Canada Live Lobster Exports and Imports
Reported live lobster trade for Canada through Jul 2026, not live or executable quotes.
Exports · last 12 months
$769M
-3.0%vs. previous 12 months
Imports · last 12 months
$237M
-0.5%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.
Canada Live Lobster Trading Partners
Partner values describe live lobster shipments reported by Canada for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.
Live Lobster Export Destinations
United States leads this ranking at $420M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $420M 55% share | |
China | $170M 22% share |
South Korea | $25.1M 3.3% share |
Belgium | $21.6M 2.8% share |
| $19.3M 2.5% share | |
HKG | $17.8M 2.3% share |
Italy | $16.4M 2.1% share |
| $16.4M 2.1% share | |
S19 | $14.3M 1.9% share |
Spain | $12.7M 1.6% share |
Japan | $9.4M 1.2% share |
| $5.6M 0.7% share | |
Vietnam | $5M 0.6% share |
Germany | $4.1M 0.5% share |
ARE | $3.9M 0.5% share |
SGP | $2.3M 0.3% share |
Malaysia | $1.5M 0.2% share |
Sweden | $941K 0.1% share |
QAT | $454K 0.1% share |
Mexico | $417K 0.1% share |
Turkey | $391K 0.1% share |
Thailand | $382K 0.0% share |
GRC | $374K 0.0% share |
Norway | $226K 0.0% share |
Philippines | $215K 0.0% share |
Live Lobster Imports by Country
United States leads this ranking at $236M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $236M 100% share | |
Canada | $763K 0.3% share |
| $104K 0.0% share | |
S19 | $688 0.0% share |
Japan | $132 0.0% share |
Thailand | $32 0.0% share |
Monthly Trade Values
Recent Canada live lobster filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.
| Month | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | $41.1M | $22.8M |
| Jun 2026 | $97.7M | $740K |
| May 2026 | $101M | $1.3M |
| Apr 2026 | $49.4M | $331K |
| Mar 2026 | $51.5M | $825K |
| Feb 2026 | $89.9M | $305K |
| Jan 2026 | $67.5M | $504K |
| Dec 2025 | $99.6M | $9.8M |
| Nov 2025 | $43M | $39.8M |
| Oct 2025 | $32.8M | $62.2M |
| Sep 2025 | $54M | $49.8M |
| Aug 2025 | $41.3M | $48.8M |
Canada Live Lobster Trade Questions
- Where does Canada export live lobster?
- United States is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $420M of live lobster exports from Canada.
- Where does Canada import live lobster from?
- United States is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $236M of live lobster imports into Canada.
See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.