Tropical tuna landings in Thai fishing ports during 2013 - 2022

Tuna products are Thailand's highest export product and have a high value. Thailand is the world's leading producer of tuna products. Most tuna is imported from both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. There are many species of imported tuna, including tropical tuna such as Skipjack tuna Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna, which are imported as the main proportion of the total volume. Most imports are frozen and chilled tuna. During the period 2013 - 2022, the highest volume of imported was skipjack tuna followed by yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna, which is related to the import value. In 2022, a total of 755,589.70 tons of tropical tuna was imported, valued at more than 1,475 million US dollars. The imported proportion was 81.21% of skipjack tuna, followed by yellowfin tuna at 15.04% and bigeye tuna at 3.74%, respectively.