Tuna Prices in US
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Price (US$/lb) | Local (USD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oma | Retail estimated | 881.85 | 400.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Tuna | Wholesale estimated | 17.15 | 7.78 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Bluefin | Retail estimated | 5,621.79 | 2,550.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Bluefin | Farmgate estimated | 10,802.65 | 4,900.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| — | Retail estimated | 50.71 | 23.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| — | Wholesale estimated | 19.07 | 8.65 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Dark Red | Retail estimated | 440.92 | 200.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Skipjack | Retail estimated | 50.71 | 23.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Yellowfin | Retail estimated | 77.16 | 35.00 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Yellowfin | Wholesale estimated | 14.39 | 6.53 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
As of June 2026, the tuna price in US is US$ 50.71 per kg (US$ 23.00 / lb). Every figure is sourced and dated — no estimates are presented as observed prices.
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Tuna Price History & Trend
Monthly tuna price tracked since June 2026, US$ per kg — the line grows each month as we record it. Source: Web sources (aggregated).
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List your produceUS tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of tuna shipped by US in 2020 was 10,015 tons. In 2019 US shipped 9,183 tonnes of tuna. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for US tuna (fish category) has decreased, recording a change of -20.016 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports went down by -18.37 percent earning US US$46.07m for the year 2019. US' tuna exports are categorised as:
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
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US tuna export values
In 2019, US exported tuna valued at 46.07m USD, a decrease of -18.62% from 2018's total tuna export of 56.608m USD. The yearly reduction in value of US tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 0.74211173 percent.
The per year variation in the quantity of US' tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was -18.37 per cent compared to a variation of -20.016% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
US' share of the world's total tuna's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. US is ranked position 11 in world exports of tuna.
Export markets for US tuna ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net importer of tuna. The annual growth of US tuna in value between 2015 to 2019 was 14%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 3%, per annum.
US brought in 69,628 tonnes of tuna in 2019.