# Yellowfin Tunas (Thunnus Albacares) buyer markets and demand...

Viet Nam is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $222.0M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viet Nam | $222.0M | +9.7% | 28 | Taiwan |
| Spain | $165.5M | -6% | 45 | Seychelles |
| Thailand | $164.4M | -2.4% | 34 | Taiwan |
| Japan | $111.3M | -10.5% | 30 | Taiwan |
| Italy | $73.1M | -5% | 31 | Spain |
| Ecuador | $59.3M | +9.7% | 22 | Venezuela |
| Guatemala | $46.3M | +21.2% | 33 | Panama |
| Philippines | $41.5M | -13.4% | 21 | Papua New Guinea |
| Costa Rica | $32.2M | +41.7% | 9 | Panama |
| USA | $27.5M | -8% | 22 | Indonesia |
| Mauritius | $18.3M | -14.2% | 10 | Seychelles |
| Portugal | $16.6M | +15.2% | 16 | Spain |
| Seychelles | $14.3M | -6.5% | 6 | Spain |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | $14.3M | -8.1% | 10 | France |
| China | $13.5M | -11.8% | 17 | Republic of Korea |
| United Arab Emirates | $13.1M | +3.1% | 11 | Ghana |
| Tunisia | $12.6M | +19.5% | 15 | India |
| Iran | $10.1M | -8.7% | 5 | United Arab Emirates |
| Turkey | $8.3M | +33.4% | 13 | Seychelles |
| Indonesia | $5.7M | -11.1% | 16 | Seychelles |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $5.7M | +54.1% | 4 | Japan |
| Ghana | $4.7M | -19% | 5 | France |
| France | $4.6M | -9.4% | 28 | Spain |
| Republic of Korea | $4.4M | -12% | 14 | China |
| Madagascar | $4.1M | -3% | 4 | Spain |
| Morocco | $3.0M | +12.9% | 8 | Senegal |
| Singapore | $2.8M | +0.2% | 16 | World excl. EU |
| Turkmenistan | $2.7M | +546.1% | 1 | United Arab Emirates |
| Solomon Islands | $2.6M | -5.9% | 2 | Taiwan |
| World excl. EU | $2.5M | +13.1% | 10 | Republic of Korea |
| Colombia | $2.4M | -11.3% | 11 | Kiribati |
| Peru | $2.1M | -5.4% | 11 | Panama |
| Russia | $2.0M | +11.5% | 5 | Viet Nam |
| Germany | $1.7M | +8.4% | 20 | India |
| Algeria | $1.6M | -0.8% | 3 | India |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thailand | 2023 | $248.5M | $2,118.53 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $197.7M | $2,801.79 |
| Japan | 2023 | $162.8M | $3,754.5 |
| Spain | 2023 | $114.7M | $2,808.47 |
| Italy | 2023 | $79.5M | $4,239.4 |
| Philippines | 2023 | $60.6M | $2,643.95 |
| Costa Rica | 2023 | $41.7M | $2,368.03 |
| USA | 2023 | $35.4M | $8,239.89 |
| Guatemala | 2023 | $32.7M | $2,032.89 |
| Mauritius | 2023 | $31.7M | $3,704.22 |
| China | 2023 | $28.2M | $2,913.06 |
| Ecuador | 2023 | $27.6M | $1,931.4 |
| Seychelles | 2023 | $27.5M | $2,474.13 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $17.7M | $2,360.55 |
| Iran | 2023 | $14.9M | $2,326.78 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | $14.0M | $1,804.07 |
| Solomon Islands | 2023 | $13.3M | $2,603.55 |
| Ghana | 2023 | $13.3M | $2,789.67 |
| Portugal | 2023 | $12.0M | $3,315.7 |
| Madagascar | 2023 | $10.9M | $2,007.75 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._