

76.142.805,5

15.455.096,47

5.398.759,62

5.379.732,304.532.927,2

34.422.524,3

25.160.035,29 4.337.310,27 4.068.156,34 4.867.917,41 1.238.441,60

UK 0,00 10.779,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS:6.193.579,8

99.303.734,5

08.823.523,48

7.987.530,95

8.303.648,946.933.577,8

18.183.898,0

011.724.462,32 18.174.711,21 13.932.089,55 16.131.208,57 8.308.336,96


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A third general search for Japan’s Fisheries Agency ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States for the period January 2005 to December 2008 was finally conducted.21



o Retained Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:

2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT

Circular: 760/06 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT




Circular: 500/08 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan 2008 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT

Circular: 716/09

o Accordingly, total Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from EU27 for the period January 2005 to December 2008, amount to 54.759436,97 Kgs, as shown in Table 014.

21 No Japan’s Fisheries Agency ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna for the periods 1998-2004 & January to June 2009, were available at the time of print of this report.

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o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to December 2008, amounts to 58.358.226,08 Kgs, as shown in Table 015.


Chart 013: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from EU27 for the period January 2005 to December 2008, All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by EU27. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT.


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.989.378,00 957.892,00 1.968.383,00 0,00 0,00FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 17.418,00 15.501,00 7.179,49 0,00 0,00GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 602.226,00 599.094,00 577.708,00 515.304,00 0,00ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.432.167,00 2.415.065,40 4.402.070,90 1.119.105,00 0,00MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 3.680.117,00 5.352.068,50 7.649.549,80 1.926.548,00 0,00SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 5.913.164,00 5.837.155,85 3.882.627,99 2.899.714,04 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 14.634.470,00 15.176.776,75 18.487.519,18 6.460.671,04 0,00


W/RW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to Japan by EU27. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT.


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.919.575,26 924.281,75 1.899.316,93 0,00 0,00FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 27.165,91 23.114,22 8.897,80 0,00 0,00GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 581.977,85 579,024,49 558.312,57 500.761,57 0,00ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.435.674,58 2.501.108,26 4.327.161,17 1.081.974,73 0,00MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 4.820.499,41 6.481.091,37 8.200.267,50 2.271.125,53 0,00SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.319.770,70 6.137.680,09 4.485.464,99 2.853.003,89 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 16.104.663,71 16.067.275,69 19.479.420,96 6.706.865,72 0,00


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between EU27 EUROSTAT recorded exports to Japan, Japanese Customs recorded imports by Japan from EU27 and Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports by Japan from EU27 for the period January 2005 to December 2008, reveals the following import/export and import/import differences:

o An import/export difference of 7.226.586,97 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT between EUROSTAT export trade figures and those submitted by Japan to ICCAT for the period January 2005 to December 2008.

o An import/import difference of 11.942.594,97 Kgs. of processed fresh & frozen BFT between Japanese Customs import trade figures and those submitted by Japan to ICCAT for the period January 2005 to December 2008.

When both export & import fluxes are translated to their respective W/RW equivalents, the crosscheck reveals the following export/import and import/export differences.

o An import/export difference of 14.650.134,93 Kgs. of W/RW equivalent processed fresh & frozen BFT between EUROSTAT export trade figures and those submitted by Japan to ICCAT for the period January 2005 to December 2008.

o An import/import difference of -1.604.245,57 Kgs. of W/RW equivalent processed fresh & frozen BFT between Japanese Customs import trade figures and those submitted by Japan to ICCAT for the period January 2005 to December 2008.

The yearly variations of differences between EUROSTAT, Japanese Customs and Japan’s Fisheries Agency trade figures for both processed and W/RW processed fresh/chilled & frozen BFT trade figures for the period 1998-2008, can be seen in Chart 014 below.

Chart 014: yearly variations of differences between EUROSTAT, Japanese Customs and Japan’s Fisheries Agency trade figures for both processed and W/RW processed fresh/chilled & frozen BFT trade figures for the period 1998-2008, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT, Japanese Customs & Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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o According to such final yearly comparative crosscheck, total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to Japan for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 128.744.787,05 Kgs, as shown in Table 016.

o The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 141.985.821,10 Kgs, as shown in Table 017.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to Japan ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 015 below.

Chart 015: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to Japan for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT, Japanese Customs & Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

Such final BFT Trade Flux figures from EU27 to Japan for the period 1998-June 2009 are yet to be taken with caution as the real export flux during such period may be much higher than estimated.

A number of unreported exports to Japan by EU27 and imports by Japan from EU27 have been effectively detected when comparing processed fresh BFT export/import data from EUROSTAT, Japan Customs and Japan’s Fisheries Agency trade figures for processed fresh/chilled BFT for the period 2005-2008, thus raising the legitimate question as to the overall general reliability of official trade reports on both ends of the BFT market chain.

For the second semester 2008 (Q3+Q4 2008) alone, recorded auction sales of processed fresh BFT from Malta, Spain, Greece, Italy and Tunisia at Japanese fish markets, amounted to some 121.010,40 Kgs, whereas according to Japan’s Fisheries Agency Q3+Q4 2008 ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declaration, the total amount of processed fresh BFT imported into Japan from such countries and during that same period, only rose to a meagre 1.342,00 Kgs., the origin of which was exclusively Malta.

A total 119.668,40 Kgs. of “grey” fresh BFT from Malta, Spain, Greece, Italy and Tunisia therefore entered Japan during 2008’s second semester alone, to be publicly auctioned throughout fish markets across Japan, without even being detected thus properly recorded by ill-termed concerned fisheries-control administrations on both sides of the on both ends of the BFT market chain:

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According to Japanese Customs not a single Kilogram of processed fresh BFT from Malta, Spain, Greece, Italy and Cyprus was imported by Japan during Q3+Q4 2008, whereas according to EUROSTAT, 3.799.900,00 Kgs. of processed fresh BFT were exported to Japan by Malta, Spain, Greece, Italy and Cyprus during Q3+Q4 2008.

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Processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT Exports to Japan by EU27


2009

CYPRUS 0,00 930,00 3.275,00 11.000,00 9.335,00 3.632,00 960.400,00 1.989.378,00 1.070.507,00 1.968.383,00 1.020.400,00 572.839,00

DENMARK 26.842,00 67.469,00 102.469,00 6.063,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 751.913,00 519.583,00 308.172,00 179.023,00 50.330,00 148.932,00 191.935,00 74.968,00 58.102,00 360.264,00 147.407,00 143.334,00

GERMANY 11.278,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 293.589,00 245.730,00 258.157,00 265.372,00 125.442,00 83.520,00 43.776,00 607.000,00 1.074.200,00 576.000,00 682.600,00 524.900,00

IRELAND 2.090,00 8.201,00 8.621,00 4.857,00 155.100,00 494,00 1.665,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 1.061.620,00 1.237.418,00 1.368.109,00 772.799,00 879.385,00 1.235.694,00 575.065,00 2.432.167,00 2.680.585,00 4.402.070,90 1.826.609,00 753.911,00

MALTA 164.852,00 28.791,00 296.501,00 616.614,00 1.995.750,00 2.315.550,00 3.148.000,00 4.088.150,00 5.352.068,50 7.649.549,80 4.460.568,00 2.718.665,00

PORTUGAL 255.875,00 126.033,00 141.942,00 145.054,00 105.313,00 3.914,00 1.790,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 3.218.100,00 6.370.100,00 5.157.900,00 4.713.845,00 5.053.500,00 4.174.832,00 7.066.600,00 5.913.164,00 5.837.155,85 4.842.400,00 5.746.800,00 1.981.400,00

UK 6.600,00 21.000,00 11.700,00 5.500,00 0,00 0,00 38.100,00 26.100,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 5.792.759,00 8.625.255,00 7.656.846,00 6.720.127,00 8.374.155,00 7.966.568,00 12.027.331,00 15.130.927,00 16.072.618,35 19.798.767,70 13.884.384,00 6.695.049,00


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W/RW Equivalent of Processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT Exports to Japan by EU27


2009

CYPRUS 0,00 815,79 2.872,81 9.276,32 8.188,60 3.185,96 1.074.368,77 1.919.575,26 1.699.477,15 1.899.316,93 1.065.502,94 893.318,78

DENMARK 26.842,00 73.277,10 112.715,90 6.669,30 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 255.548,13 910.504,67 513.016,26 289.007,36 65.330,55 217.974,86 286.361,01 124.928,74 78.064,40 629.003,40 255.611,84 248.909,00

GERMANY 12.405,80 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 257.534,21 215.552,63 226.453,51 232.782,46 110.036,84 73.263,16 38.400,00 677.696,09 1.176.080,52 663.399,14 598.771,93 624.692,07

IRELAND 2.090,00 8.201,00 8.621,00 4.857,00 170.610,00 494,00 1.665,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 1.524.983,84 1.777.901,00 1.971.347,12 1.047.247,40 993.161,44 1.463.230,02 599.995,48 2.435.674,58 3.872.892,47 4.327.161,17 2.395.938,60 1.073.367,74

MALTA 238.603,08 25.255,26 379.733,53 840.483,59 1.925.245,61 2.220.620,66 3.012.087,72 4.820.499,41 6.481.091,37 8.200.267,50 6.949.774,32 4.229.607,77

PORTUGAL 292.486,26 138.642,54 153.666,88 158.447,90 115.085,92 3.914,00 1.790,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 3.583.086,57 6.142.805,51 5.455.096,47 5.398.759,62 5.379.732,30 4.532.927,23 6.201.092,10 6.319.770,70 6.137.680,09 4.485.464,99 5.058.760,97 1.738.070,18

UK 6.600,00 21.000,00 11.700,00 5.500,00 0,00 0,00 38.100,00 26.100,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 6.200.179,89 9.313.955,50 8.835.223,48 7.993.030,95 8.767.391,26 8.515.609,89 11.253.860,08 16.324.244,78 19.445.286,00 20.204.713,13 16.324.360,60 8.807.965,54


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Trade-Flux Block III:An estimation of EU27 Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to the USA during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for EUROSTAT recorded monthly exports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States to the USA for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was conducted for the purpose of this report.










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o Accordingly, total EU27 EUROSTAT recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to the USA for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 3.341.350,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 018.



Chart 016: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to the USA for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 800,00 7.200,00 3.700,00 5.000,00 0,00 900,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 400,00 2.400,00 0,00 0,00 2.100,00 300,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 4.200,00 0,00 3.200,00 26.800,00 5.400,00 5.400,00 1.000,00 1.400,00 900,00 500,00 0,00 13.500,00

ITALY 4.600,00 4.500,00 1.900,00 400,00 2.800,00 14.400,00 37.700,00 14.000,00 6.900,00 25.000,00 29.200,00 6.600,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.450,00 1.000,00 29.300,00 72.400,00 295.100,00599.600,0

012.600,00

PORTUGAL 17.900,00 0,00 4.400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 86.400,00 97.100,00158.800,0

0241.200,0

0281.700,00

240.500,00

190.300,00285.400,0

0217.100,0

0171.500,00 67.000,00 36.500,00

TOTALS: 113.100,00

102.000,00170.700,0

0269.200,0

0297.100,00

268.550,00

235.300,00330.100,0

0298.200,0

0492.100,00

695.800,00

69.200,00


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W/RW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 701,75 6.315,79 3.245,61 4.385,97 0,00 789,47 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 350,88 2.105,26 0,00 0,00 1.842,11 263,16 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 526,32 3.157,89 2.807,02 23.508,77 4.736,84 4.736,84 877,19 1.228,07 789,47 438,60 0,00 12.269,73

ITALY 4.035,09 3.947,37 1.864,03 350,88 2.456,14 12.745,62 33.245,61 12.280,70 6.052,63 21.929,82 25.614,04 5.789,48

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.371,75 912,28 27.184,21 63.508,77 323.985,97525.964,9

111.052,64

PORTUGAL 15.701,75 0,00 3.859,65 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 75.789,47 85.175,44139.298,2

5211.578,95

247.105,26

210.964,91166.929,8

2250.350,88

190.438,60

150.438,60 58.771,93 32.017,53

TOTALS: 96.052,63 92.631,58149.934,2

1236.140,35

260.614,03

235.906,84206.614,0

3291.043,86

261.578,94

496.792,99610.350,8

861.129,38


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A second general search for US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was again conducted.



o Retained HS10 codes for such search were:

0302350000 Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forIndustrial processing or preservation;

0302390020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, forIndustrial processing or preservation;

0303450000 Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialProcessing or preservation, whole;

0303490020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialProcessing or preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;

o Accordingly, total US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 2.940.200,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 020.

o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 3.059.815,24 Kgs, as shown in Table 021.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 017 (Page 59)

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Chart 017: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by the USA from EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27. Source US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service. (HS10 - Digit Imports)



2009

AUSTRIA 1.600,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

CYPRUS 0,00 400,00 0,00 8.200,00 9.800,00 3.400,00 5.000,00 5.600,00 8.100,00 5.700,00 15.600,00 0,00

FRANCE 200,00 2.300,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 700,00 300,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.800,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 5.600,00 3.100,00 2.800,00 29.400,00 17.500,00 11.000,00 1.200,00 1.400,00 1.100,00 900,00 0,00 13.800,00

ITALY 23.600,00

25.300,00 15.000,00 24.500,00 24.100,00 30.100,00 78.400,00 29.500,00 27.300,00 30.700,00 30.500,00 14.500,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.000,00 1.400,00 17.000,00 77.200,00 3.100,00110.300,0

023.100,00

PORTUGAL 12.200,00

0,00 1.200,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 48.800,00

122.600,00

131.700,00

252.800,00

305.200,00

296.700,00

212.900,00

288.900,00

235.200,00

173.400,00

75.800,00 37.000,00

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 600,00 800,00 200,00

TOTALS: 92.000,00

153.700,00

150.700,00

314.900,00

356.600,00

342.900,00

302.100,00

342.400,00

348.900,00

214.400,00

233.000,00

88.600,00


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W/RW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27. Source US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service. (HS10 - Digit Imports)



2009

AUSTRIA 1.628,07 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

CYPRUS 0,00 407,02 0,00 8.343,86 9.971,93 3.530,88 5.087,72 6.268,07 8.557,54 6.380,00 17.003,16 0,00

FRANCE 203,51 2.340,35 0,00 0,00 0,00 712,28 305,26 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 3.134,04 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 5.698,25 3.235,79 2.849,12 29.915,79 17.807,02 11.192,98 1.282,11 1.424,56 1.231,23 915,79 0,00 14.042,11

ITALY 24.034,39

26.100,00 15.568,42 24.929,82 24.522,81 30.628,07 81.688,42 30.495,79 28.287,72 31.391,23 31.065,61 14.754,39

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.017,54 1.536,49 17.298,25 78.584,91 32.103,51116.875,0

923.505,26

PORTUGAL 12.414,04

0,00 1.221,05 0,00 0,00 0,00 101,75 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 49.656,14

132.799,97

136.686,66

263.106,32

313.708,78

305.191,93

217.937,00

296.196,84

240.038,60

176.492,98

77.129,82 37.649,12

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 610,53 814,04 203,51

TOTALS: 93.634,40

164.883,13

156.325,25

326.295,79

366.010,54

352.273,68

311.072,79

351.683,51

356.700,00

247.894,04

242.887,72

90.154,39


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A third general search for USA’s National Fisheries Agency ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States for the period January 2005 to December 2008 was finally conducted.22



o Retained US ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:

2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 2157/06







o Accordingly, total USA ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by the USA from EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2008, amount to 862.072,40 Kgs, as shown in Table 022.

22 No USA’s National Fisheries Agency ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna for the periods 1998-2004 July to December 2008 & January to June 2009, were available at the time of print of this report.

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o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2008, amounts to 1.010.999,20 Kgs, as shown in Table 023.


Chart 018: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by USA from EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2008, All values in Kgs. Source: USA ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU Source US Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 646,00 3.752,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 4.490,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.561,00 1.144,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 22.124,00 24.090,20 21.233,00 0,00 0,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 27.794,00 65.687,70 11.500,00 41.773,00 0,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 133,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 285.720,00 235.985,50 56.712,00 57.727,00 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 342.468,00 330.659,40 89.445,00 99.500,00 0,00


WRW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU Source US Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 623,34 4.268,52 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 4.910,09 1.327,04 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.810,76 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 26.121,40 30.052,69 26.541,25 0,00 0,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 33.359,38 74.703,27 12.609,65 47.483,73 0,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 166,25 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 325.358,89 291.262,25 66.084,11 64.316,58 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 392.350,11 401.613,77 105.235,01 111.800,31 0,00


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between EU27 EUROSTAT recorded exports to the USA, US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service recorded imports by the USA from EU27 and US ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports by the USA from EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2009, was finally carried out.

o According to such final yearly comparative crosscheck, total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to the USA for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 3.818.963,50 Kgs, as shown in Table 024.


The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to the USA ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 019 below.

Chart 019: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to the USA for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT, US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service & USA ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27


2009

AUSTRIA 1.600,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

CYPRUS 0,00 400,00 0,00 8.200,00 9.800,00 3.700,00 5.000,00 5.600,00 8.100,00 5.700,00 15.600,00 0,00

FRANCE 200,00 2.300,00 2.400,00 0,00 0,00 2.100,00 300,00 4.490,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.800,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 5.600,00 3.100,00 3.200,00 29.400,00 17.500,00 11.000,00 1.200,00 1.561,00 1.144,00 900,00 0,00 13.800,00

ITALY 23.600,00 25.300,00 15.000,00 24.500,00 24.100,00 30.100,00 78.400,00 29.500,00 27.300,00 30.700,00 30.500,00 14.500,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.450,00 1.400,00 29.300,00 77.200,00 295.100,00599.600,0

023.100,00

PORTUGAL 17.900,00 0,00 4.400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 133,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 86.400,00 122.600,00158.800,0

0252.800,0

0305.200,0

0296.700,0

0212.900,0

0288.900,0

0235.985,5

0173.400,00 75.800,00 37.000,00

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 600,00 800,00 200,00

TOTALS: 135.300,00

153.700,00183.800,0

0314.900,0

0356.600,0

0346.050,0

0302.100,0

0359.484,0

0349.729,5

0506.400,00

722.300,00

88.600,00


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W/RW Equivalent of Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports to USA by EU27


2009

AUSTRIA 1.628,07 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

CYPRUS 0,00 407,02 0,00 8.343,86 9.971,93 3.530,88 5.087,72 6.268,07 8.557,54 6.380,00 17.003,16 0,00

FRANCE 203,51 2.340,35 2.105,26 0,00 0,00 1.842,11 305,26 4.910,09 1.327,04 0,00 0,00 0,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 3.134,04 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 5.698,25 3.235,79 2.849,12 29.915,79 17.807,02 11.192,98 1.282,11 1.810,76 1.231,23 915,79 0,00 14.042,11

ITALY 24.034,39 26.100,00 15.568,42 24.929,82 24.522,81 30.628,07 81.688,42 30.495,79 30.052,69 31.391,23 31.065,61 14.754,39

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.371,75 1.536,49 33.359,38 78.584,91323.985,9

7525.964,9

123.505,26

PORTUGAL 15.701,75 0,00 3.859,65 0,00 0,00 0,00 101,75 166,25 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

SPAIN 75.789,47132.799,9

7139.298,2

5263.106,3

2313.708,7

8305.191,9

3217.937,0

0325.358,8

9291.262,2

5176.492,9

877.129,82 37.649,12

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 610,53 814,04 203,51

TOTALS: 123.055,44

164.883,13

163.680,70

326.295,79

366.010,54

354.757,72

311.072,79

402.369,23

411.015,66

539.776,50

651.977,54

90.154,39


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Trade-Flux Block IV:An estimation of EU27 Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for EUROSTAT recorded monthly exports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was conducted for the purpose of this report.









03034513: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial

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processing or preservation, gilled and gutted, 03034519: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial

processing or preservation, without head and gills, but still tobe gutted,





o Accordingly, total EU27 EUROSTAT recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 3.273.400,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 026.



Chart 020: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT.

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Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 800,00 500,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 1.300,00 300,00

DENMARK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00

FRANCE 24.200,00

8.300,00 22.100,0040.500,0

00,00 2.300,00 20.000,00 30.500,00

25.800,00

38.700,00 11.900,00 1.900,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 300,00 0,00

GREECE 400,00 1.800,00 1.200,00 100,00 2.500,00 3.800,00 2.200,00 1.600,00 2.650,00 3.350,00 8.950,00 3.700,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00128.500,0

029.000,0

08.800,00 0,00

211.200,00

0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 200,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 12.000,00 20.500,00 37.100,00 53.100,00 6.900,00206.050,0

01.213.850,00 2.900,00

NETHERLANDS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 200,00 600,00 300,00 1.300,00 3.000,00 4.800,00 7.050,00 3.300,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 500,00 0,00

ROMANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.200,00 0,00

SPAIN 43.500,00

172.300,00128.800,0

021.600,0

076.600,00

128.300,00

181.200,00

34.200,0039.000,0

082.150,00 121.100,00 29.500,00

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 68.100,00

182.400,00280.600,0

091.600,0

0100.100,00

156.300,00

452.600,00

121.100,0077.350,0

0335.100,0

01.366.250,00 41.900,00


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WRW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27. Source Eurostat CN8



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 701,75 438,60 350,88 0,00 0,00 1.140,35 263,16

DENMARK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 110,00 0,00 0,00 55,00 0,00 100,00

FRANCE 24.200,00

8.300,00 22.100,0040.500,0

00,00 2.327,60 20.000,00 30.500,00 25.800,00 38.700,00 11.900,00 1.900,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 400,00 1.800,00 1.200,00 50,00 2.192,98 3.289,47 1.929,82 1.403,51 2.324,56 2.938,60 7.807,02 3.245,61

ITALY 0,00 0,00163.966,0

029.000,0

07.719,30 0,00

185.280,70

0,00 0,00 0,00 87,72 175,44

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 11.578,95 19.780,70 32.868,42 46.754,39 4.824,56197.228,0

81.063.508,77 2.543,86

NETHERLANDS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 220,00 660,00 330,00 1.430,00 3.300,00 5.280,00 7.705,00 3.630,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 550,00 0,00

ROMANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.200,00 0,00

SPAIN 41.956,14

151.140,35112.982,4

620.684,2

167.192,98 123.736,85

164.578,95

32.508,77 34.438,60 74.850,88 103.710,53 26.885,96

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 66.556,14

161.240,35300.248,4

690.634,2

188.904,21 150.496,37

405.536,49

112.947,55

70.687,72319.052,5

61.197.609,39 38.744,03


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A second general search for non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from EU27 Member States for the period January 2005 to December 2008 was finally conducted.23



o Retained ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:

2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Algeria: ICCAT Circular: 1328/06


2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 558/06




2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circulars: 092/06, 300/06 & 1513/06

2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1226/06, 025/07


23 No ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) and for the periods 1998-2004 & January to June 2009 (Except Turkey), were available at the time of print of this report.

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2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Croatia: ICCAT Circulars: 228/07 & 382/07


2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Morocco: ICCAT Circular: 430/07







2007 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Taiwan: ICCAT Circular: 1506/07 (Revised)











o Accordingly, total ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) from EU27 for the period January 2005 to December 2008, amount to 288.442,20 Kgs, as shown in Table 028.

o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to December 2008, amounts to 334.196,39 Kgs, as shown in Table 029.


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Chart 021: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) from EU27 for the period January 2005 to December 2008, All values in Kgs. Source: USA ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 22,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 83.823,00 0,00 57.711,00 21.428,00 0,00

SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 14.815,00 48.288,00 39.355,20 23.000,00 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 98.660,00 48.288,00 97.066,20 44.428,00 0,00


WRW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

FRANCE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 21,23 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

GREECE 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 103.512,06 0,00 74.005,13 34.529,15 0,00

SPAIN 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 14.295,17 49.683,90 37.974,31 20.175,44 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 117.828,46 49.683,90 111.979,44 54.704,59 0,00


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between EU27 EUROSTAT recorded exports to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) and ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations by non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) recorded imports from EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2009, was finally carried out.

o According to such final yearly comparative crosscheck, total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 3.282.688,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 030.


The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) ordered by EU27 Member States, can be seen in Chart 022 below.

Chart 022: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA) for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT & ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations by non EU27 countries (Excl. Japan & USA).

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Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27.



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 800,00 500,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 1.300,00 300,00

DENMARK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00

FRANCE 24.200,00

8.300,00 22.100,0040.500,0

00,00 2.300,00 20.000,00 30.500,00 25.800,00 38.700,00 11.900,00 1.900,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 300,00 0,00

GREECE 400,00 1.800,00 1.200,00 100,00 2.500,00 3.800,00 2.200,00 1.600,00 2.650,00 3.350,00 8.950,00 3.700,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00 128.500,0029.000,0

08.800,00 0,00

211.200,00

0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 200,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 12.000,00 20.500,00 37.100,00 53.100,00 6.900,00206.050,0

01.213.850,0

02.900,00

NETHERLANDS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 200,00 600,00 300,00 1.300,00 3.000,00 4.800,00 7.050,00 3.300,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 500,00 0,00

ROMANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.200,00 0,00

SPAIN 43.500,00

172.300,00

128.800,0021.600,0

076.600,00

128.300,00

181.200,00

34.200,00 48.288,00 82.150,00 121.100,00 29.500,00

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 68.100,00

182.400,00

280.600,0091.600,0

0100.100,00

156.300,00

452.600,00

121.100,00 86.638,00335.100,0

01.366.250,0

041.900,00


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W/RW Equivalent of Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) by EU27.



2009

CYPRUS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 701,75 438,60 400,00 0,00 0,00 1.300,00 300,00

DENMARK 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 110,00 0,00 0,00 50,00 0,00 100,00

FRANCE 24.200,00

8.300,00 22.100,0040.500,0

00,00 2.327,60 20.000,00 30.521,23 25.800,00 38.700,00 11.900,00 1.900,00

GERMANY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 300,00 0,00

GREECE 400,00 1.800,00 1.200,00 50,00 2.192,98 3.289,47 1.929,82 1.600,00 2.650,00 3.350,00 8.950,00 3.700,00

ITALY 0,00 0,00163.966,0

029.000,0

07.719,30 0,00

185.280,70

0,00 0,00 0,00 100,00 200,00

MALTA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 11.578,95 19.780,70 32.868,42150.266,4

54.824,56

271.233,21

1.098.037,92

2.543,86

NETHERLANDS 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 220,00 660,00 330,00 1.300,00 3.000,00 4.800,00 7.050,00 3.300,00

PORTUGAL 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 500,00 0,00

ROMANIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.200,00 0,00

SPAIN 41.956,14

151.140,35112.982,4

620.684,2

167.192,98 123.736,85

164.578,95

46.803,94 84.122,50112.825,1

9123.885,96 26.885,96

UK 0,00 0,00 0,00 400,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TOTALS: 66.556,14

161.240,35300.248,4

690.634,2

188.904,21 150.496,37

405.536,49

230.891,62

120.397,06430.958,4

01.253.223,8

838.929,82


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Trade-Flux Block V:An estimation of Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to EU27 by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for EUROSTAT recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by EU27 Member States from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was conducted for the purpose of this report.

o Retained EU27 importing Countries were:









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o Accordingly, total EU27 EUROSTAT recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to EU27 countries for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 6.134.800,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 032.


The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux ordered by exporting countries, can be seen in Chart 023 below.

Chart 023: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total EU27 processed fresh & frozen BFT imports from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey, for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT.

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Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27. Source Eurostat CN8.


EXPORTING COUNTRIES

1998

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun. 2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 18.500,00 4.500,00 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 40.200,00 17.200,00 175.100,00 324.700,00 559.800,00 357.000,00 188.300,00 47.300,00 413.000,00 136.100,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 101.200,00 204.200,00 670.100,00 384.900,00 145.700,00 372.600,00 147.000,00 211.000,00 71.800,00 192.600,00 19.400,00

TURKEY 0,00 141.400,00 116.500,00 350.700,00 480.000,00 148.700,00 69.000,00 4.500,00 0,00 18.600,00 0,00 3.200,00

TOTALS: 0,00 282.800,00 337.900,00 1.195.900,00 1.189.600,00 854.200,00 798.600,00 339.800,00 276.800,00 507.900,00 328.700,00 22.600,00


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WRW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27. Source Eurostat CN8.


EXPORTING COUNTRIES

1998

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun. 2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 18.500,00 4.500,00 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 40.200,00 17.200,00 175.100,00 325.010,00 561.940,00 357.000,00 188.300,00 47.300,00 413.000,00 136.100,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 88.771,93 179.122,81 587.807,02 337.631,58 127.807,02 326.842,11 128.947,37 185.087,72 62.982,46 169.605,26 17.017,54

TURKEY 0,00 124.035,08 102.192,98 307.631,58 421.052,63 132.192,99 66.105,26 4.017,54 0,00 16.315,79 0,00 2.807,02

TOTALS: 0,00 253.007,01 298.515,79 1.070.538,60 1.083.694,21 821.940,01 749.947,37 321.264,91 250.887,72 496.798,25 305.705,26 19.824,56


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A second general search for EU27 ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009 was finally conducted.24



o Retained ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:









o Accordingly, total ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt

24 No ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by EU27 for the periods 1998-2004 & January to June 2009 were available at the time of print of this report.

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and Turkey to EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amount to 2.905.195,50 Kgs, as shown in Table 034.

o The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounts to 3.251.133,06 Kgs, as shown in Table 035.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux ordered by exporting countries can be seen in Chart 021 below.

Chart 024: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to EU27 for the period January 2005 to June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 45,00 20.430,00 14.918,00 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 390,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 530.000,00 0,00 771.194,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 35.177,00 41.869,00 416.902,00 159.594,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 534.662,00 159.705,50 10.289,00 12.416,00 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 37.176,00 69,00 160.359,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.099.884,00 222.394,50 1.250.479,00 172.079,00 160.359,00


WRW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 52,20 23.686,00 17.304,88 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 390,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 530.000,00 0,00 977.974,98 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 36.341,80 44.260,68 427.334,07 171.612,56 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 588.072,28 198.275,57 12.042,94 12.999,07 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 34.893,26 60,53 175.832,24

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.154.466,28 266.612,25 1.469.550,13 184.672,16 175.832,24


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between EU27 EUROSTAT recorded imports from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey and ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports by EU27 from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009, was finally carried out.

o According to such final yearly comparative crosscheck, total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 8.039.639,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 036.


The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such processed fresh & frozen BFT export flux to EU27 ordered by exporting countries can be seen in Chart 025 below.

Chart 025: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to EU27 for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: EUROSTAT & ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27



ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 45,00 20.430,00 14.918,00 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 390,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 530.000,00 0,00 771.194,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 40.200,00 17.200,00 175.100,00 324.700,00 559.800,00 357.000,00 188.300,00 47.300,00 416.902,00 159.594,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 101.200,00 204.200,00 670.100,00 384.900,00 145.700,00 372.600,00 534.662,00 211.000,00 71.800,00 192.600,00 19.400,00

TURKEY 0,00 141.400,00 116.500,00 350.700,00 480.000,00 148.700,00 69.000,00 4.500,00 0,00 37.176,00 69,00 160.359,00

TOTALS: 0,00 282.800,00 337.900,00 1.195.900,00 1.189.600,00 854.200,00 798.600,00 1.257.507,00 279.120,00 1.311.990,00 352.263,00 179.759,00


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W/RW Equivalent of Crosschecked Processed BFT Exports by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey to EU27



ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 52,20 23.686,00 17.304,88 0,00 0,00

EGYPT 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 390,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 530.000,00 0,00 977.974,98 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 40.200,00 17.200,00 175.100,00 325.010,00 561.940,00 357.000,00 188.300,00 47.300,00 427.334,07 171.612,56 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 88.771,93 179.122,81 587.807,02 337.631,58 127.807,02 326.842,11 588.072,28 198.275,57 62.982,46 169.605,26 17.017,54

TURKEY 0,00 124.035,08 102.192,98 307.631,58 421.052,63 132.192,99 66.105,26 4.017,54 0,00 34.893,26 60,53 175.832,24

TOTALS: 0,00 253.007,01 298.515,79 1.070.538,60 1.083.694,21 821.940,01 749.947,37 1.310.442,02 269.651,57 1.520.489,65 341.278,35 192.849,78


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Trade-Flux Block VI:An estimation of Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Japan by Croatia during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for Japanese Customs’ recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Croatia for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was again conducted. Retained HS9 codes for such search were:

o 0302.35-000: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation;

o 0302.39-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, forindustrial processing or preservation;

o 0303.45-000: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;

o 0303.49-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;

o 0304.20-092: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;



o 0304.99-991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation.

Accordingly, total Japanese Customs recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Croatia for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 26.892.088,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 038. The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 25.439.664,10 Kgs, as shown in Table 039. The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux can be seen in Chart 026 below.

Chart 026: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Croatia for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese Customs.

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Processed BFT Croatian Exports to Japan. Source: Japan Customs

EXPORTING COUNTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun.

2009

CROATIA 233.900,00

282.256,00

709.404,001.039.992,0

02.238.305,0

02.665.770,0

03.621.824,00

2.478.791,00

4.686.527,00

3.965.737,00

1.282.230,00

3.687.352,00

TOTALS: 233.900,00

282.256,00

709.404,001.039.992,0

02.238.305,0

02.665.770,0

03.621.824,00

2.478.791,00

4.686.527,00

3.965.737,00

1.282.230,00

3.687.352,00

Table 038.

WRW Equivalent of Processed BFT Croatian Exports to Japan. Source: Japan Customs


2009

CROATIA 216.574,07

243.310,33590.390,3

6874.659,07

2.085.187,90

2.276.686,772.968.490,5

72.169.804,18

4.586.403,72

3.809.295,86

1.631.553,97 3.987.307,30

TOTALS: 216.574,07

243.310,33590.390,3

6874.659,07

2.085.187,90

2.276.686,772.968.490,5

72.169.804,18

4.586.403,72

3.809.295,86

1.631.553,97 3.987.307,30

Table 039.

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A second general search for Japan’s Fisheries Agency ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Croatia for the period January 2005 to December 2008 was finally conducted.25

Retained Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:

o 2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japano 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:

760/06o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:




500/08o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japano 2008 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:

716/09

Accordingly, total Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Croatia for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amount to 12.378.593,25 Kgs, as shown in Table 040.

The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounts to 11.067.752,84 Kgs, as shown in Table 041.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux can be seen in Chart 027 below.

Chart 027: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Croatia for the period January 2005 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.


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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Croatia. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT.

EXPORTING COUNTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun. 2009

CROATIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.944.980,00 2.730.010,00 4.783.319,30 1.920.283,95 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.944.980,00 2.730.010,00 4.783.319,30 1.920.283,95 0,00


WRW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Croatia. Source Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT.


CROATIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.708.448,57 2.508.558,83 4.787.339,45 1.063.405,99 0,00

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.708.448,57 2.508.558,83 4.787.339,45 1.063.405,99 0,00


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A general search for recorded exports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by Croatia to EU27 and the USA was conducted using EUROSTAT, US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service as well as EU27 & USA ICCAT, recorded monthly and semestrial import data of Croatian-origin processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna.

The volume of found export flux volumes was negligible.

Yet, according to ranched BFT production data issued by the Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department of the Croatia Chamber of Economy, total Croatian RD/W ex-Tuna Ranch production for the period 1998-2006, amounted to 31.046.000,00 Kgs.

The W/RW equivalent for such production for the period 1998-2006, amounted to 22.997.037,04 Kgs.

The yearly variations of such RD/W (ex-Tuna Ranch) production and W/RW equivalent for such production can be seen in Chart 028 below.

Chart 028: Yearly variations of Croatian RD/W (ex-Tuna Ranch) production and W/RW equivalent for the period 1998-2006. All values in Kgs. Source: Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department of the Croatia Chamber of Economy

Croatia has a negligible domestic market for fresh/chilled and/or frozen BFT.

It is therefore legitimate to assume that almost 100% of its ranched and wild-caught BFT production is exported, namely to Japan, in spite of the fact that the difference between officially recorded RD/W ex-Tuna Ranch production by Croatia and Japan Customs/ICCAT recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Croatia for the period 1998-2006 amounts to 12.623.042,00 Kgs. (W/RW Equivalent ≈ 6.446.885,68 Kgs.)

Though such exports/imports trade flux remains unaccounted for, we choose to compute the above production data as direct exports by Croatia to Japan and undisclosed/unreported market destination/s.

A final yearly comparative crosscheck between Japanese Customs recorded imports from Croatia, Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports from Croatia for the period January 2005 to June 2009 and ranched BFT production data

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issued by the Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department of the Croatia Chamber of Economy, was thus conducted.

Accordingly, total Croatian processed fresh & frozen BFT exports to Japan for the period 1998 to June 2009, would amount to 41.436.955,25 Kgs, as shown in Table 042.

The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998 to June 2009, would in turn amount to 33.403.237,76 Kgs, as shown in Table 043.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux can be seen in Chart 029 below.

Chart 029: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Croatia for the period 1998 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese Customs, Japanese ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations and Agriculture, Food Industry & Forestry Department of the Croatia Chamber of Economy.

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Processed BFT Croatian Exports to Japan


2009

CROATIA 906.000,00970.000,0

01.200.000,0

03.045.000,0

03.971.000,00

5.000.000,00

4.604.000,00

4.350.000,007.000.000,0

04.783.319,3

01.920.283,95 3.687.352,00

TOTALS: 906.000,00970.000,0

01.200.000,0

03.045.000,0

03.971.000,00

5.000.000,00

4.604.000,00

4.350.000,007.000.000,0

04.783.319,3

01.920.283,95 3.687.352,00


W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Croatian Exports to Japan


2009

CROATIA 671.111,11

718.518,52

888.888,89 2.255.555,562.941.481,4

83.703.703,7

03.410.370,3

73.222.222,2

25.185.185,1

94.787.339,4

51.631.553,9

73.987.307,30

TOTALS: 671.111,11

718.518,52

888.888,89 2.255.555,562.941.481,4

83.703.703,7

03.410.370,3

73.222.222,2

25.185.185,1

94.787.339,4

51.631.553,9

73.987.307,30


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Trade-Flux Block VII:An estimation of Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for Japanese Customs’ recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 1998 to June 2009 was conducted. Retained HS9 codes for such search were:

o 0302.35-000: Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, forindustrial processing or preservation;

o 0302.39-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, forindustrial processing or preservation;

o 0303.45-000: Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;

o 0303.49-010: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation, whole;




o 0304.99-991: BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrialprocessing or preservation.

Accordingly, total Japanese Customs recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 44.028.178,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 044.

The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 61.417.339,64 Kgs, as shown in Table 045. The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux can be seen in Chart 030 below.

Chart 030: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese Customs.

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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey. Source: Japan Customs


2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 7.558,00 105.514,00

ICELAND 180,00 17.686,00 33.194,00 31.613,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 614.126,00 227.419,00 404.848,00 335.193,00 173.239,00 458.199,00 702.761,00 312.992,00 126.892,00 202.736,00 189.722,00 21.665,00

MOROCCO 259.531,00 339.010,00 334.775,00 404.051,00 479.338,00 418.719,00 295.932,00 994.402,001.318.388,0

01.484.426,00

1.170.361,00

197.759,00

NORWAY 0,00 3.349,00 0,00 0,00 244,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 703.525,00 507.813,00 451.313,00 473.344,00 263.792,00 459.493,00 737.851,00 1.332.868,001.704.128,0

01.807.577,00

1.810.748,00

1.435.272,00

TURKEY 333.642,00 265.897,00 423.933,00 411.743,00 332.515,001.567.155,0

02.792.215,0

02.820.648,00

3.215.137,00

3.337.701,002.309.819,0

02.864.227,00

TOTALS: 1.911.004,001.361.174,0

01.648.063,00

1.655.944,00

1.249.128,002.903.566,0

04.528.759,0

05.460.910,00

6.364.545,00

6.832.440,005.488.208,0

04.624.437,00

Table 044.

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WRW Equivalent Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey. Source: Japan Customs


2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 7.558,00 177.604,81

ICELAND 180,00 19.454,60 36.513,40 34.774,30 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 672.408,20 260.009,96 441.904,00 373.580,92 214.007,72 520.940,42 805.531,99 356.434,01 139.513,60 222.843,80 302.260,52 21.665,00

MOROCCO 41.621,23 600.910,34 557.299,29 710.000,19 866.049,33 747.612,31 471.752,64 1.800.471,612.374.630,2

12.582.813,04

2.087.089,42

316.391,20

NORWAY 0,00 3.349,00 0,00 0,00 244,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 802.900,26 559.202,29 490.051,87 648.241,27 267.825,50 484.923,84 904.318,42 1.699.913,162.397.340,4

52.472.837,23

2.613.583,98

2.070.714,86

TURKEY 333.642,00 265.897,00 423.933,00 411.743,00 335.585,301.777.751,1

63.049.987,9

63.861.503,25

4.788.445,06

5.144.772,763.540.030,2

64.304.776,70

TOTALS: 1.850.751,691.708.823,1

91.949.701,56

2.178.339,68

1.683.711,853.531.227,7

35.231.591,0

17.718.322,03

9.699.929,32

10.423.266,838.550.522,1

86.891.152,57

Table 045.

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A second general crosscheck search for ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by Japan from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009 was also conducted.26

Retained ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations were:

o 2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japano 2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Algeria: ICCAT Circular:

1328/06o 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT

Circular: 558/06o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:

760/06o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circulars:

092/06, 300/06 & 1513/06o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars:

1226/06, 025/07o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:

1847/06o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular:


627/07o 2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Morocco: ICCAT Circular:

430/07o 2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circular:








299/08o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japano 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars:

1429/08 & 1936/09o 2008 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Japan: ICCAT Circular:

716/09o 2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars:

1788/09 & 1799/09

Accordingly, total ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,


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Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amount to 35.546.809,95 Kgs, as shown in Table 046.The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounts to 36.472.016,35 Kgs, as shown in Table 047.


Chart 031: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by Japan from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ICELAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 254.058,00 218.000,00 100.000,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.115.577,00 808.572,00 1.972.553,00 0,00 0,00

NORWAY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.191.533,00 1.949.213,00 2.194.304,00 1.590.081,50 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.218.376,60 6.302.869,50 4.333.925,07 5.285.258,12 1.012.489,16

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 9.779.544,60 9.278.654,50 8.600.782,07 6.875.339,62 1.012.489,16


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W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

ICELAND 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 330.782,37 278.168,00 127.600,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.728.294,70 889.429,20 2.297.914,15 0,00 0,00

NORWAY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 2.090.368,30 1.884.957,54 2.128.885,74 1.567.301,91 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.452.297,07 6.597.048,67 4.199.577,89 4.933.316,25 966.074,56

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 10.601.742,44 9.649.603,41 8.753.977,78 6.500.618,16 966.074,56


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between Japanese Customs recorded imports from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey and ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998 to June 2009, was thus conducted.

Accordingly, total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to Japan for the period 1998 to June 2009, would amount to 56.676.189,29 Kgs, as shown in Table 048.

The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998 to June 2009, would in turn amount to 67.739.132,60 Kgs, as shown in Table 049.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux by exporting countries can be seen in Chart 032 below.

Chart 032: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to Japan for the period 1998 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: Japanese Customs & ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey.


2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 7.558,00 105.514,00

ICELAND 180,00 17.686,00 33.194,00 31.613,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 614.126,00 227.419,00 404.848,00 335.193,00 173.239,00 458.199,00 702.761,00 312.992,00 218.000,00 202.736,00 189.722,00 21.665,00

MOROCCO 259.531,00 339.010,00 334.775,00 404.051,00 479.338,00 418.719,00 295.932,00 1.115.577,00 1.318.388,00 1.972.553,00 1.170.361,00 197.759,00

NORWAY 0,00 3.349,00 0,00 0,00 244,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 703.525,00 507.813,00 451.313,00 473.344,00 263.792,00 459.493,00 737.851,00 2.191.533,00 1.949.213,00 2.194.304,00 1.810.748,00 1.435.272,00

TURKEY 333.642,00 265.897,00 423.933,00 411.743,00 332.515,001.567.155,0

02.792.215,0

06.218.376,60 6.302.869,50 4.333.925,07 5.285.258,12 2.864.227,00

TOTALS: 1.911.004,00

1.361.174,00

1.648.063,001.655.944,0

01.249.128,0

02.903.566,0

04.528.759,0

09.838.478,60 9.788.470,50 8.703.518,07 8.463.647,12 4.624.437,00


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W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to Japan by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey.


2009

ALGERIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 7.558,00 177.604,81

ICELAND 180,00 19.454,60 36.513,40 34.774,30 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

LIBYA 672.408,20 260.009,96 441.904,00 373.580,92 214.007,72 520.940,42 805.531,99 356.434,01 278.168,00 222.843,80 302.260,52 21.665,00

MOROCCO 41.621,23 600.910,34 557.299,29 710.000,19 866.049,33 747.612,31 471.752,64 1.800.471,61 2.374.630,21 2.582.813,04 2.087.089,42 316.391,20

NORWAY 0,00 3.349,00 0,00 0,00 244,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

TUNISIA 802.900,26 559.202,29 490.051,87 648.241,27 267.825,50 484.923,84 904.318,42 2.090.368,30 2.397.340,45 2.472.837,23 2.613.583,98 2.070.714,86

TURKEY 333.642,00 265.897,00 423.933,00 411.743,00 335.585,301.777.751,1

63.049.987,9

66.452.297,07 6.597.048,67 5.144.772,76 4.933.316,25 4.304.776,70

TOTALS: 1.850.751,69

1.708.823,19

1.949.701,562.178.339,6

81.683.711,8

53.531.227,7

35.231.591,0

110.699.570,99 11.647.187,33 10.423.266,83 9.943.808,17 6.891.152,57


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Trade-Flux Block VIII:An estimation of Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to the USA by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009

A first general search for US (US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service) recorded monthly imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 1998 to June 200927 was conducted. Retained HS10 codes for such search were:

o 0302350000 Fresh or chilled BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0302390020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, Fresh or chilled, for industrialprocessing or preservation;

o 0303450000 Frozen BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, for industrial processingor preservation, whole;

o 0303490020 BlueFin Tunas “Thunnus Thynnus”, frozen, for industrial processingor preservation, fillet, loin or other presentations;

Accordingly, total US recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998-June 2009, amount to 398.000,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 050.

The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period 1998-June 2009, amounts to 425.994,89 Kgs, as shown in Table 051. The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such import flux can be seen in Chart 033 below.

Chart 033: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by USA from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998-June 2009, All values in Kgs. Source: US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service.

27 No recorded US imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Iceland, Norway, Algeria, Libya & Egypt could be found with US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey. Source US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service.


MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.200,00 0,00 0,00 6.500,00 16.900,00 7.800,00 13.000,00

TUNISIA 0,00 700,00 1.200,00 5.300,00 500,00 0,00 13.200,00 35.900,00 44.100,00 3.500,00 5.100,00 10.400,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 53.300,00 3.200,00 48.000,00 51.600,00 12.500,00 2.200,00 15.600,00 3.800,00 37.500,00

TOTALS: 0,00 700,00 1.200,00 58.600,00 3.700,00 54.200,00 64.800,00 48.400,00 52.800,00 36.000,00 16.700,00 60.900,00

Table 050.

W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to USA by Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey. Source US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service.


MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.820,00 0,00 0,00 6.500,00 16.900,00 7.810,00 13.000,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 482,46 1.350,88 25.087,72 38.789,47 48.824,56 24.412,28 15.052,62 22.578,95

TURKEY 0,00 675,44 1.157,89 56.543,86 3.087,72 44.964,91 35.412,28 7.912,28 1.157,89 10.324,56 964,91 36.184,21

TOTALS: 0,00 675,44 1.157,89 56.543,86 3.570,18 53.135,79 60.500,00 46.701,75 56.482,45 51.636,84 23.827,53 71.763,16

Table 051.

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A second general crosscheck search for ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by USA from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009 was also conducted.28 29


o 2005 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Algeria: ICCAT Circular: 1328/06

o 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 558/06

o 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 2157/06

o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circulars: 092/06, 300/06 & 1513/06

o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1226/06, 025/07

o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 739/06o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular:

025/07o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular:

2517/06o 2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Morocco: ICCAT Circular:



1040/07o 2006 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 541/07o 2007 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Tunisia: ICCAT Circular:


1743/07o 2007 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular:



299/08o 2007 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular: 637/08o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars:

1429/08 & 1936/09o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by USA: ICCAT Circular:

1964/08o 2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars:

1788/09 & 1799/09

Accordingly, total ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by USA from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amount to 247.815,70 Kgs, as shown in Table 052.

28 No US ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna for the periods 1998-2004 & January to June 2009, were available at the time of print of this report.29 No recorded US imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna from Iceland, Norway, Algeria, & Egypt could be found.

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The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounts to 282.837,93 Kgs, as shown in Table 053.


Chart 034: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT imports by USA from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 193,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 4.915,00 38.753,00 7.708,00 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 45.155,00 52.275,00 2.081,00 3.836,00 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 25.014,00 3.306,00 0,00 0,00 64.579,70

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 70.169,00 60.689,00 40.834,00 11.544,00 64.579,70


W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to USA by Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT


LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 186,23 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.143,75 47.392,57 9.272,50 0,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 53.360,90 57.818,80 2.601,25 4.206,14 0,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 27.531,01 3.513,70 0,00 0,00 70.811,08

TOTALS: 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 80.891,91 67.662,48 49.993,82 13.478,64 70.811,08


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A final yearly comparative crosscheck between US (US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service) recorded imports from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey and ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded imports from Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey for the period 1998 to June 2009, was thus conducted.

Accordingly, total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to USA for the period 1998 to June 2009, would amount to 478.175,70 Kgs, as shown in Table 054.

The W/RW equivalent for such export flux for the period 1998 to June 2009, would in turn amount to 538.303,27 Kgs, as shown in Table 055.

The yearly variations of W/RW equivalent for such export flux by exporting countries can be seen in Chart 035 below.

Chart 035: Yearly variations of W/RW equivalent of total processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey to USA for the period 1998 to June 2009. All values in Kgs. Source: US Dept. of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service & ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations.

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Processed BFT Exports to USA by Libya, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey


LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 193,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.200,00 0,00 0,00 6.500,00 38.753,00 7.800,00 13.000,00

TUNISIA 0,00 700,00 1.200,00 5.300,00 500,00 0,00 13.200,00 45.155,00 52.275,00 3.500,00 5.100,00 10.400,00

TURKEY 0,00 0,00 0,00 53.300,00 3.200,00 48.000,00 51.600,00 25.014,00 3.306,00 15.600,00 3.800,00 64.579,70

TOTALS: 0,00 700,00 1.200,00 58.600,00 3.700,00 54.200,00 64.800,00 70.169,00 62.274,00 57.853,00 16.700,00 87.979,70


W/RW Equivalent of Processed BFT Exports to USA by Libya, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey


LIBYA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 186,23 0,00 0,00 0,00

MOROCCO 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 6.820,00 0,00 0,00 6.500,00 47.392,57 9.272,50 13.000,00

TUNISIA 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 482,46 1.350,88 25.087,72 53.360,90 57.818,80 24.412,28 15.052,62 22.578,95

TURKEY 0,00 675,44 1.157,89 56.543,86 3.087,72 44.964,91 35.412,28 27.531,01 3.513,70 10.324,56 964,91 70.811,08

TOTALS: 0,00 675,44 1.157,89 56.543,86 3.570,18 53.135,79 60.500,00 80.891,91 68.018,73 82.129,41 25.290,03 106.390,03


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Trade-Flux Block IX:An estimation of Processed Fresh & Frozen BlueFin Tuna exports to Korea, China & Panama by Libya & Turkey, during the period 1998-2009

Access to official/custom BFT trade data from Korea, China, Panama, Libya and Turkey is not accessible to the public at large if ever existing at all and other than that scarcely presented in a few ICCAT semestrial Statistical Document bi-annual report for the period 2005-June 2009.

A general crosscheck search for ICCAT recorded semestrial imports of processed fresh/chilled & frozen BlueFin Tuna by Korea, China and Panama from Libya and Turkey for the period January 2005 to June 2009 was thus conducted.


o 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 667/06

o 2005 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 558/06

o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Korea: ICCAT Circular: 684/06

o 2005 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1226/06, 025/07


o 2006 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circular: 025/07



o 2007 Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 1990/08



o 2007 Q3+Q4 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 129/08



o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by China: ICCAT Circular: 2289/09


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o 2008 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1429/08 & 1936/09

o 2009 Q1+Q2 Statistical Document bi-annual report by Turkey: ICCAT Circulars: 1788/09 & 1799/09

Accordingly, total ICCAT Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations recorded processed fresh & frozen BFT exports by Libya and Turkey to Korea, China and Panama, for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounted to 1.645.589,00 Kgs, as shown in Table 056.

The W/RW equivalent for such import flux for the period January 2005 to June 2009, amounted to 1.483.964,14 Kgs, as shown again in Table 056.

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Processed BFT Exports to Korea, China & Panama by Libya & Turkey. Source: Bi-annual Statistical Document Declarations to ICCAT

Exporting Country

Importing Country

Product Type

Product Shape

OriginProcessed BFT Weight

(Kgs)

Conversion Factor

Frozen to Fresh Weight

Conversion Factor

Product Shape to

RDW

Conversion Factor to

Wild Round Weight

W/RW Equivalent

(Kgs)

Statistical Doc Number

ICCAT Bi-annual BFT Statistic

Report Reference or Trade Statistic

Source

Period of Export

TURKEY PANAMA F RD Ranched 250.000,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 219.298,25 n/a ICCAT 1226-06 2005 Q3+Q4



TURKEY CHINA FR OT Ranched 9.038,00 1,100 1,000 1,140 8.720,88 n/a ICCAT 1990-08 2007 Q3+Q4

LIBYA KOREA FR GG Wild 45.230,00 1,100 1,160 1,000 57.713,48 n/a ICCAT 2288-08 2007 Q3+Q4

LIBYA KOREA FR GG Wild 12.490,00 1,100 1,160 1,000 15.937,24 n/a ICCAT 2288-08 2007 Q3+Q4

TURKEY CHINA F RD Ranched 7.920,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 6.947,37 TR/R-08-35-039 ICCAT 2289-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F RD Ranched 818,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 717,54 TR/R-08-35-040 ICCAT 2289-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F RD Ranched 822,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 721,05 TR/R-08-35-041 ICCAT 2289-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F RD Ranched 34.000,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 29.824,56 n/a ICCAT 1936-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F DR Ranched 71.611,00 1,000 1,250 1,140 78.520,83 n/a ICCAT 1788-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F DR Ranched 4.327,00 1,000 1,250 1,140 4.744,52 n/a ICCAT 1788-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TURKEY CHINA F RD Ranched 678.599,00 1,000 1,000 1,140 595.262,28 n/a ICCAT 1788-09 2008 Q1+Q2

TOTALS: 1.645.589,00 1.483.964,14

Table 056.

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Conclusions

A 1998-June 2009 total cross-check of officially recorded yearly processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and ex-Trade Fluxes by BFT Trade & ex-Trade Flux Blocks was thus conducted.

Accordingly, total officially recorded yearly processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade & ex-Trade Fluxes for the period 1998 to June 2009, amount to 447.156.476,41 Kgs, as shown in Table 057.

The W/RW equivalent for such BlueFin Tuna Trade & ex-Trade Fluxes for the period 1998 to June 2009, in turn amounts to 453.318.125,09 Kgs, as shown in Table 058.

The overall distribution by BFT Trade & ex-Trade Flux Blocks for processed and W/RW equivalent of such BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes during the period 1998 to June 2009 can be seen in Charts 036 & 037 below.

Chart 036: Overall distribution by BFT Trade Flux Blocks for processed BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes during the period 1998 to June 2009.

Chart 037: Overall distribution by BFT Trade Flux Blocks for W/RW equivalent of processed BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes during the period 1998 to June 2009.

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Total Cross-check of Officially Recorded Yearly Processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes by BFT Trade Flux Blocks (All values in Kgs.)

BFT Trade Flux Block Totals: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan-Jun 2009

Sport + Industrial BFT catches ex-Trade 60.608.439,62 7.517.444,00 7.361.921,00 6.516.128,00 5.459.003,00 6.037.363,00 5.586.168,00 5.747.599,00 5.830.133,84 3.286.375,38 3.428.487,40 3.757.577,00 80.240,00

Intra EU27 BFT Trade 142.425.050,00 13.917.000,00 17.461.200,00 13.943.400,00 13.316.900,00 14.623.150,00 10.661.050,00 15.092.700,00 13.359.550,00 11.808.000,00 10.569.650,00 5.440.000,00 2.232.450,00

EU27 BFT Exports to Japan 128.744.787,05 5.792.759,00 8.625.255,00 7.656.846,00 6.720.127,00 8.374.155,00 7.966.568,00 12.027.331,00 15.130.927,00 16.072.618,35 19.798.767,70 13.884.384,00 6.695.049,00

EU27 BFT Exports to USA 3.818.963,50 135.300,00 153.700,00 183.800,00 314.900,00 356.600,00 346.050,00 302.100,00 359.484,00 349.729,50 506.400,00 722.300,00 88.600,00

EU27 BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) 3.282.688,00 68.100,00 182.400,00 280.600,00 91.600,00 100.100,00 156.300,00 452.600,00 121.100,00 86.638,00 335.100,00 1.366.250,00 41.900,00

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey BFT Exports to EU27

8.039.639,00 0,00 282.800,00 337.900,00 1.195.900,00 1.189.600,00 854.200,00 798.600,00 1.257.507,00 279.120,00 1.311.990,00 352.263,00 179.759,00

Croatia BFT Exports to Japan 41.436.955,25 906.000,00 970.000,00 1.200.000,00 3.045.000,00 3.971.000,00 5.000.000,00 4.604.000,00 4.350.000,00 7.000.000,00 4.783.319,30 1.920.283,95 3.687.352,00

Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey BFT Exports to Japan

56.676.189,29 1.911.004,00 1.361.174,00 1.648.063,00 1.655.944,00 1.249.128,00 2.903.566,00 4.528.759,00 9.838.478,60 9.788.470,50 8.703.518,07 8.463.647,12 4.624.437,00

Libya, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey BFT Exports to USA 478.175,70 0,00 700,00 1.200,00 58.600,00 3.700,00 54.200,00 64.800,00 70.169,00 62.274,00 57.853,00 16.700,00 87.979,70

Libya & Turkey BFT Exports to Korea, China & Panama 1.645.589,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 780.734,00 0,00 66.758,00 798.097,00 0,00

Totals: 447.156.476,41 30.247.607,00 36.399.150,00 31.767.937,00 31.857.974,00 35.904.796,00 33.528.102,00 43.618.489,00 51.098.083,44 48.733.225,73 49.561.843,47 36.721.502,07 17.717.766,70


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Total Cross-check of Officially Recorded Yearly W/RW Equivalent of Processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes by BFT Trade Flux Blocks (All values in Kgs.)

BFT Trade Flux Block Totals: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan-Jun 2009

Sport + Industrial BFT catches ex-Trade 60.608.439,62 7.517.444,00 7.361.921,00 6.516.128,00 5.459.003,00 6.037.363,00 5.586.168,00 5.747.599,00 5.830.133,84 3.286.375,38 3.428.487,40 3.757.577,00 80.240,00

Intra EU27 BFT Trade 132.403.805,80 13.341.268,37 17.076.201,50 13.297.347,24 12.423.137,35 13.965.407,33 10.000.298,64 14.032.596,37 12.313.494,64 10.947.480,15 9.846.470,85 3.285.711,30 1.874.392,06

EU27 BFT Exports to Japan 141.985.821,10 6.200.179,89 9.313.955,50 8.835.223,48 7.993.030,95 8.767.391,26 8.515.609,89 11.253.860,08 16.324.244,78 19.445.286,00 20.204.713,13 16.324.360,60 8.807.965,54

EU27 BFT Exports to USA 3.905.049,43 123.055,44 164.883,13 163.680,70 326.295,79 366.010,54 354.757,72 311.072,79 402.369,23 411.015,66 539.776,50 651.977,54 90.154,39

EU27 BFT Exports to non EU27 (Excl. Japan & USA) 3.338.017,01 66.556,14 161.240,35 300.248,46 90.634,21 88.904,21 150.496,37 405.536,49 230.891,62 120.397,06 430.958,40 1.253.223,88 38.929,82

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey BFT Exports to EU27

7.912.354,36 0,00 253.007,01 298.515,79 1.070.538,60 1.083.694,21 821.940,01 749.947,37 1.310.442,02 269.651,57 1.520.489,65 341.278,35 192.849,78

Croatia BFT Exports to Japan 33.403.237,76 671.111,11 718.518,52 888.888,89 2.255.555,56 2.941.481,48 3.703.703,70 3.410.370,37 3.222.222,22 5.185.185,19 4.787.339,45 1.631.553,97 3.987.307,30

Iceland, Norway, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Turkey BFT Exports to Japan

67.739.132,60 1.850.751,69 1.708.823,19 1.949.701,56 2.178.339,68 1.683.711,85 3.531.227,73 5.231.591,01 10.699.570,99 11.647.187,33 10.423.266,83 9.943.808,17 6.891.152,57

Libya, Morocco, Tunisia & Turkey BFT Exports to USA 538.303,27 0,00 675,44 1.157,89 56.543,86 3.570,18 53.135,79 60.500,00 80.891,91 68.018,73 82.129,41 25.290,03 106.390,03

Libya & Turkey BFT Exports to Korea, China & Panama 1.483.964,14 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 684.854,39 0,00 82.371,60 716.738,15 0,00

Totals: 453.318.125,09 29.770.366,64 36.759.225,64 32.250.892,01 31.853.079,00 34.937.534,06 32.717.337,85 41.203.073,48 51.099.115,64 51.380.597,07 51.346.003,22 37.931.518,99 22.069.381,49


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The same 1998-June 2009 total cross-check of officially recorded (W/RW equivalent) yearly processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes, was again conducted, though on such occasion, such cross-check was based on specific BFT trading/exporting countries.

Accordingly, the distribution of previously calculated 453.318.125,09 Kgs of (W/RW equivalent) processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes for the period 1998 to June 2009, among BFT Trading countries, clearly indicates that EU’s main BFT fishing and ranching Member States (Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal & Spain) come out as second to none, with a staggering 62,55% share of totally worldwide traded Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT during such period, as can be seen in following Chart 038.

Chart 038: Distribution among BFT trading countries of worldwide processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT Trade Fluxes (W/RW equivalent) for the period 1998 to June 2009. (Values for Japan, Korea & Taiwan correspond to ex-Trade catches by such CPs)

Likewise, the distribution of such (W/RW equivalent) processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes for the period 1998 to June 2009, among BFT importing/consuming countries, clearly indicates that Japan come out as second to none, with a staggering 60,56% share of totally worldwide imported/consumed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT during such period, as can be seen in following Chart 039.

Chart 039: Distribution among BFT importing countries of worldwide processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT Trade Fluxes (W/RW equivalent) for the period 1998 to June 2009. (Values for Japan, Korea & Taiwan include ex-Trade catches by such CPs)

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In order to translate W/RW equivalent processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes for the period 1998 to June 2009 into equivalent BFT W/RW catches for the period 1998-2008 and compare them with:

o Total 1998-2008 NEA + MED BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I, expressed in W/RW (Kgs.)

and

o 1998-2008 Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas, expressed in W/RW (Kgs.)

it is necessary to point out, that an estimated conservative ≈ 70% of January to June 2009 W/RW equivalent processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade Fluxes (Thus excluding Sport + Industrial BFT catches ex-Trade) indeed corresponds to 2008 BFT catches having been ranched slaughtered and exported during Q1+Q2 2009.

We therefore assume that computing such ≈ 70% of January to June 2009 BFT Trade Fluxes as 2008 BFT catches, is a safe statistical assumption in order to evaluate real BFT catches having taken place during 2008 and therefore assess 1998-2008 overall levels of BFT over catch and underreporting by ICCAT Contracting Parties as a whole.

The same cannot be said about 1998 Q1+Q2 traded Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna, since at the time, the few Spanish and Croatian operative Mediterranean Tuna Ranches, harvested 100% of their 1997 caught stock before December 31st 1997.

Once such ≈ 70% of January to June 2009 BFT Trade Fluxes have been computed as 2008 catches, it appears that total equivalent 2008 W/RW BFT catches amount to 53.380.086,03 Kgs.

Having amended the 2008 W/RW BFT catch value, a final 1998-2008 total cross-check between officially recorded yearly processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and ex-Trade Fluxes, Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas and W/RW Total NEA + MED BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I, was therefore conducted.

Accordingly and as shown in Table 059 and Charts 040, 041 & 042:

o Total verifiable W/RW NEA + MED BFT catches by ICCAT CPs for the period 1998-2008 amounted to 460.911.972,99 Kgs.

o ICCAT self admitted Illegal, Reported & Regulated W/RW BFT over catch for the period 1998-2008 (Task I catch figures Vs. ICCAT Quotas) amounted to 16.936.184,75 Kgs.

Such figure is nevertheless in sharp contrast with a detected W/RW BFT over catch of 85.812.482,47 Kgs for the period 1998-2008, when comparing yearly Trade and ex-Trade Fluxes against ICCAT yearly Quotas30.

78.823.931,08 Kgs. of such over catch may rightly be tagged as IUU, since undetected by ICCAT Task I catch figures. (See Table 063)

o ICCAT Contracting Parties recorded levels of NEA + MED BFT catch unreporting for the period 1998-200831, amounted to a staggering.(W/RW) 100.001.252,99 Kgs.

30 NEA + MED recorded level of BlueFin Tuna over catch = W/RW Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed NEA+MED BFT Trade & ex-Trade Fluxes - Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas. No BFT over catch for 2002 was calculated since ICCAT did not fix an annual BFT Quota for such year. For the years 2000, 2001 & 2003 W/RW Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed NEA+MED BFT Trade Fluxes were lower than the corresponding Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas, therefore over catch was zero (0).

31 NEA + MED recorded level of BlueFin Tuna catch unreporting = W/RW Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed NEA+MED BFT Trade & ex-Trade Fluxes - Total NEA + MED BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I. For the years 1998, 2000 & 2001 W/RW Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed NEA+MED BFT Trade Fluxes is lower than Total NEA + MED BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I, therefore unreporting is zero (0).

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Effective Total

adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas

W/RW Total NEA + MED BFT

Catches according to

ICCAT's Task I

W/RW Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed

NEA+MED BFT Trade & ex Trade

Fluxes

W/RW Total NEA + MED BFT Catches

Crosscheck

Illegal Reported & Regulated (IRR)

Over catch Task I Vs. Quota

Over catch Trade & ex-Trade

Flux Vs. Quota

IUU Over catch Over catch

Vs. IRR Over catch

Unreported Catches

Trade Vs. Task I

1998 27.026.965,25 39.718.000,00 29.770.366,64 39.718.000,00 12.691.034,75 2.743.401,39 0,00 0,00

1999 31.001.600,00 32.456.000,00 36.759.225,64 36.759.225,64 1.454.400,00 5.757.625,64 4.303.225,64 4.303.225,64

2000 37.779.300,00 33.766.000,00 32.250.892,01 33.766.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

2001 40.326.700,00 34.605.000,00 31.853.079,00 34.605.000,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

2002 0,00 33.770.000,00 34.937.534,06 34.937.534,06 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.167.534,06

2003 36.160.600,00 31.163.000,00 32.717.337,85 32.717.337,85 0,00 0,00 0,00 1.554.337,85

2004 37.633.400,00 31.377.000,00 41.203.073,48 41.203.073,48 0,00 3.569.673,48 3.569.673,48 9.826.073,48

2005 36.825.800,00 35.845.000,00 51.099.115,64 51.099.115,64 0,00 14.273.315,64 14.273.315,64 15.254.115,64

2006 35.833.200,00 30.647.000,00 51.380.597,07 51.380.597,07 0,00 15.547.397,07 15.547.397,07 20.733.597,07

2007 31.722.760,00 34.513.510,00 51.346.003,22 51.346.003,22 2.790.750,00 19.623.243,22 16.832.493,22 16.832.493,22

2008 29.082.260,00 23.050.210,00 53.380.086,03 53.380.086,03 0,00 24.297.826,03 24.297.826,03 30.329.876,03

Totals: 343.392.585,25 360.910.720,00 446.697.310,64 460.911.972,99 16.936.184,75 85.812.482,47 78.823.931,08 100.001.252,99

Table 059: Final 1998-2008 total cross-check between officially recorded yearly processed Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BlueFin Tuna Trade and ex-Trade Fluxes; Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas and W/RW Total NEA + MED BFT Catches according to ICCAT's Task I.

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Chart 040: Total NEA + MED BFT Catches (Source: ICCAT Task I) & Effective Total adjusted ICCAT NEA+MED BFT Yearly Quotas (Source: ICCAT)Vs.

Calculated Wild Round Weight Equivalent of Total Recorded Yearly Processed NEA+MED BFT Trade and ex-Trade Fluxes.(All W/RW values in Kgs.)

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Chart 041: ICCAT Contracting Parties NEA + MED recorded yearly level variations of BlueFin Tuna over catch against ICCAT BFT yearly adjusted quotas for the period 1998-2008. 2002 large over catch is due to the fact that ICCAT did not set a yearly quota for that specific year.

We choose to qualify such catches as Illegal, Unregulated and/or Unreported (I/U/U). (All W/RW values in Kgs.)

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Chart 042: ICCAT Contracting Parties NEA + MED recorded yearly level variations of BFT catch unreporting against ICCAT Task I BFT yearly reported catch. (All W/RW values in Kgs.)

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A final yearly evaluation of the economic and financial implications due to BFT overfishing and unreporting during the period 1998-2008 was carried out, based on the following crosschecked assumptions: 32 (See Tables 060, 061 & 062 below)

o 1998-2009 Average yearly wholesale prices per kilogram of frozen BFT

Average yearly price per Frozen Kg in JP

Yen

Average Yearly Exchange Rate JP Yen / Euro

Average yearly price per Frozen

Kg in Euros1998 ¥2.600 ¥141 18,44 €1999 ¥2.500 ¥128 19,53 €2000 ¥2.400 ¥90 26,67 €2001 ¥2.300 ¥100 23,00 €2002 ¥2.700 ¥112 24,11 €2003 ¥1.600 ¥118 13,56 €2004 ¥1.700 ¥131 12,98 €2005 ¥1.900 ¥135 14,07 €2006 ¥2.000 ¥137 14,60 €2007 ¥2.300 ¥156 14,74 €2008 ¥2.350 ¥152 15,46 €

Table 060: 1998-2009 Average yearly wholesale prices per kilogram of frozen BFT

o 1998-2009 Average yearly wholesale prices per kilogram of fresh BFT

Average yearly price per Fresh Kg in JP

Yen

Average Yearly Exchange Rate JP Yen / Euro

Total Value of % Marketed

Fresh in Euros

1998 ¥5.500 ¥141 39,01 €

1999 ¥5.800 ¥128 45,31 €

2000 ¥4.000 ¥90 44,44 €

2001 ¥3.500 ¥100 35,00 €

2002 ¥3.500 ¥112 31,25 €

2003 ¥2.500 ¥118 21,19 €

2004 ¥2.800 ¥131 21,37 €

2005 ¥4.000 ¥135 29,63 €

2006 ¥3.900 ¥137 28,47 €

2007 ¥3.800 ¥156 24,36 €

2008 ¥3.700 ¥152 24,34 €

Table 061: 1998-2009 Average yearly wholesale prices per kilogram of fresh BFT

o 1998-2009 Fresh & frozen BFT wholesale market distribution

Marketed Frozen Marketed Fresh

1998 3% 97%1999 0% 100%2000 35% 65%2001 70% 30%2002 70% 30%2003 70% 30%2004 90% 10%2005 30% 70%2006 80% 20%2007 80% 20%2008 85% 15%

Table 062: 1998-2009 Fresh & frozen BFT wholesale market distribution

32 Sources: Industry reports & “El cultivo del atún rojo” by: Antonio Belmonte & Fernando de la Gándara. Cuadernos de Acuicultura,

Fundacion Observatorio Español de Acuicultura, CSIC,Min. MA.MR.y M. Madrid-2008.

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o Accordingly and based on previously stated average yearly wholesale pricing and market distribution for Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT, as well as on yearly ¥/€ exchange rates for the period 1998-2008, it is safe to assume that total NEA + MED BFT catch during such period, was equivalent in value to a total ≈ € 11.687 million.

The yearly variation of Total NEA + MED BFT catch/value correspondences can be seen in following Chart 043.

Chart 043: Yearly variation of Total NEA + MED BFT catch/value correspondences.

o Again based on previously stated average yearly wholesale pricing and market distribution for Fresh/Chilled & Frozen BFT, as well as on yearly ¥/€ exchange rates for the period 1998-2008, it is also safe to assume that:

The total NEA + MED BFT I/U/U over catch wholesale value during such period, was equivalent in value to a total ≈ € 3.076 million, the catch/value correspondence yearly variation of which, can be seen in following Chart 044 (Page 127)

and

The total NEA + MED BFT I/U/U unreported catch wholesale value during such period, was equivalent in value to a total ≈ € 1.917 million, the catch/value correspondence yearly variation of which, can be seen in following Chart 045 (Page 128)

In its 2006 assessment, SCRS notes that reported BFT catches were below quota in 2003-2004 but substantially higher in 2005 – though it believed actual real catches were in the order of 50.000 Metric tonnes throughout the period and that “it is apparent that the TAC regulation … was not respected and was largely ineffective in controlling overall catch”.

In 2008 ICCAT’s SCRS estimated 2007 BlueFin Tuna catches amounting to 61.000 Metric tonnes, twice the current total allowable catch (TAC), and four times the sustainable level.

Should such SCRS assessments be believed, it would be safe to assume that total NEA + MED BFT catch wholesale value during the period 1998-2008, would raise to an equivalent trade value to a total ≈ € 12.584 million.

Such an intolerable tax-free loot by one of the most heavily subsidised fishing, ranching and trading industries worldwide, is an unbearable scam in the eyes of concerned tax-payers namely in the European Union, by far the main culprit of such an international disgrace.

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Chart 044: Yearly variation of total NEA + MED BFT I/U/U over catch catch/value correspondences.

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Chart 045: Yearly variation of total NEA + MED BFT I/U/U total NEA + MED BFT I/U/U unreported catch catch/value correspondences.

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List of acronyms

BFT: BlueFin TunaBM: Belly meat

CP: Contracting PartyCITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora

DR: Dressed

EU: European Union

F: FreshFIFG: Financial Instrument for Fisheries GuidanceFL: FilletFR: Frozen

GG: Gilled & Gutted

ICCAT: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic TunasI/U/U: Illegal, Unregulated and/or UnreportedIUU: Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported

JPY: Japanese Yen

LL: Long-line

MED: Mediterranean SeaMT: Metric Tonne

NEA: North East AtlanticNOAA: National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration

PS: Purse-seine

USD: US. Dollar

RD: Round Weight

SCRS: ICCAT’s scientific body,The Standing Committee on Research and Statistics

TAC: Total Allowable CatchTARIC: Integrated Tariff of the Community

W/RW: Wild Round Weight

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A. “I think a total ban in the Mediterranean which is a spawning ground is one of the biggest steps forward for rebuilding the stock.”

Q. Will this save the species?

A. “I hope so, I expect so, but who knows… but it is far better than doing nothing.”

Masayuki KamatsuJapanese former Fisheries MinisterTalking to ITN’s Lawrence McGintyTuna in troubles ITN/CNN

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Author: Roberto Mielgo Bregazzi

Roberto Mielgo Bregazzi is an independent BlueFin Tuna industry/market analyst and consultant.

He is the author of the following reports and articles:

June 3rd 2009: The 2008 BlueFin Tuna dossier: An analysis of Japan’s 2008 Fresh Ranched BlueFin Tuna Auction Markets Vs. ICCAT’s 2008 BFT caging declarations. Published by ATRT, SL.

January 15th 2009: El Triunfo de la Barbarie. Opinion article published by Ruta Pesquera, Spain.

December 12th 2008: Data anomaly identified relating to apparent 2007 & 2008 caging and carry-overs of Mediterranean BlueFin Tuna in Malta”. Published by ATRT, SL.

September 15th 2008. “Assessment of compliance of Italian fleets and ranches with management rules during the 2008 BlueFin Tuna fishing season” Published by WWF.

March 15th 2008. “Race for the last BlueFin - Fishing capacity of the BlueFin Tuna purse-seine fleet inside the Mediterranean Sea” Published by WWF.

December 1st 2007. “New evidence points to Spain underreporting BlueFin Tuna Catches in 2006 & 2007”

November 1st 2007. “The plunder of BlueFin tuna in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic in 2006 and 2007”. Published by ATRT, SL.

March 25th 2007. “ICCAT CIRCULAR # 1823/065: Evidence of incorrect information provided by the EU Commission on behalf of the European Community to the ICCAT Secretariat and ICCAT Contracting Parties”. Report commissioned by Greenpeace.

February 12th 2007. “A crime of aggression against Mother Nature”. Published by ATRT, SL.

January 15th 2007. “It’s the tuna, stupid…!”. Opinion article published by ATRT,SL.

December 4th 2006. “Darwin’s Nightmare²” Opinion article published by ATRT,SL.

September 27th 2006. “Technical report about France’s & Italy’s Mediterranean BlueFin tuna fishing fleet and 2004 to 2006 BFT catches and production”. Report commissioned by Secretaria General de Pesca, Madrid, Spain.

September 12th 2006. “Thunnus Nostrum, Understanding the Economics fuelling BlueFin Tuna Over-fishing in the Mediterranean Sea & NEA, 2004/2005/2006”. Published by ATRT,SL.

July 5th 2006. “The plunder of BlueFin tuna in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic in 2004 and 2005, Uncovering the real story The collapse of fisheries management”. Published by WWF.

November 15th 2005. “The Tuna Ranching Intelligence Unit, 2005”. Published by ATRT,SL.

November 15th 2004. “The Tuna Ranching Intelligence Unit 2004”. Published by ATRT,SL.

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