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UNITED STATES TUNA CANNERY RECEIPTS
January - December 2001 and Comparison

Quantities are gross unloading weights reported by United States tuna packers for the periods shown.  United States tuna packers consist of four companies operating five plants located in California, American Samoa, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.  The Other category may include receipts of Yellowfin, Bigeye, Bluefin, and Longtail tuna.   Totals may not agree due to rounding.

          TOTAL CANNERY RECEIPTS, ALL LOCATIONS
                       (Short Tons)

       YEAR TYPE     ALBACORE SKIPJACK  OTHER *    TOTAL
----------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1996 - 2000
  AVERAGE   DOMESTIC   11,901  113,254   43,641  168,796
            IMPORT    109,858   70,451   33,359  213,668
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   121,759  183,705   77,000  382,464

       2000 DOMESTIC    9,932   96,078   34,981  140,991
            IMPORT    111,743   68,614   17,844  198,201
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   121,675  164,692   52,825  339,192

       2001 DOMESTIC    7,592   82,188   25,714  115,494
            IMPORT    103,225   44,544   16,474  164,243
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   110,817  126,732   42,188  279,737

 

          DOMESTIC CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN
                             (Short Tons)

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
W ATL       4       -       -       -       7       -      11       -
E PAC   6,005   1,402   6,812   1,888   5,968   2,502  18,785   5,792
W PAC   3,923   6,190  89,267  80,301  29,006  23,212 122,196 109,703
IND         -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     9,932   7,592  96,079  82,189  34,981  25,714 140,992 115,495

 

          IMPORTED CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN
                             (Short Tons)

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL  12,587   3,446       -       -      37       -  12,624   3,446
W ATL  32,284  39,562     398      13      26       -  32,708  39,575
E PAC   1,494     291  28,245   6,517  11,128   7,752  40,867  14,560
W PAC  52,118  52,327  37,780  37,397   6,653   8,712  96,551  98,436
IND    13,261   7,600   2,190     617       -      10  15,451   8,227
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum   111,744 103,226  68,613  44,544  17,844  16,474 198,201 164,244

 

    CLASSIFICATION OF TUNA AS RECEIVED AND CONVERTED TO ROUND WEIGHT
                              (Short Tons)

             ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
TYPE       2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
ROUND   114,599  92,746 118,261 104,816  38,430  32,546 271,290 230,108
G+G       4,221   7,370       -       -   1,359     373   5,580   7,743
DRESSED     880     229       -      47       -       -     880     276
LOIN      1,975  10,473  46,431  21,870  13,037   9,270  61,443  41,613
HDLS          -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
       -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     121,675 110,818 164,692 126,733  52,826  42,189 339,193 279,740

RND WGT ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     124,828 124,777 222,732 154,081  69,271  53,816 416,831 332,674


Conversion to round weight uses factors of 1.11 for gilled and gutted;
1.25 for dressed; 1.3 for headless; and 2.25 for loins.

Contact: Chris Fanning


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