U.S. Tuna Cannery Receipts, January

Quantities are gross unloading weights reported by United States tuna packers for the period shown. United States tuna packers include three companies operating six canneries located in American Samoa, California, and Puerto Rico. The Other * tuna category may include receipts of Yellowfin, Bigeye, Bluefin, and Longtail tuna. Quantities are reported in short tons and may not agree due to rounding.

TOTAL CANNERY RECEIPTS, ALL LOCATIONS

       YEAR TYPE     ALBACORE SKIPJACK  OTHER *    TOTAL
----------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1995 - 1999
  AVERAGE   DOMESTIC   12,141  123,650   45,510  181,301
            IMPORT    106,517   75,692   35,118  217,327
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   118,658  199,342   80,628  398,628

       1999 DOMESTIC   13,738  131,928   38,691  184,357
            IMPORT    119,912   61,850   29,575  211,337
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   133,650  193,778   68,266  395,694

       2000 DOMESTIC    9,932   96,078   34,981  140,991
            IMPORT    111,743   68,364   17,844  197,951
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   121,675  164,442   52,825  338,942

DOMESTIC CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
W ATL       -       4       -       -       -       7       -      11
E PAC  11,825   6,005  13,139   6,812   5,145   5,968  30,109  18,785
W PAC   1,913   3,923 118,790  89,267  33,546  29,006 154,249 122,196
IND         -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum    13,738   9,932 131,929  96,079  38,691  34,981 184,358 140,992

IMPORTED CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL  15,703  12,587     111       -       2      37  15,816  12,624
W ATL  22,158  32,284     820     398      89      26  23,067  32,708
E PAC   1,640   1,494  34,247  28,245  14,598  11,258  50,485  40,997
W PAC  65,427  52,118  26,352  37,530  14,826   6,524 106,605  96,172
IND    14,983  13,261     320   2,190      60       -  15,363  15,451
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum   119,911 111,744  61,850  68,363  29,575  17,845 211,336 197,952

CLASSIFICATION OF TUNA AS RECEIVED AND CONVERTED TO ROUND WEIGHT

             ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
TYPE       1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
ROUND   132,671 114,599 151,210 118,261  51,286  38,430 335,167 271,290
G+G          20   4,221       -       -     863   1,359     883   5,580
DRESSED       -     880       -       -       -       -       -     880
LOIN        959   1,975  42,568  46,181  16,117  13,037  59,644  61,193
HDLS          -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
       -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     133,650 121,675 193,778 164,442  68,266  52,826 395,694 338,943

RND WGT ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     134,851 124,828 246,988 222,168  88,507  69,271 470,346 416,267


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.