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Final <strong>Report</strong>
RoO Derogation under the PACP-IEPA
Impacts on third countries and their EU canned tuna markets from March 2008 to present
As already noted, while the derogation was applied for in March 2008, it had only been used in 2011
and even then only minor quantities. Therefore, there cannot have been any direct impact on third
country exports to the extra-EU market to date and the derogation cannot explain shifts in PNG
share of EU markets for canned tuna and tuna loins (detailed in Tables 6.14 and 6.15 respectively).
While the derogation does partly contribute to explaining recent investment plans in PNG, these
investments are primarily motivated by the strategic aim of gaining access to the tuna resource in
PNG waters. None of these investments have commenced production so the derogation cannot
explain the pattern of PNG exports to the EU from March 2008 to the present.
Regardless, neither the data for relative PNG share of the EU canned tuna market (Table 6.14) nor
that for the loin market (6.15) show any discernable trends in the ‘post-derogation’ period. For
extra-EU imports of canned tuna, the Top-5 third countries 324 have dominated the market for the
seven-year period running up to the derogation (2001-2006) and afterwards. PNG has remained a
relatively insignificant player throughout. In fact, PNG’s largest recorded volume share of the extra-
EU canned tuna import market was before the derogation (i.e. 4.5%. in 2005). The market share of
the leading third country supplier in that year (Ecuador) was 3.4 times higher than PNG’s.
For PNG volume share of the extra-EU import market for tuna loins there was a minor increase in the
post-derogation period when it hit a new height of 2.4% in 2010, but there is no discernable trend in
the data. This share is, however, insignificant compared to that of the Top-3 leading third country
suppliers in 2010 (i.e. Ecuador with 35.6%, Mauritius with 12.0%, and Thailand with 11.6%).
In sum, the evidence shows that the derogation has not had any significant impact to-date on the
extra-EU import market for canned tuna or tuna loins.
Table 6.14 Share of EU Import Market by Selected Third Country Suppliers of Canned Tuna, 2001-10
(all in %)
Pre-derogation
Post-derogation
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thailand Volume 15.5 16.3 17.0 13.8 16.2 20.0 15.9 14.9 16.5 17.9
Value 13.2 13.7 13.4 12.2 14.8 17.6 14.3 13.3 14.3 16.2
Ecuador Volume 8.3 8.3 10.0 12.2 15.5 15.0 17.8 22.1 16.9 16.8
Value 8.4 8.5 9.7 11.8 15.7 15.8 18.5 23.2 16.6 16.8
Philippines Volume 9.5 11.8 11.3 9.0 9.9 10.9 12.2 12.8 14.3 12.2
Value 7.2 9.2 7.9 6.7 7.7 8.4 9.0 10.1 11.1 9.1
Mauritius Volume 9.1 7.7 7.7 9.3 7.7 9.0 9.5 9.0 9.4 11.9
Value 9.6 8.1 7.3 8.6 8.0 9.6 9.9 10.2 9.8 12.6
Seychelles Volume 15.7 16.4 14.0 14.4 14.2 14.3 11.2 10.2 11.2 11.1
Value 20.6 20.3 19.9 18.0 16.5 16.6 13.1 12.0 14.8 14.5
Top 5 volume share 58.1 60.7 60.0 58.8 63.5 69.2 66.5 69.0 68.2 69.8
Top 5 value share 59.0 59.8 58.2 57.4 62.7 67.9 64.8 68.8 66.5 69.2
PNG Volume 0.9 1.7 3.4 3.7 4.5 3.0 3.8 2.1 3.9 4.3
Value 0.9 1.5 2.9 1.8 4.3 2.7 3.3 2.2 3.3 3.6
Source: DG Trade from Eurostat (5 August 2011) using four HS codes for canned tuna (1604 1411; 1418; 1939; 2070).
324 Thailand, Ecuador, Philippines, Mauritius, Seychelles.
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