France Lobster Exports and Imports

Reported lobster trade for France through Dec 2025, not live or executable quotes.

Exports · last 12 months

$29M

+23.3%vs. previous 12 months

Imports · last 12 months

$30.3M

+25.1%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly trade history

Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.

France Lobster Trading Partners

Partner values describe lobster shipments reported by France for Jan 2025–Dec 2025. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.

Lobster Export Destinations

Italy leads this ranking at $5.8M.

PartnerReported value
Italy
$5.8M
20% share
ARE
$4.5M
16% share
Spain
$3.5M
12% share
Belgium
$2.8M
9.9% share
HKG
$2M
6.9% share
Germany
$1.7M
6.0% share
Netherlands
$1.2M
4.2% share
Switzerland
$1.2M
4.0% share
Japan
$1.1M
3.9% share
China
$702K
2.5% share
United Kingdom
$698K
2.4% share
Thailand
$583K
2.0% share
Vietnam
$421K
1.5% share
LUX
$352K
1.2% share
SGP
$314K
1.1% share
Sweden
$302K
1.1% share
S19
$251K
0.9% share
PYF
$217K
0.8% share
GRC
$189K
0.7% share
LBN
$169K
0.6% share
$133K
0.5% share
$126K
0.4% share
Malaysia
$123K
0.4% share
South Korea
$116K
0.4% share
Austria
$83.2K
0.3% share

Lobster Imports by Country

Canada leads this ranking at $20.5M.

PartnerReported value
$20.5M
68% share
$3.5M
12% share
Ireland
$3.1M
10% share
Netherlands
$1.1M
3.6% share
Belgium
$471K
1.6% share
Nicaragua
$375K
1.2% share
United Kingdom
$362K
1.2% share
Spain
$360K
1.2% share
Germany
$351K
1.2% share
_X
$78.8K
0.3% share
$48K
0.2% share
Italy
$29.9K
0.1% share
China
$6.3K
0.0% share
Argentina
$3.2K
0.0% share
GRC
$3K
0.0% share
Norway
$80
0.0% share

Monthly Trade Values

Recent France lobster filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.

MonthExportsImports
Dec 2025$2.2M$2.5M
Nov 2025$3.3M$4M
Oct 2025$3.8M$4.2M
Sep 2025$3.6M$7.6M
Aug 2025$3.2M$3M
Jul 2025$2.3M$3.7M
Jun 2025$2.6M$1.7M
May 2025$2.8M$651K
Apr 2025$1.4M$963K
Mar 2025$1.2M$1.1M
Feb 2025$1.4M$691K
Jan 2025$1.1M$193K

France Lobster Trade Questions

Where does France export lobster?
Italy is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $5.8M of lobster exports from France.
Where does France import lobster from?
Canada is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $20.5M of lobster imports into France.

See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.