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UNITED STATES TUNA CANNERY RECEIPTS
January - July 2000 and Comparison

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

          TOTAL CANNERY RECEIPTS, ALL LOCATIONS
                       (Short Tons)

       YEAR TYPE     ALBACORE SKIPJACK   OTHER *    TOTAL
----------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------
1995 - 1999
  AVERAGE   DOMESTIC    3,994   73,886    24,649  102,529
            IMPORT     59,956   47,331    21,525  128,812
*********** ******** -------- -------- --------- --------
            sum        63,950  121,217    46,174  231,341

       1999 DOMESTIC    7,011   77,819    22,448  107,278
            IMPORT     69,578   43,848    18,993  132,419
*********** ******** -------- -------- --------- --------
sum                    76,589  121,667    41,441  239,697

       2000 DOMESTIC    3,190   55,149    21,596   79,935
            IMPORT     64,931   41,724    11,316  117,971
*********** ******** -------- -------- --------- --------
sum                    68,121   96,873    32,912  197,906

 

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

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
W ATL       -       2       -       -       -       3       -       5
E PAC   5,370      74   7,637   6,344   3,780   3,402  16,787   9,820
W PAC   1,641   3,115  70,182  48,804  18,667  18,191  90,490  70,110
IND         -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     7,011   3,191  77,819  55,148  22,447  21,596 107,277  79,935

 

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


           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL   7,199   9,271     110       -       2       1   7,311   9,272
W ATL  11,500  14,427     536      51      56      26  12,092  14,504
E PAC      38     842  21,294  22,485   7,513   7,079  28,845  30,406
W PAC  40,487  32,238  21,907  17,265  11,423   4,210  73,817  53,713
IND    10,353   8,154       -   1,923       -       -  10,353  10,077
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum    69,577  64,932  43,847  41,724  18,994  11,316 132,418 117,972

 

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

             ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
TYPE       1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000    1999    2000
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
ROUND    76,096  65,367  96,987  68,325  33,252  24,010 206,335 157,702
G+G           -   1,888       -       -     433     994     433   2,882
DRESSED       -     737       -       -       -       -       -     737
LOIN        493     129  24,680  28,549   7,755   7,907  32,928  36,585
HDLS          -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
       -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum      76,589  68,121 121,667  96,874  41,440  32,911 239,696 197,906

RND WGT ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum      77,206  68,675 152,518 132,559  51,182  42,905 280,906 244,139
Note: * Other category includes yellowfin, bluefin, bigeye, and longtail
tuna.
Conversion to round weight uses factors of 1.11 for gilled & gutted; 1.25
for dressed; 1.3 for headless; 2.25 for loins.

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