A Demand Analysis of the UK Canned Tuna Market

Jaffry, Shabbar; Brown, James

doi:10.1086/mre.23.2.42629612

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“…The Skipjack in oil or brine, conventionally consumed in the North European countries, offers a clear picture of a competitive market ruled by imports from Thailand that are able to jump over the 24% custom tariff. This result is consistent with other studies, having shown through an AIDS, on canned tuna in the UK, the good (and negative) response of expenditure to prices between different product mediums (brine, sauce, oil) (Jaffry and Brown, 2008;Josupeit 1993). In addition, the US demand probably has the greatest influence on global markets, thus creating linkage with the European market through their huge imports from Asian countries.…”

Section: Implications For the Tuna Fisherysupporting

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Global integration of European tuna markets

Jiménez-Toribio

Guillotreau

Mongruel

2010

Progress in Oceanography

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International audienceThis paper evaluates the degree of integration between the world market and the major European marketplaces of frozen and canned tuna through both vertical and horizontal price relationships. Spatial linkages are investigated horizontally in order to estimate the connection between the European market and the world-wide market on the primary stage of the value chain. One of the key results is the high level of market integration at the ex-vessel stage, and the price leadership of yellowfin tuna over skipjack tuna. The same approach is applied at the ex-factory level. Basically, the European market for final goods appears to be segmented between the Northern countries consuming low-priced canned skipjack tuna imported from Asia (mainly Thailand) and the Southern countries (Italy, Spain) processing and importing yellowfin-based products sold at higher prices. France appears to be an intermediate market where both products are consumed. The former market is found to be well integrated to the world market and can be considered to be competitive, but there is a suspicion of market power being exercised on the latter. Price relationships are therefore tested vertically between the price of frozen tuna paid by the canneries and the price of canned fish in both Italy and France. The two species show an opposite pattern in prices transmission along the value chain: price changes along the chain are far better transmitted for the "global" skipjack tuna than for the more "European" yellowfin tuna. The results are discussed, along with their implications for the fishing industry. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd

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Section: Implications For the Tuna Fisherysupporting

confidence: 92%

Global integration of European tuna markets

Jiménez-Toribio

Guillotreau

Mongruel

2010

Progress in Oceanography

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“…On the contrary, the effects of environmental labels were assessed in several studies investigating the consumer's demand and the willingness to pay for eco-labelled tuna fish. Jaffry and Brown (2008) studied the general demand for canned tuna in UK and examined the interaction between traditional tuna (in brine and oil) and more value-added tuna (in sauces) with products differentiated as eco-friendly; all products had negative and inelastic own price elasticities and positive expenditure elasticities. Similar results in terms of price elasticities were obtained for conventional canned tuna in studies dealing with consumers' demand in the Philippines, in US, as well as in EU countries.…”

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Are Italian consumers of canned tuna fish sensitive to environmentally sustainable product attributes?

Forleo

Romagnoli

Palmieri

2022

BFJ

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PurposeThe study aims to provide important insights into environmental attributes that are relevant to consumer's choices in purchasing canned tuna fish, and how much these attributes and socio-demographic individual characteristics relate to the frequency of consumption.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey of 251 Italians was carried out. Socio-demographic variables and environmental attributes of the product that consumers pay attention to were considered in a two-step analysis: a cluster analysis used to create a segmentation of people's profiles that are further characterised; a binary logistic regression to assess the significance of attributes in relation to the frequency of canned tuna consumption.FindingsAmong attributes that respondents pay attention to when purchasing canned tuna, the country of origin is the aspect most considered, while other characteristics with a higher content of environmental sustainability received minimal attention. Three clusters emerged: the smallest one, insensitive to sustainability issues; an intermediate group which is mindful of sustainability attributes; and the biggest cluster which is “sustainability inconsistent.” Moreover, respondents who reported concerns about the environmental impacts of tuna production are less likely to consume the product than other consumers; attention paid to the method of farming, the presence of children and a young age show willingness to consume tuna.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on canned tuna consumption by focusing on the attention that consumers pay to environmental product attributes in their purchasing choices. The relevance of this topic might be envisaged in relation to several environmental issues associated with tuna production and consumption, and to the economics and strategies of the tuna industry, being canned tuna among the most internationally traded seafood products.

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“…This paper estimates the expenditure and price elasticities for canned tuna using retail point-of-sale data. The use of scanner data (referred to as point-of-sale in the Philippines) has gained popularity because of its ability to provide a better picture of the behavior of retail consumption and prices for different goods such as meat products (Capps 1989), fish products (Wellman 1992), and canned tuna products (Teisl et al 2002;Jaffry and Brown 2008). While this is popular in developed countries, the use of scanner data in emerging countries like the Philippines is limited mainly due to the difficulty of accessing these data from large retailers.…”

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Demand Elasticities of Canned Tuna at Point of Sale of a Large Retail Chain in Southern Philippines: Implications for Sustainability Policy

Castro¹,

Sarmiento²,

Digal³

2021

Philipp J Sci

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New variants of canned skipjack tuna have been developed by large manufacturers of canned tuna in the Philippines. This study analyzes the expenditure and price elasticities of canned tuna and determines the implications for sustainable fishery. An AIDS (almost ideal demand system) model incorporating an income group variable was used to estimate these elasticities. This study utilized a pooled time series data of 459 weekly point-of-sale observations from 2010–2012 of three store branches of a large supermarket chain in southern Philippines. The point-of-sale data suggest that canned tuna consumption is composed mostly of tuna in sauce with vegetables followed by tuna in oil and tuna in sauce without vegetables. For both high- and low-income groups, the expenditure elasticities have the expected positive signs – indicating that as the income of consumers’ increases, the quantity demanded for canned tuna in three product mediums also increases. For high-income consumers, consumption of tuna in sauce with and without vegetables is more responsive to income changes. The own-price elasticities of the three product mediums across high- and low-income store branches have negative signs – suggesting that as their own price increases, the quantity demanded for these products decreases. The cross-price elasticities suggest that tuna in sauce with vegetables is a substitute for tuna in oil and in sauce without vegetables for both income groups. Thus, promoting more use of vegetables through product development may lead to a lower volume of tuna meat used in canned tuna products, which contributes to addressing tuna resource sustainability

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A Demand Analysis of the UK Canned Tuna Market

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Global integration of European tuna markets

Global integration of European tuna markets

Are Italian consumers of canned tuna fish sensitive to environmentally sustainable product attributes?

Demand Elasticities of Canned Tuna at Point of Sale of a Large Retail Chain in Southern Philippines: Implications for Sustainability Policy

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