by the s spain was the major beneficiary of this tariff peak it accounted for per cent of eu production in and since has been the world s secondlargest producer of canned tuna behind only thailand globefish given the highly competitive conditions in the spanish retail market this market share indicates the effectiveness of tariff protection alongside various productivityenhancing strategies of firms hamilton et al the eu market for canned tuna is the largest in the world and preferences available to developing countries can be grouped into two types canned tuna is widely recognised as one of the very few success stories of industrial upgrading sparked by the lome conventions