United States Live Lobster Exports and Imports
Reported live lobster trade for United States through Jul 2026, not live or executable quotes.
Exports · last 12 months
$576M
+9.8%vs. previous 12 months
Imports · last 12 months
$421M
+17.8%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.
United States Live Lobster Trading Partners
Partner values describe live lobster shipments reported by United States for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.
Live Lobster Export Destinations
Canada leads this ranking at $241M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $241M 42% share | |
China | $239M 42% share |
Italy | $37.5M 6.5% share |
HKG | $19.4M 3.4% share |
Spain | $12M 2.1% share |
| $7.3M 1.3% share | |
Thailand | $4M 0.7% share |
S19 | $3.3M 0.6% share |
SGP | $2.4M 0.4% share |
QAT | $1.9M 0.3% share |
Malaysia | $1.6M 0.3% share |
Vietnam | $1.5M 0.3% share |
ARE | $1.1M 0.2% share |
Saudi Arabia | $835K 0.1% share |
Norway | $499K 0.1% share |
GRC | $424K 0.1% share |
Philippines | $361K 0.1% share |
| $235K 0.0% share | |
Sweden | $230K 0.0% share |
Egypt | $225K 0.0% share |
ROU | $202K 0.0% share |
Japan | $167K 0.0% share |
Switzerland | $161K 0.0% share |
LBN | $157K 0.0% share |
Mexico | $135K 0.0% share |
Live Lobster Imports by Country
Canada leads this ranking at $420M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $420M 100% share | |
Australia | $338K 0.1% share |
Nicaragua | $54.6K 0.0% share |
Norway | $42.3K 0.0% share |
Portugal | $38.8K 0.0% share |
Ireland | $36.3K 0.0% share |
New Zealand | $23.5K 0.0% share |
| $19.9K 0.0% share | |
Brazil | $10K 0.0% share |
PAN | $3.7K 0.0% share |
China | $2.5K 0.0% share |
Monthly Trade Values
Recent United States live lobster filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.
| Month | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | $36.5M | $15.6M |
| Jun 2026 | $8.9M | $51.9M |
| May 2026 | $9M | $54.2M |
| Apr 2026 | $8.6M | $20.3M |
| Mar 2026 | $9.3M | $22.8M |
| Feb 2026 | $53.7M | $63.6M |
| Jan 2026 | $45.1M | $49.3M |
| Dec 2025 | $73.6M | $66.8M |
| Nov 2025 | $80.3M | $30.5M |
| Oct 2025 | $96M | $13.1M |
| Sep 2025 | $78.1M | $14.2M |
| Aug 2025 | $76.8M | $18.5M |
United States Live Lobster Trade Questions
- Where does United States export live lobster?
- Canada is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $241M of live lobster exports from United States.
- Where does United States import live lobster from?
- Canada is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $420M of live lobster imports into United States.
See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.