FAO: Global canned tuna sales show a marked rebound in the first half of 2025

Published Dec 26, 2025

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Key point: Recently, GLOBEFISH under the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the "Tuna Quarterly Analysis Report" (October 2025), systematically reviewing the global tuna catch, trade, and consumption situation in the first half of 2025. The report shows that against the backdrop of raw material structure adjustment and terminal consumption differentiation, global sales of canned and processed tuna products have seen significant growth, while the high-value-added non-canned tuna market is showing a structural change of "weak fresh, strong frozen".

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From the production side, in the first half of 2025, canned tuna processing enterprises in Southeast Asia and Europe significantly reduced imports of frozen whole fish, instead increasing purchases of semi-finished raw materials such as frozen cooked loins. This change is related to the temporary shortage of yellowfin tuna resources in the Indian Ocean and the decline in the catch of the European fleet, and also reflects the processing enterprises' strategic adjustments in cost control and supply stability. Due to the weakening demand in the U.S. market and the new round of tariff increases in August, the trend of "reducing whole fish and increasing semi-finished products" continued into the third quarter. In the major global fishing grounds, the central-west Pacific remains the most core supply source for tuna. In 2025, the total catch in this area remained stable, with the tuna resource status being good, accounting for about 57% of the global total production; yellowfin tuna ...

Source: Foodmate