COMMODITY UPDATE Lobster
February 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRICES Fresh lobster, wholesale prices, Mercabarna, Spain, Ptas/kg
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Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb
1
Monthly New York wholesale prices for 1-1/2 lb live American lobster, in USD/lb
3
Monthly American lobster prices, whole frozen cooked popsicle in Europe, Origin Canada, in CAN/kg
4
Monthly European Lobster prices, live, origin: Ireland 400-600 and 600-800 gr/pc in EUR/kg
4
IMPORTS Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in tonnes
5
Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in 1000 USD
6
Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million
9
Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
10
Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million
12
Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen, lobster imports, by country of origin, in tonnes
13
Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen, lobster imports, by country of origin, in million Euro
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Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes
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Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes
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Yearly lobster imports into Spain, by product form, in tonnes
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Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes
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Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes
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EXPORTS Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD
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Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in tonnes
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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in USD million
24
Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in tonnes
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Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in million Euro
26
Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes
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Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes
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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes
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PROCESSING Yearly world lobster (all product forms) production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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PRODUCTION Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major species, in 1 000 tonnes
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Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes
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Lobster, US commercial global production (capture + aquaculture), by species
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LOBSTER PRICES
Fresh lobster#, wholesale prices, Mercabarna, Spain, €/kg Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
J F M A M J J/A S O N D
9.65 9.27 10.86 11.38 11.33 10.99 11.31 11.21 10.80 10.80 12.50
11.17 10.67 14.21 16.92 11.13 10.26 10.20 NA 10.81 10.11 12.36
12.95 12.53 13.93 16.17 10.99 10.81 11.74 11.47 10.96 10.52 12.88
12.43 13.41 15.22 14.21 10.38 12.24 12.27 12.58 10.63 10.38 12.02
13.13 13.67 13.11 14.11 13.06 12.18 11.68 11.51 11.25 11.40 13.54
13.14 13.65 15.52 15.30 12.39 12.25 13.09 11.28 11.15 11.14 12.86
12.52 14.20 14.71 14.51 13.90 13.62 13.34 13.22 12.75 11.98 13.56
14.89 15.02 17.42 16.29 13.35 13.01 13.53 13.36 NA 12.95 14.59
14.75 15.21 16.77 16.10 13.61 15.84 NA 16.08 16.05 16.02 17.62
16.91 19.15 NA NA 20.27 NA 17.17 17.10 11.91 17.32 17.48
11.44 11.92 13.82 15.97 11.10 10.66 12.71 12.28 11.08 9.54 9.03
11.12 11.12 11.12 9.66 9.42 10.82 NA NA NA NA NA
16.50 17.00 19.77 20.62 16.00 14.00 17.64 18.11 16.89 13.40 16.86
Year
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
J F M A M J J/A S O N D
16.00 15.77 16.00 16.41 14.00 14.50 15.50 17.00 17.50 17.50 17.26
15.50 17.00 18.35 18.00 16.00 16.17 18.17 17.97 19.03 19.00 18.51
17.68 18.03 18.07 17.61 16.92 16.70 16.77 16.81 16.85 17.50 NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA 17.41 17.50 NA 16.00 NA
NA NA NA NA NA 19.95 15.04 16.14 15.46 14.00 14.56
15.65 16.12 17.76 14.84 12.89 12.15 13.95 13.38 13.31 13.19 14.29
13.95 13.95 13.88 13.04 13.50 14.49 15.54 NA 15.82 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA 16.59 16.5 NA NA NA
15.33 NA NA 16.86 16 15.44 15.96 NA 16.05 15.28 15.36
NA NA 20.51 20.76 15.52 12.71 15.74 16.1 NA 15.68 NA
15.95 17.2 NA NA 15.26 NA 15.81 NA 18.56 NA 17.03
18.26
* Prices from 1991 to 2002 have been converted in €. Convertion rate € - Ptas 166.39 # lobster = homarus, bogovante Source: MERCABARNA
Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb
J F M A M J J A S O N D
J F M A M J J A S O N D
1986
1986
1987
1987
1988
1988
1989
1989
1990
1990
1991
1991
(A) 10.50 10.75 11.25 11.25 11.25 11.30 11.75 12.50 13.00 14.50 14.50
(B) 9.10 9.10 9.10 9.20 9.40 9.50 10.50 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00
(A) 14.75 15.10 15.20 15.40 15.75 16.10 16.10 16.10 16.75 17.25 -
(B) 11.50 12.70 13.80 13.90 14.00 14.20 14.20 14.20 14.20
(A) 16.00 16.00 15.25 15.35 15.40 15.35 14.90 14.25 14.00 13.00 13.70 13.70
(B) 14.20 14.20 14.00 14.00 14.00 12.50 12.50 11.80 11.30 10.50 10.30 10.10
(A) 14.25 14.00 14.55 14.60 15.25 15.75 16.50 16.75 17.25 18.25 17.50
(B) 10.10 10.20 10.05 10.10 10.20 10.20 10.50 10.05 10.20 10.40
(A) 16.95 17.35 18.20 18.20 18.00 17.50 18.70 19.00 19.25 19.50 19.75 19.95
(B) 10.60 10.42 11.25 11.20 11.10 11.00 12.75 12.75 12.50 12.70 12.70 12.10
(A) 19.90 19.80 19.80 20.50 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.50 18.85 NA 22.50 23.65
(B) 13.45 13.70 13.60 13.70 NA 13.55 13.50 13.25 12.90 13.85 13.20 14.00
1992
1992
1993
1993
1994
1994
1995
1995
1996
1996
1997
1997
(A) 17.60 21.75 20.50 21.50 20.75 21.10 20.25 19.50 18.80 18.25 16.25 NA
(B) 13.25 13.30 13.45 NA NA 13.00 13.35 13.40 14.00 13.90 13.80 12.70
(A) NA NA 17.00 15.00 16.00 15.90 NA NA NA NA 17.75 18.50
(B) 13.30 NA NA 13.50 NA 11.60 11.50 12.65 11.25 12.45 12.45 12.60
(A) 18.50 21.00 22.00 23.00 25.50 25.00 26.50 27.00 28.50 NA NA NA
(B) 12.20 12.10 12.95 NA 14.85 14.00 15.75 15.50 15.75 15.65 15.95 16.60
(A) NA 24.75 NA NA NA 23.15 23.00 22.00 19.50 18.00 17.00 16.75
(B) 16.90 16.90 16.90 17.15 16.89 14.95 15.10 15.20 14.30 14.15 14.20 14.20
(A) 16.75 NA NA 23.50 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 14.15 14.20 14.40 14.30 14.20 13.95 13.45 13.30 13.25 13.10 13.13 13.20
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 13.23 13.45 13.88 NA NA NA 14.53 15.00 15.75 15.65 15.72 15.70
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Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb (cont.)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
J F M A M J J A S O N D
1998
1998
1999
1999
2000
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 15.65 15.65 15.65 NA NA 15.25 15.20 15.05 13.85 13.85 13.85 13.60
(A) NA NA NA NA NA 17.00 18.10 19.75 NA NA NA NA
(B) 13.50 13.75 13.75 14.35 14.60 14.70 14.75 14.80 14.90 NA 18.00 17.70
(A) NA NA 22.50 22.50 21.50 21.50 21.00 21.00 NA NA NA 20.50
(B) 17.05 17.40 NA NA 17.00 17.00 16.10 16.10 NA 18.00 17.70 16.10
(A) 19.00 19.00 18.75 18.75 19.00 19.05 20.00 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.25 21.25
(B) 16.30 16.15 16.40* 15.95* 15.95* 15.95* NA NA 16.55* 16.65* 16.60* 16.75*
(A) 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 NA 28.00 27.25 28.00
(B) 17.70 16.30 17.60 17.78 18.15 18.20 18.03 18.15 17.98 17.90 17.98 18.35
(A) 28.00 27.63 23.88 NA 18.25 18.00 18.50 18.75 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50
(B) 17.90 18.20 17.88 17.95 17.25 16.35 16.20 16.15 16.30 16.75 16.90 17.05
2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
(A) 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.75 19.75 20.00 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.50 21.50
(B) 17.40 17.05 17.10 17.20 17.35 16.75 16.85 16.95 16.95 16.90 16.90 17.00
(A) 21.50 21.50 21.00 21.25 21.25 23.25 23.75 23.00 23.00 24.00 24.50 24.50
(B) 17.10 17.10 17.05 17.10 17.05 16.95 17.10 17.10 17.10 17.50 17.85 17.80
(A) NA 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 23.00 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.1
(B) 18.35 18.55 18.55 18.55 18.55 20.40 NA 17.20 21.20 20.95 20.75 20.75
(A) 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10
(B) 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 23.00 22.50 22.30 22.30 22.40
(A) 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 29.38 28.63 28.38 28.13
(B) 22.40 22.25 21.90 22.00 21.75 21.25 21.25 21.25 17.75 17.45 15.50 15.25
(A) 25.88 24.63 20.50 18.38 18.63 23.25 26.50 27.75 28.63 28.63 28.88 28.88
(B) 15.40 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 13.00 12.95 12.95 12.95
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Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb (cont.)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2015
2015
(A) NA NA NA 32.75 35.00 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 14.25 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75 19.95 17.00 16.95 16.95 17.10 17.25
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 16.50 16.50 16.25 16.25 16.25 16.25
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 16.25 16.25 16 15.95 15.95 15.95 15.95 15.5 15.5 15.75 15.75 16.2
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 16.20 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 NA
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 16.50 16.50 NA 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 16.90 17.00 17.25 17.50 17.75
(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
(B) 18.00
(A)=Australia, (B)=Brazil. Source: ITN
Monthly New York wholesale prices for up to 1-1/2 lb live American lobster, in USD/lb Year
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
J F M A M J J A S O N D
5.22 4.76 4.72 5.08 4.08 3.86 4.63 NA 5.67 5.44 5.44 NA
NA 5.22 NA 6.35 6.26 4.45 5.44 6.12 5.90 5.90 6.12 6.12
5.90 5.90 5.90 4.31 NA 4.31 5.35 5.90 6.12 5.56 6.75 6.75
6.75 6.95 7.00 8.75 5.50 4.94 4.50 4.94 6.49 5.94 5.75 5.50
6.50 6.75 7.50 5.50 3.95 4.40 5.25 5.00 4.95 4.95 5.25 4.75
4.60 4.75 5.76 6.40 5.25 4.50 5.25 3.75 5.00 5.25 5.62 4.74
5.74 5.74 NA NA 6.24 4.99 4.99 4.84 4.99 4.99 4.54 4.24
5.94 4.99 6.95 8.00 5.25 5.50 4.50 4.90 5.25 4.75 4.50 5.50
4.25 5.75 6.25 5.49 4.74 5.94 5.74 4.44 4.94 5.25 3.95 4.95
5.50 6.49 5.58 7.25 6.25 5.85 5.99 4.75 5.00 4.75 5.00 5.50
6.50 6.75 7.80 7.76 5.25 6.00 6.75 6.50 5.50 5.00 5.50 5.50
5.75 6.25 6.50 6.50 6.00 5.95 6.00 5.70 5.50 5.25 5.25 5.00
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
J F M A M J J A S O N D
6.25 6.50 7.25 6.25 5.75 5.50 5.84 4.75 5.75 5.50 5.25 5.75
5.75 6.50 7.00 7.25 5.75 5.95 6.50 6.50 5.75 6.75 6.75 6.75
7.59 8.37 8.74 9.88 7.74 6.98 7.18 7.87 8.04 8.00 6.50 6.55
6.74 6.64 7.50 8.48 7.25 6.11 6.65 7.47 7.80 6.81 5.50 5.30
5.95 5.90 NA 5.85 NA NA 6.25 7.25 6.50 6.50 5.75 NA
NA NA NA 7.70 7.08 7.05 7.28 7.89 7.15 6.58 6.50 7.22
7.25 7.74 7.50 7.76 7.01 6.50 7.25 7.76 7.96 7.96 7.01 7.25
7.74 8.49 9.26 8.99 8.49 7.50 8.25 8.84 7.50 7.74 7.25 7.25
NA NA NA NA NA NA 8.50 8.00 NA NA NA NA
NA NA 8.38 9.88 8.88 8.00 8.38 9.38 9.38 NA 7.38 7.38
8.75 8.75 10.63 10.00 7.38 7.45 7.38 7.25 6.35 5.38 4.33 4.90
5.75 7.38 7.75 7.05 6.38 5.35 6.78 6.73 5.00 4.80 5.13 5.13
Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
J F M A M J J A S O N D
6.45 6.58 6.63 5.85 5.75 6.13 6.55 5.25 5.25 5.85 5.85 5.83
7.00 6.78 7.00 6.63 6.55 7.25 7.75 5.35 5.30 5.30 4.88 5.63
5.88 7.05 7.60 7.85 6.95 6.65 4.85 4.63 5.13 4.75 5.13 4.75
6.75 7.13 8.15 9.63 6.63 5.75 5.13 5.25 5.00 5.38 5.88 5.88
7.50 8.63 8.63 9.38 6.75 5.63 7.95 5.63 5.63 6.63 5.88 7.13
7.38
Source: NMFS/ITN
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Monthly American lobster prices, whole frozen cooked popsicle in Europe, Origin Canada, in CAN/kg J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
20.00 20.00 out of season NA NA out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season
NA
NA NA NA NA 19.00 14.75 14.63 15.00 na 14.50 na
18.00 18.90 NA NA 18.50 14.25 14.50 16.00 18.00 13.50 16.00
18.00 19.00 NA NA 17.50 14.25 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00
18.00 19.00 NA NA 17.50 14.25 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00
18.00 20.00 NA NA 17.50 na 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00
18.00 21.00 NA NA 17.00 15.50 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00
NA 22.00 NA NA NA 15.50 NA 19.75 18.13 14.00 16.00
NA 23.00 NA NA NA 11.00 NA NA 18.13 14.00 16.00
22.00 22.00 out of season NA NA out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season
NA
na na NA NA 20.75 NA 16.00 16.50 na 15.75 NA
19.50 20.10 NA NA 19.25 15.50 16.00 17.50 19.00 14.50 17.00
19.50 20.50 NA NA 18.50 14.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00
19.50 20.50 NA NA 18.50 14.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00
19.50 21.50 NA NA 18.50 NA 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00
19.50 22.50 NA NA NA 15.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00
NA 23.50 NA NA NA 15.75 NA 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00
NA 24.50 NA NA NA 11.00 NA NA 19.25 14.50 17.00
S NA 15.00 12.50 14.00 14.00 15.00 16.50 15.00
O 21.00 16.00 14.50 15.50 16.50 15.50 16.50 15.50
N 23.00 17.50 15.00 18.00 18.00 17.50 16.50 17.50
D 33.00 22.00 22.00 24.00 26.00 24.00 21.00 29.50
< 400 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
20.00
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
22.00
24.00
NA
> 450
25.50
NA
Source: EPR
Monthly European Lobster prices, live, origin: Ireland 400-600 and 600-800 gr/pc in EUR/kg
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
J 35.00 30.00 24.00 24.00 28.00 26.00 28.00 24.00 32.00
F 32.00 NA 21.00 20.50 24.50 23.00 25.00 24.50
M 31.00 28.00 21.00 21.00 24.50 19.00 24.50 24.50
A 23.00 NA 22.00 23.00 22.50 19.00 26.00 22.50
M NA 19.00 14.50 23.00 15.50 17.00 24.50 16.50
J NA NA 14.50 13.50 15.50 16.50 20.00 14.50
Source: EPR
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J 15.00 NA 12.50 14.00 15.20 14.00 14.00 14.00
A NA 14.00 12.50 14.00 14.50 14.20 14.00 14.00
LOBSTER IMPORTS Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in tonnes Country Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals Country Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
4020 5327 6979 217 24 1345 296 90 2 389 18689
4655 5378 7166 351 45 1157 258 115 16 36 19177
4755 5301 7692 414 55 1088 281 229 20 28 19863
5116 6377 7684 193 70 1426 335 349 28 28 21606
5664 6306 8444 222 53 1654 266 65 404 69 34 23181
5949 6708 8014 271 78 1208 284 26 303 76 55 22972
6074 6536 7687 795 60 998 389 705 175 109 63 23591
5968 6599 8264 889 34 756 361 584 126 329 7 23917
5635 7526 7706 837 183 567 325 661 147 128 55 196 23966
7915 7374 8597 703 229 863 392 756 1538 167 69 71 28674
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
8642 7393 8139 1098 263 1357 484 1446 180 138 74 117 29331
9901 6625 9513 1082 260 1468 458 2150 149 173 72 199 32050
10587 7910 9651 1546 509 1478 492 2527 166 251 115 185 35417
10702 7117 9002 1358 542 1591 350 1832 216 156 129 181 33176
11272 7893 9182 690 699 1895 393 1340 241 149 133 216 34103
10713 7532 9864 1210 668 1117 464 769 136 204 102 168 32947
11248 7796 9506 1543 466 909 503 203 175 321 148 352 33170
12002 9008 10365 1649 619 641 291 689 161 120 367 75 128 268 36383
12171 9484 10176 1829 721 775 357 595 307 101 251 66 110 228 37171
11661 10874 8464 3453 765 813 312 507 195 103 217 79 97 235 37775
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Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in tonnes (cont.)
Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
11928 11429 7844 3485 1089 741 426 461 298 143 274 156 118 218 38610
10353 9126 7677 4451 2084 887 319 437 283 250 252 222 107 208 36656
11280 9084 8369 3152 1907 987 379 450 294 83 1035 223 100 196 37539
11968 9084 10032 3029 1857 889 402 519 298 87 214 162 143 159 38843
10867 8146 7744 3160 1693 654 473 395 356 305 202 146 132 185 34458
Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in million USD Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals
44.8 39.6 43.3 0.2 2.2 12.4 2.7 0.8 2.5 148.5
50.3 44.5 45.7 0.5 3.2 10.3 2.4 1.0 0.7 158.7
49.2 42.0 46.7 0.5 3.6 10.0 2.6 2.2 0.6 157.3
65.3 62.1 57.7 0.8 2.1 15.2 3.9 3.9 0.7 211.7
67.7 62.9 59.3 0.6 2.3 17.4 3.3 4.3 0.4 1.1 219.3
64.2 61.1 55.5 0.8 2.3 11.6 3.0 3.1 0.2 1.4 203.1
49.7 50.2 45.2 0.5 4.5 6.7 3.6 1.5 3.4 1.6 167.1
49.6 53.2 54.3 0.3 5.7 5.3 3.4 1.2 2.7 2.4 178.1
52.5 63.7 55.0 1.6 5.4 4.6 3.1 1.8 3.0 0.5 2.5 193.5
68.0 60.0 55.3 2.2 4.3 6.6 3.7 2.1 3.6 0.6 2.5 208.8
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
73.0 63.3 54.4 2.6 6.7 10.7 4.0 1.8 6.8 0.7 2.1 226.1
84.4 59.0 64.2 2.5 6.6 12.2 4.3 1.6 13.5 0.7 3.1 252.2
97.8 77.3 68.4 5.1 9.9 14.3 5.2 1.8 13.5 1.1 4.1 298.4
84.3 61.4 51.4 5.0 7.8 13.4 3.2 2.0 9.1 1.1 3.4 242.0
89.6 66.9 57.9 6.6 3.5 16.5 3.7 2.0 7.1 1.1 3.2 258.1
93.4 69.7 62.5 7.5 6.0 11.2 4.1 1.3 4.5 1.0 3.5 264.8
97.4 80.8 65.6 6.1 7.9 8.0 4.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 6.2 281.1
104.2 100.6 81.0 7.0 8.8 6.5 2.6 4.9 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 7.0 327.1
119.0 115.9 85.2 10.4 7.8 12.0 3.4 6.3 1.1 2.6 0.9 1.3 5.8 371.6
134.7 128.5 83.7 9.9 11.6 12.5 3.4 6.0 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.2 5.6 401.4
Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals
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Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in million USD (cont.)
Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
153.5 148.2 92.3 16.5 14.0 13.8 5.5 6.7 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.1 6.9 465.7
135.4 119.0 90.1 22.0 18.6 15.6 4.4 6.2 3.9 2.4 3.5 1.7 5.8 428.6
117.6 96.1 81.9 18.0 10.8 10.2 3.8 5.0 1.1 2.2 3.4 1.1 8.7 359.8
125.8 98.5 88.3 24.0 8.7 11.0 3.6 6.1 1.3 2.2 2.2 1.9 4.7 378.2
142.7 102.1 96.7 26.8 14.4 8.8 5.9 5.8 3.8 3.3 2.4 2.3 5.8 420.6
Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries in 1 000 tonnes Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals
14.3 0.4 2.6 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.0 2.4 22.5
1.8 14.3 0.6 5.5 2.7 1.0 1.0 3.1 0.7 0.0 2.1 32.7
1.5 14.1 0.9 0.6 3.1 1.3 1.1 3.7 0.7 0.0 2.7 29.8
1.9 16.0 1.2 1.0 4.1 2.1 1.3 3.7 0.8 0.0 3.4 35.5
2.6 16.0 1.7 1.2 4.4 2.6 1.7 3.9 0.8 0.0 4.0 38.9
2.9 13.7 2.6 0.0 1.5 3.9 2.7 1.8 3.9 0.8 0.0 5.0 38.8
2.8 13.2 4.2 0.2 1.3 3.6 1.8 1.3 4.3 0.8 0.1 5.3 38.8
7.5 14.6 5.3 0.2 1.3 3.8 1.9 1.6 4.6 0.8 0.2 5.6 47.3
8.2 14.2 7.4 0.1 1.5 3.6 2.0 1.8 4.8 0.8 0.4 6.7 51.5
9.7 13.9 7.7 0.2 1.7 3.8 2.2 1.8 4.7 0.8 0.7 6.3 53.5
7
Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy
12.9 15.2 7.2 0.0 2.0 3.5 2.5
9.8 15.7 7.9 0.0 2.4 4.1 2.9
15.1 17.2 8.8 0.1 2.6 4.2 3.3
17.3 21.4 8.9 0.3 2.8 3.8 3.5
16.2 23.0 9.6 0.2 3.2 3.8 3.6
21.4 24.5 8.5 0.7 3.4 4.1 3.5
17.4 22.9 8.0 1.2 3.7 4.0 3.7
15.2 22.7 8.5 1.7 4.4 4.1 4.0
15.1 21.1 7.2 1.5 4.5 4.0 4.1
16.8 20.6 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.0 4.4
Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals
1.8 4.2 1.0 0.8 6.9 58.1
2.0 3.9 1.1 0.1 5.5 55.3
2.3 3.9 1.2 0.3 6.1 65.2
2.2 3.9 1.4 0.5 5.7 71.8
2.0 3.7 1.2 0.7 5.8 72.9
2.0 3.4 1.1 1.6 5.4 79.5
2.2 3.3 1.1 1.6 5.6 74.7
2.1 3.2 1.4 1.3 5.6 74.2
2.0 2.9 1.4 1.0 6.2 71.0
2.2 2.5 1.4 0.9 5.1 72.1
Country
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals
14.8 19.7 8.2 0.9 5.5 4.0 4.3 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.9 4.8 68.6
14.5 20.4 9.6 1.0 5.6 4.2 4.5 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.8 4.6 69.9
16.8 21.3 10.3 0.9 5.4 4.7 4.8 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.7 4.4 73.8
21.6 21.4 10.7 4.0 5.2 4.6 4.5 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.9 5.1 82.5
26.2 22.8 8.9 8.8 5.1 4.7 4.7 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 5.3 91.9
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals
119.8 38.0 4.2 13.6 18.0 0.1 30.0 223.7
116.9 8.1 11.7 40.2 7.6 15.4 12.9 64.7 0.3 31.4 309.2
111.6 14.6 10.4 46.5 11.7 20.2 14.0 75.9 0.2 2.2 34.8 342.1
117.3 17.9 11.8 60.1 16.5 29.2 16.3 80.7 0.5 3.4 39.1 392.9
118.6 29.1 17.1 59.8 20.2 35.7 21.0 93.7 0.5 5.4 43.2 444.5
122.9 49.1 0.2 20.3 57.5 23.0 38.5 24.0 95.6 0.7 10.8 49.2 491.7
115.5 82.9 2.1 18.4 48.9 17.8 25.1 16.9 104.1 0.9 16.0 40.0 488.7
131.4 115.2 2.0 50.0 51.3 17.1 25.7 21.3 123.9 2.7 17.0 42.5 600.0
146.9 157.4 1.9 54.9 52.6 22.4 27.7 23.9 128.0 5.7 20.1 48.4 689.9
153.3 168.2 3.2 68.1 56.2 25.9 31.8 24.7 120.5 11.6 19.6 47.8 730.8
Country
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals
160.6 157.7 0.4 91.0 49.7 27.5 33.7 23.2 102.2 12.0 40.4 48.8 747.3
163.5 152.2 0.1 68.8 59.4 33.1 38.7 27.3 77.9 2.0 44.7 50.4 718.0
187.6 168.9 0.6 122.1 66.5 39.3 45.3 32.4 84.7 4.0 56.0 53.2 860.6
243.9 174.6 2.9 129.0 54.5 38.9 45.0 29.6 89.5 7.6 49.4 54.6 919.6
257.4 185.5 1.7 118.5 55.4 44.6 45.8 25.9 80.3 11.7 50.2 53.8 930.8
272.1 160.5 3.2 148.4 60.8 43.4 45.6 27.4 78.7 25.4 34.8 56.1 956.4
295.9 149.9 6.6 146.9 69.1 54.5 56.5 35.3 75.5 27.0 36.5 65.1 1018.8
295.5 153.4 12.1 139.4 73.8 64.6 64.7 34.7 76.6 23.4 34.7 76.1 1049.0
301.3 131.2 14.8 160.0 78.1 76.1 72.2 38.4 73.3 19.8 37.3 87.0 1089.2
278.6 173.5 8.6 161.4 75.7 85.2 72.9 41.5 69.6 18.9 37.9 80.9 1104.6
9
Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million (cont.) Country USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
297.6 189.2 12.9 145.3 86.6 105.0 80.9 45.5 61.2 18.9 25.2 94.2 1162.4
269.5 248.5 16.5 129.7 83.9 95.4 76.3 36.1 54.5 15.7 18.4 86.7 1131.0
251.5 249.6 17.5 114.5 79.9 76.9 70.3 35.6 41.5 11.5 14.9 69.9 1033.4
247.2 268.5 70.9 181.3 84.5 80.3 68.9 37.6 40.3 15.1 13.1 79.4 1187.0
273.1 230.5 218.4 211.0 91.6 84.1 74.6 40.2 39.4 17.2 16.4 93.2 1389.6
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals
22.4 3.5 0.6 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.2 40.8
20.9 4.6 0.7 13.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.1 45.2
18.6 4.6 0.8 13.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.5 1.1 4.9 45.8
17.6 5.1 0.5 13.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.5 9.6 50.8
14.2 5.9 0.4 14.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.5 9.8 49.2
13.6 4.1 0.6 13.0 0.5 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.4 3.2 7.4 44.3
13.6 3.8 0.3 10.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.3 2.6 7.3 40.3
14.2 4.3 0.4 11.5 0.7 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 3.1 9.5 47.2
15.6 4.7 0.6 13.0 0.9 3.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.2 4.6 47.0
14.7 4.7 1.0 10.4 0.6 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.3 2.4 3.8 41.6
10
Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals
14.5 4.8 2.8 9.6 0.7 2.3 1.2 0.6 0.2 2.7 5.3 44.8
13.3 5.5 4.1 8.0 0.8 1.9 1.4 1.4 0.2 1.8 4.0 42.3
19.6 6.2 4.1 7.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.2 2.2 6.1 50.4
21.5 5.3 3.3 8.8 0.9 4.5 1.3 0.4 0.4 3.1 6.3 55.8
18.6 5.1 3.2 6.7 0.7 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.7 5.9 45.5
20.9 4.2 3.8 7.0 1.1 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 9.7 50.9
22.1 4.3 2.6 6.1 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.3 6.4 46.8
21.4 4.3 3.2 5.8 0.6 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 9.1 49.0
21.1 4.5 4.3 5.2 0.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 7.4 49.3
21.8 4.4 3.8 4.6 1.3 2.4 1.8 1.9 0.9 0.6 8.2 51.7
Country
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals
20.8 3.9 4.0 4.5 0.9 2.6 1.7 2.4 0.7 0.8 9.1 51.5
23.0 3.6 4.0 3.2 1.3 2.0 1.4 2.0 0.8 1.6 7.9 50.9
18.8 3.9 2.6 2.7 1.4 2.7 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.1 7.0 45.3
24.1 4.4 3.5 3.0 1.8 5.0 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.4 8.5 55.9
23.3 4.7 3.9 2.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.1 8.7 52.6
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals
456.1 50.3 144.2 5.2 0.2 0.4 43.1 0.3 2.3 4.8 2.4 709.4
429.7 69.2 195.1 7.0 9.1 9.3 25.0 3.8 1.3 1.0 3.8 6.4 15.3 776.0
349.3 55.2 192.6 8.3 6.9 11.1 19.4 4.2 8.2 2.8 4.4 4.7 24.9 691.8
331.7 63.1 206.8 7.3 5.3 9.3 16.7 3.4 17.2 1.7 6.4 5.7 31.2 705.8
314.1 95.6 272.5 6.3 5.5 8.4 16.8 4.5 18.1 3.0 6.3 7.0 41.6 799.7
318.3 65.0 244.3 8.4 6.1 13.5 14.9 3.9 23.0 2.1 4.4 7.4 44.2 755.6
270.5 50.9 171.4 3.9 4.9 7.9 13.8 5.1 17.3 1.5 3.1 4.6 44.2 599.0
324.6 66.3 209.0 7.1 8.8 5.2 15.6 6.0 20.7 5.5 5.4 4.8 70.4 749.3
352.5 84.1 250.0 9.1 13.0 8.2 15.0 5.3 15.4 0.3 6.4 5.7 4.5 63.1 832.6
299.7 70.8 196.3 14.8 8.5 13.1 13.7 5.2 17.2 0.0 4.3 4.7 3.4 43.6 695.2
Country
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals
327.6 75.3 178.6 37.3 8.7 13.6 13.6 4.3 22.3 0.0 6.7 2.9 3.1 40.4 734.4
319.6 85.3 119.0 50.6 10.0 14.9 15.8 7.6 19.7 0.0 6.2 3.4 3.2 33.7 689.0
449.4 96.8 109.5 57.1 15.9 14.8 20.7 7.7 17.3 7.2 4.6 3.1 4.0 42.0 850.2
537.6 89.5 158.4 48.4 13.1 16.3 21.7 4.6 24.3 9.8 7.2 6.0 2.8 41.5 981.0
477.6 76.5 113.9 45.4 10.5 17.8 16.7 4.5 14.9 12.2 3.9 4.3 3.5 39.1 840.6
562.5 73.4 128.2 57.3 16.3 14.4 16.0 5.8 14.3 12.8 6.1 4.5 4.2 72.0 987.7
596.1 85.5 104.8 41.0 10.5 17.2 13.5 5.7 10.0 17.2 5.1 5.8 6.2 48.2 966.7
591.0 89.5 98.3 46.8 9.0 19.6 18.0 4.1 6.4 2.8 5.5 7.2 7.8 64.3 970.4
622.5 105.5 94.2 59.3 15.1 20.9 16.8 11.2 6.3 4.5 7.5 11.2 10.9 69.7 1055.4
657.2 108.6 90.2 54.8 25.2 28.3 20.7 24.3 6.8 5.7 8.6 16.3 17.8 77.1 1141.4
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Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million (cont.) Country USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
644.7 113.6 104.1 79.6 22.0 30.8 21.2 33.1 11.8 11.0 13.5 15.1 13.9 83.8 1198.3
650.4 102.8 85.7 79.7 28.4 24.5 18.6 31.0 24.2 12.1 9.3 15.9 10.7 89.2 1182.5
439.4 72.7 49.2 37.0 26.8 17.8 25.1 40.4 17.4 11.7 8.4 18.6 7.7 58.4 830.6
629.9 101.4 71.2 52.2 41.0 20.9 18.9 22.2 19.4 8.1 11.9 13.4 8.8 83.7 1102.9
633.4 116.5 81.0 66.9 48.6 29.2 26.8 25.7 15.5 15.2 14.2 12.2 11.0 85.3 1181.5
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen lobster imports, by country of origin, in tonnes
USA Canada UK Spain Cuba Netherlands Nicaragua Bahamas Others Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
10.0 8.1 2.6 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 6.3 33.2 8.3 24.9
9.7 8.5 2.8 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4 1.1 5.9 33.3 10.0 23.3
10.3 8.3 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 5.6 34.9 10.4 24.5
10.9 8.1 3.3 2.4 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 6.1 35.8 10.2 25.6
9.3 6.9 3.2 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 6.1 31.5 9.7 21.8
9.7 7.4 2.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 6.2 31.9 10.2 21.7
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT
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Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen lobster imports, by country of origin, in million Euro
USA Canada UK Bahamas Nicaragua Cuba Spain Netherlands Others Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
155.3 128.7 59.9 36.9 6.7 59.7 30.1 18.1 148.1 643.5 176.1 467.4
130.2 109.5 55.6 31.0 11.4 30.6 31.1 17.1 106.2 522.6 164.5 358.1
145.1 116.4 57.2 42.2 18.8 41.3 37.4 19.2 104.3 581.7 170.5 411.2
164.1 130.7 68.3 47.8 21.5 41.4 43.1 20.4 127.2 664.6 193.5 471.1
129.9 106.4 61.5 35.5 21.8 33.8 22.8 20.9 99.7 532.4 162.8 369.5
141.4 109.2 56.5 31.0 30.6 27.5 27.0 22.5 100.8 546.5 171.9 374.6
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT
Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1988 2705 4623 157 7485
1989 3150 4634 106 7890
1990 4142 5163 110 9415
1991 4363 5916 194 10473
1992 3941 4164 150 8255
1993 3648 3755 138 7541
1994 3780 4306 139 8225
1995 3644 4696 156 8496
1996 3855 4744 163 8762
1997 3547 4843 378 8768
1998 4076 5499 219 9794
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1999 4236 6192 257 10685
2000 3766 5262 653 9681
2001 3783 5062 339 9184
2002 4064 4158 293 8515
2003 4069 4336 319 8724
2004 4100 4257 534 8891
2005 4015 4573 469 9057
2006 3430 4428 968 8825.6
2007 3373 3920 812 8105.4
2008 4239 3624 376 8239
2009 4698 3887 321 8906
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
2010 4596 4453 329 9378
2011 4716 4721 424 9861
2012 4416 3742 253 8411
2013 4590 3737 220 8547
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/Direction Nationale des Statistiques du Commerce Extérieur – DNSCE
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Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1988 828 669 15 1512
1989 1182 914 1 2097
1990 1923 756 2 2681
1991 2376 633 5 3014
1992 2493 1055 25 3573
1993 1852 753 11 2616
1994 1932 512 18 2462
1995 2045 705 5 2755
1996 2220 1053 4 3277
1997 2508 1205 27 3740
1998 2898 1423 9 4330
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1999 3333 1288 33 4654
2000 3522 1303 8 4833
2001 3561 1349 16 4926
2002 3487 1167 11 4665
2003 3670 1312 9 4991
2004 4049 1391 6 5446
2005 4082 1460 20 5562
2006 3810 1805 494 6109.7
2007 3751 1681 496 5928.7
2008 4535 1449 9 5993
2009 4755 1429 18 6202
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
2010 4546 1502 38 6086
2011 4649 1665 43 6357
2012 3971 1160 11 5142
2013 3744 1255 28 5027
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/ISTAT
Yearly lobster imports into Spain, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1988 5383 528 1 5912
1989 564 689 2 1255
1990 898 509 5 1412
1991 1184 386 8 1578
1992 1389 584 9 1982
1993 1202 276 4 1482
1994 1208 418 2 1628
1995 1420 513 12 1945
1996 1612 942 3 2557
1997 1987 2821 2 4810
1998 2399 4051 13 6463
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1999 2612 4078 2 6692
2000 2776 3334 677 6787
2001 3152 3230 56 6438
2002 3376 3790 297 7463
2003 3792 3307 31 7130
2004 4606 3616 45 8267
2005 4533 4332 128 8993
2006 4647 4016 430 9093
2007 4997 4031 494 9522
2008 5659 3999 12 9670
2009 5374 2620 47 8041
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
2010 5183 3515 16 8714
2011 5139 3871 13 9023
2012 4397 3147 22 7566
2013 4018 2356 4 6378
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/Agencia Tributaria
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Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes Country
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total
177 271 133 13 594 32 3042 547 1526 1032 136 46 1155 67 449 237 0 0 50 388 8707 9301
374 50 590 272 0 1286 106 2630 617 1778 1133 198 101 1181 56 619 247 113 0 54 416 9249 10535
575 184 882 409 0 2050 339 2791 1149 1289 1283 172 25 2099 251 520 286 194 251 81 7 10737 12787
494 653 1061 759 84 3051 1635 3041 1178 1516 1156 176 375 2650 405 438 123 155 251 231 403 13733 16784
647 678 1090 1124 121 3660 672 2846 1312 987 1346 158 526 3448 298 221 129 121 242 304 727 13337 16997
827 528 975 1298 129 3757 1426 2239 1470 547 1448 211 650 2406 194 190 187 209 390 1762 13329 17086
1026 463 1174 1205 44 3912 1706 1737 1503 354 1416 183 1011 3084 345 216 157 167 280 2328 14487 18399
859 602 5 1360 1078 35 3939 1711 1884 1250 137 803 187 463 3337 461 102 122 153 74 2318 13002 16941
880 552 40 1553 1196 49 4270 1013 934 1135 185 983 34 116 3407 165 97 104 151 412 1902 10638 14908
882 768 211 1640 1085 41 4627 1094 1831 1394 128 936 130 583 3012 200 59 101 192 29 1833 11522 16149
991 912 271 1536 995 70 4775 1960 1640 1175 200 810 151 976 2644 1310 61 122 150 19 1819 13037 17812
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Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.) Country LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
1263 730 293 1468 895 37 4686 1166 1411 854 213 762 155 990 2391 184 58 159 140 8 1937 10428 15114
1108 652 279 1462 613 36 4150 1103 1833 1067 236 883 143 458 2342 132 11 52 95 0 1197 9552 13702
880 673 232 1586 521 23 3915 855 1710 968 229 717 156 282 1638 512 12 35 74 2 773 7963 11878
879 518 261 1701 477 34 3870 1054 1978 553 278 673 71 256 1810 55 29 5 53 701 7516 11386
908 588 277 1581 512 39 3905 1196 1747 536 257 964 57 195 2687 100 25 24 13 1039 8840 12745
833 555 245 1530 479 36 3678 983 1332 451 267 602 117 123 1623 145 24 72 0 922 6661 10339
883 506 253 1243 433 45 3363 1154 1182 521 262 454 106 313 1372 193 59 121 0 0 5 1242 6984 10347
1067 365 239 1244 401 32 3348 603 1047 573 245 285 52 124 1956 238 16 54 0 15 907 6115 9463
964 446 245 1215 326 24 3220 1022 944 608 191 357 70 64 1483 130 55 25 0 0 897 5846 9066
923 395 237 953 309 37 2854 609 1144 591 219 297 123 64 1259 55 58 18 0 0 0 786 5223 8077
934 358 190 794 216 38 2530 728 547 308 252 634 117 133 944 125 42 3 0 0 0 755 4588 7118
17
Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.) Country
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total
831 15 208 602 133 265 2054
662 290 142 548 85 31 1758
416 442 114 458 76 35 1541
682 218 130 255 43 34 1362
692 221 107 210 18 36 1284
781 321 106 192 4 46 1450
897 268 115 106 5 46 1437
884 286 89 43 1 38 1341
829 327 629 160 379 68 114 667 421 23 47 0 0 0 813 4477 6531
613 266 275 218 151 55 72 712 128 11 32 0 0 1 659 3193 4951
451 395 272 159 243 75 48 470 59 4 0 0 0 0 500 2676 4217
719 299 278 54 282 120 96 297 79 2 1 0 0 0 742 2969 4331
688 317 304 180 291 65 94 257 40 0 0 0 0 0 701 2937 4221
869 209 254 124 154 130 88 160 141 0 0 0 0 0 719 2848 4298
987 225 190 167 181 158 69 122 146 0 0 0 0 0 715 2960 4397
1413 223 211 152 123 79 71 56 21 0 0 0 0 0 575 2924 4265
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: Japan Customs
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Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total
10.7 0.1 10.8 3.1 3.0 1.0 2.2 0.0 1.4 4.5 0.4 0.1 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.4 3.5 22.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 33.6
12.4 0.1 12.5 3.1 2.6 1.1 2.3 0.0 1.2 4.4 0.4 0.1 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.6 3.9 22.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 35.6
13.3 0.1 13.4 3.3 1.8 1.1 2.4 0.0 1.1 4.0 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.4 4.4 22.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 36.2
14.1 0.2 14.3 3.7 2.5 1.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.4 5.0 22.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 37.1
14.1 0.2 14.3 3.9 2.3 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.3 4.1 20.9 0.0 0.3 0.3 35.5
13.9 0.2 14.1 3.9 2.2 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.1 2.9 18.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 32.8
15.6 0.4 16.0 4.9 2.3 1.6 1.8 0.1 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 2.5 17.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 34.0
15.9 0.1 16.0 3.7 2.5 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 3.0 15.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 32.6
13.5 0.3 13.8 4.1 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 2.7 15.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 29.8
13.1 0.2 13.3 4.3 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.2 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.3 15.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 28.9
14.1 0.5 14.6 6.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.5 16.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 31.3
Country
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total
13.5 0.8 14.3 5.2 2.3 1.3 1.2 2.3 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.0 17.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 32.5
13.0 1.0 14.0 6.3 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.0 16.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 31.3
14.0 1.2 15.2 7.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.8 17.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 32.8
15.1 0.0 15.1 7.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.8 16.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 31.9
16.8 0.0 16.8 6.9 2.1 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 4.0 19.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 36.9
20.6 0.0 20.6 11.8 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.7 25.8 0.2 0.7 0.9 26.7
22.4 0.0 22.4 11.7 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 3.6 22.8 0.4 0.2 0.6 45.7
24.0 0.0 24.0 12.8 3.0 1.7 1.4 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.3 25.4 0.2 0.5 0.7 50.1
22.5 0.0 22.5 12.7 3.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 3.1 26.7 0.2 0.4 0.6 49.8
22.4 0.0 22.4 10.9 2.8 1.7 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.9 25.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 48.3
21.0 0.0 21.0 11.9 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.6 25.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 47.4
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Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total
21.0 0.0 21.0 7.3 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.9 20.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 42.0
20.4 0.1 20.5 8.6 3.2 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.1 21.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 42.0
19.5 0.1 19.6 7.3 3.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.4 20.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 40.2
21.2 0.1 21.2 13.0 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 22.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 44.3
21.2 0.1 21.3 18.3 3.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.2 30.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 51.7
22.7 0.1 22.8 12.8 2.2 1.4 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 23.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 46.1
23.0 0.1 23.1 15.3 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 24.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 47.4
24.9 0.6 25.5 22.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 32.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 57.7
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: NMFS
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LOBSTER EXPORTS
Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals
37.1 48.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.7 4.9 93.7
31.0 49.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.1 0.2 4.2 87.2
30.6 46.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.9 0.1 5.6 86.1
32.6 65.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.2 7.2 109.9
32.5 49.8 4.1 0.6 0.2 3.8 0.6 0.7 9.2 101.6
24.5 44.7 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.5 9.8 84.6
66.5 41.4 14.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.2 8.8 133.7
85.2 38.4 17.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.3 2.2 10.3 156.0
93.0 36.3 26.7 1.1 2.7 0.1 1.2 2.2 3.3 10.4 177.0
95.0 53.2 23.5 2.4 1.9 0.1 1.7 1.1 4.1 7.4 190.5
86.6 59.9 27.6 3.0 1.6 0.0 1.5 1.7 3.5 7.6 193.0
Country
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals
100.2 74.0 34.5 3.5 3.1 0.1 1.7 2.1 4.2 8.2 231.6
125.2 78.8 35.6 5.0 4.5 0.2 1.3 2.6 4.9 7.9 266.2
104.4 64.9 29.1 2.6 3.6 0.6 1.5 2.7 5.3 8.1 223.0
107.1 68.4 31.2 15.8 3.9 0.9 1.6 3.2 4.4 8.9 245.4
121.4 64.3 20.7 18.6 3.2 0.8 1.7 3.8 4.4 9.1 248.0
140.6 74.6 21.2 16.5 2.2 0.5 1.9 5.8 3.0 9.9 276.1
170.2 78.4 27.8 13.7 1.4 0.5 1.9 7.0 2.2 8.3 311.4
199.3 78.0 34.5 20.2 4.3 0.9 2.3 7.1 3.1 9.7 359.3
220.7 80.8 36.1 17.1 11.1 2.7 3.0 8.6 5.8 14.0 399.9
255.6 88.1 50.7 32.5 15.3 10.5 3.9 9.1 13.8 14.0 493.5
231.9 85.3 42.1 30.8 6.0 11.6 6.1 4.4 7.8 11.6 13.7 451.2
Country
2009
2010
2011
UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals
177.4 71.1 28.4 28.1 4.8 12.3 6.9 3.1 4.5 4.6 11.0 352.1
190.9 75.0 34.9 28.4 11.4 8.6 2.8 4.4 4.0 3.8 8.7 372.8
203.4 74.5 48.3 34.5 18.3 9.9 5.8 5.0 3.8 3.6 10.4 417.5
Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in tonnes Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals
4674 103 4111 53 22 16 46 159 730 9914
3521 30 4352 64 9 27 101 154 520 8778
4121 32 4121 54 106 19 83 172 719 9427
3770 42 4614 110 94 25 112 166 822 9755
3872 580 3807 91 286 26 59 166 951 9838
3175 328 3565 109 20 59 121 262 762 8401
9455 2477 4258 32 19 61 49 167 841 17359
11052 2708 4068 55 17 46 171 129 1114 19360
12719 4183 3375 148 9 264 114 129 1413 22354
13419 3624 5438 252 5 243 135 76 1267 24459
12444 4248 6181 307 2 208 132 149 1398 25069
Country
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
12753 5214 7448 313 6 375 146 218 1408 27881
15068 5635 7097 605 21 753 115 133 1442 30869
14660 5457 6609 358 95 471 181 228 1878 29937
14803 5732 6800 2363 154 556 186 102 1875 32571
15291 3356 5820 2641 137 307 182 67 1817 29618
17468 3429 7805 2486 70 160 208 85 1681 33392
21126 3933 7836 1640 70 113 183 79 1291 36271
21718 3976 5763 1865 122 324 212 152 1296 35428
21902 4152 5088 1597 334 493 238 188 1590 35582
22430 6094 4878 3209 1240 575 262 225 1731 40644
21950 4552 4699 3887 327 550 451 291 198 1624 38529
2009
2010
2011
20997 3848 5167 2815 346 642 561 257 193 1421 36247
21494 4283 5262 2937 682 411 472 367 163 980 37051
18111 4493 4150 2541 1102 596 591 343 267 732 32926
UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals Country UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries in 1 000 tonnes Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals
7.2 0.8 2.1 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.5 0.1 5.0 0.3 13.5 33.2
6.8 1.1 2.6 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.3 0.8 8.6 0.3 11.6 36.1
4.2 3.3 2.5 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 2.1 2.1 0.5 6.6 0.4 10.5 34.2
8.7 4.6 3.3 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.7 2.2 0.5 6.8 0.4 12.9 43.7
6.7 2.5 10.4 1.0 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.7 2.8 0.7 6.9 0.5 11.5 47.3
6.9 1.5 4.3 2.3 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.6 0.7 8.6 0.7 0.5 11.6 41.1
6.7 1.6 3.4 0.4 2.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.1 1.5 0.7 7.2 0.6 0.3 11.2 38.1
10.0 1.5 2.9 0.5 2.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.4 7.5 1.8 0.3 13.2 44.9
8.9 2.4 3.0 0.8 2.3 0.2 1.3 0.4 2.6 0.2 2.7 0.4 6.3 3.1 0.4 8.7 43.8
8.2 2.7 2.8 0.8 2.5 0.9 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.4 6.1 1.9 0.5 8.6 40.1
9.8 1.8 2.0 0.4 2.2 1.2 1.4 0.5 1.5 0.2 1.1 0.6 6.0 2.3 0.6 7.7 39.2
Country
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals
8.7 1.9 1.8 1.0 2.3 0.4 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.9 0.6 5.9 2.3 0.7 6.7 36.6
13.0 2.2 5.4 1.7 1.2 1.9 2.7 1.1 0.7 1.9 0.4 1.1 0.5 6.8 2.9 0.6 7.0 51.1
12.6 1.9 4.7 2.0 0.9 2.7 2.4 2.6 0.8 4.9 0.5 1.6 0.6 7.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 7.6 54.8
13.1 1.1 4.1 2.3 0.8 2.3 2.0 0.2 0.7 1.5 0.5 1.2 0.6 5.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 22.5 61.7
12.8 0.9 5.1 2.8 1.4 2.6 2.5 0.3 0.9 2.4 0.2 2.3 0.8 4.7 0.9 1.0 0.5 11.0 53.2
13.7 1.3 2.8 2.5 1.4 3.4 2.5 0.7 0.4 1.7 0.2 2.9 0.9 5.9 1.3 1.2 0.5 8.9 52.1
11.0 0.9 4.5 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.5 1.7 0.4 2.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 6.3 1.5 0.3 0.5 10.3 51.5
11.2 1.9 3.5 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 1.7 0.6 1.9 0.9 0.2 1.0 5.5 1.5 0.8 9.8 48.7
14.4 1.6 2.3 2.1 1.6 2.3 1.7 0.8 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.3 4.5 1.7 0.8 10.0 49.4
12.7 2.9 3.1 2.1 1.3 2.1 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.9 4.0 1.3 1.0 0.7 8.4 47.2
13.2 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.8 0.6 3.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 7.5 44.8
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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
2009
2010
2011
Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals
13.0 1.7 2.3 2.1 1.4 2.3 2.6 1.5 1.3 3.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 2.4 0.8 0.6 5.7 42.5
17.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.4 2.1 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.4 0.7 1.7 0.8 1.4 0.9 7.0 50.8
19.4 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 7.5 53.8
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD Country
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals
81.5 7.1 53.6 21.1 8.5 0.2 111.5 0.2 14.5 47.0 15.7 7.6 5.7 15.9 127.4 517.7
55.4 12.7 54.2 27.1 3.7 0.9 210.3 0.1 13.8 28.5 16.0 6.3 3.9 14.4 114.5 561.7
36.9 29.5 39.6 20.2 6.7 0.6 118.5 0.1 11.1 18.4 20.8 6.3 4.8 10.0 136.4 459.6
92.9 39.1 61.1 43.8 4.8 0.9 144.3 0.3 5.2 21.9 19.0 7.9 3.2 11.8 156.2 612.5
75.8 30.2 71.4 45.9 9.9 0.7 149.0 0.1 13.8 20.3 22.0 9.2 6.3 15.3 155.3 625.3
87.2 19.9 59.3 51.8 16.5 0.9 187.9 0.7 27.5 13.0 8.0 6.0 11.8 4.0 134.0 628.4
73.0 19.4 60.1 45.9 12.3 1.7 125.7 1.0 5.3 22.5 8.9 5.5 4.9 13.3 2.8 99.7 501.9
123.5 22.5 59.2 58.4 20.2 5.1 174.5 3.5 7.2 19.8 14.1 4.0 7.3 14.9 10.3 99.3 643.7
138.2 38.1 68.9 56.2 31.8 8.0 154.5 3.2 10.2 22.0 17.8 7.9 2.3 8.7 7.9 18.0 122.3 716.0
119.7 38.3 55.2 54.0 30.1 6.8 131.8 16.7 9.0 14.3 13.9 11.1 3.2 6.1 11.1 6.1 87.9 615.3
138.6 26.2 47.0 58.6 17.8 6.1 137.4 16.5 4.9 15.1 14.3 11.2 3.7 8.7 7.6 6.6 72.5 592.7
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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD (cont.) Country
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals
120.7 24.5 41.7 57.4 20.7 7.6 104.5 6.2 31.8 13.5 12.3 12.8 5.7 8.4 8.8 6.6 60.8 544.0
195.4 33.3 40.1 75.4 78.0 24.1 11.0 120.5 44.3 39.5 9.5 17.8 11.1 6.9 8.7 9.9 13.4 70.7 809.6
210.4 34.4 50.7 79.5 67.9 62.8 11.9 170.0 39.9 29.7 11.0 50.9 12.0 7.8 7.9 8.5 3.0 87.3 945.6
216.3 18.6 58.6 68.3 62.8 3.5 10.9 100.5 33.4 28.1 16.7 15.7 13.4 8.7 8.0 12.5 5.8 284.1 965.9
232.3 16.1 71.0 89.1 74.4 8.5 15.2 120.3 40.6 35.7 19.8 19.5 10.2 1.0 7.0 13.8 7.4 138.4 920.4
255.0 21.3 65.5 106.4 45.7 19.3 7.1 142.1 43.2 34.6 25.6 11.0 9.9 1.4 6.8 14.9 5.1 113.5 928.5
242.4 12.2 81.4 86.1 72.5 44.5 6.7 151.9 45.1 34.2 32.6 10.8 10.0 14.1 7.6 11.9 9.0 102.9 975.7
290.3 26.4 77.7 74.5 54.9 36.5 11.5 148.8 29.9 32.2 38.2 11.1 18.9 28.1 7.4 19.5 8.3 109.2 1023.5
366.1 28.4 83.6 88.0 41.4 25.4 23.1 142.8 32.3 33.8 33.1 12.4 20.6 15.1 7.0 17.2 7.8 117.0 1095.1
336.5 62.2 92.1 79.8 70.2 24.7 17.5 149.2 43.8 40.5 38.4 8.5 20.1 6.8 7.7 21.0 6.3 109.9 1135.2
373.1 45.2 86.2 64.4 63.2 37.0 24.4 118.9 36.6 42.4 29.0 4.1 22.1 3.8 7.4 17.5 4.0 98.7 1078.1
Country
2009
2010
2011
Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals
274.6 36.3 51.6 60.2 31.2 31.4 25.0 66.8 40.1 19.6 20.6 12.2 11.8 4.2 6.5 17.1 6.3 62.8 778.2
422.1 63.7 84.1 67.7 46.8 41.0 38.1 67.6 34.8 34.3 22.6 11.4 19.7 12.6 7.2 17.1 6.4 83.9 1080.9
468.2 81.5 76.7 69.2 56.8 47.4 46.7 42.3 41.5 38.7 23.9 21.0 20.2 15.2 8.9 8.7 7.5 98.9 1173.4
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in 1 000 tonnes Country
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
USA Canada UK Spain Cuba Netherlands Nicaragua Bahamas France Sweden Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade
10.0 8.1 2.6 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 33.2 8.3 24.9
9.7 8.5 2.8 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 33.3 10.0 23.3
10.3 8.3 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.0 34.9 10.4 24.5
10.9 8.1 3.3 2.4 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.0 35.8 10.2 25.6
9.3 6.9 3.2 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 31.5 9.7 21.8
9.7 7.4 2.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 31.9 10.2 21.7
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT
Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in million Euro Country
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
USA Canada UK Bahamas Nicaragua Cuba Spain Netherlands France Ireland Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade
155.3 128.7 59.9 36.9 6.7 59.7 30.1 18.1 22.1 12.5 643.5 176.1 467.4
130.2 109.5 55.6 31.0 11.4 30.6 31.1 17.1 19.5 10.3 522.6 164.5 358.1
145.1 116.4 57.2 42.2 18.8 41.3 37.4 19.2 16.5 12.6 581.7 170.5 411.2
164.1 130.7 68.3 47.8 21.5 41.4 43.1 20.4 19.2 14.4 664.6 193.5 471.1
129.9 106.4 61.5 35.5 21.8 33.8 22.8 20.9 16.2 12.4 532.4 162.8 369.5
141.4 109.2 56.5 31.0 30.6 27.5 27.0 22.5 17.8 13.3 546.5 171.9 374.6
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT
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Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total
1991 2921 6852 27 9800
1992 4490 8640 13130
1993 7553 7162 14715
1994 8365 7466 15831
1995 8918 6337 15255
1996 9213 6077 15290
1997 9519 6047 15566
1998 9531 5926 15457
1999 10610 6772 17382
2000 8450 7487 15937
2001 7907 5257 13164
Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total
2002 6756 4740 11496
2003 6769 5951 12720
2004 7443 6327 13770
2005 6899 5135 12636
2006 7114 4411 11938
2007 6231 3559 10252
2008 5884 3091 8975
2009 6546 2383 8929
2010 5565 1697 7262
2011 6532 969 7501
2012 6556 542 7098
Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total
2013 7264 403 7667
2014 7954 330 8284
Source: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS - 20080722.
Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
1992 18434 8939 880 28253
1993 17774 8502 563 26839
1994 19656 12611 267 32534
1995 19985 11277 688 31950
1996 20569 10678 617 31864
1997 20570 9873 3737 34180
1998 20930 8650 3440 33020
1999 22921 13058 4089 40068
2000 25490 12524 4750 42764
2001 27381 13058 4715 45154
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
2002 29641 12735 5194 47570
2002 28838 13692 5100 47630
2003 28838 13692 5100 47630
2004 28134 10656 5531 44321
2005 26253 10937 6107 43297
2006 25883 14345 5934 46162
2007 25212 12517 4794 42523
2008 25356 12994 5809 44159
2009 26693 13031 4977 44701
2010 27066 17017 6897 50980
Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total
2011 29859 19441 7180 56480
2012 30809 20661 8507 59977
2013 33723 20996 8298 63017
2014 39989 26256 8595 74840
Source: Statistics Canada
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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes
NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
9.3 * * 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 10.5 3.1 * 0.1 0.9 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 4.7
10.4 * * 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 11.9 3.1 * 0.1 0.9 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 5.0
12.6 * * 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 14.4 3.2 * 0.1 1.6 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.7
14.5 * * 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 16.6 2.9 * 0.3 1.2 * * 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 5.3
13.9 * * 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 16.8 2.2 * 1.0 1.7 * * 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.1 7.2
14.8 * * 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 18.7 1.2 * 1.4 2.9 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.1 8.8
12.9 * * 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 16.9 0.6 * 0.5 2.0 * * 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.2
14.9 * * 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 19.9 0.7 * 0.4 1.6 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.0
15.6 * * 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 20.9 1.8 * 1.2 2.4 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 6.6
13.4 * * 0.9 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 18.4 A * 1.6 2.0 * * 0.4 0.4 0.1 A NA 0.1 2.3 6.9
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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)
NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
13.1 * * 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 17.8 2.8 * 1.0 1.6 * * 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 6.9
14.1 * 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.5 * 0.4 0.3 0.5 19.7 4.0 * 1.4 2.3 * 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 * 0.1 9.4
13.5 * 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 * 0.4 0.9 0.4 20.0 3.2 * 1.7 2.0 * 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 * 0.4 8.9
13.0 * 0.0 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 * 0.4 1.0 1.5 20.7 4.1 * 0.8 1.3 * 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 * 0.2 8.0
14.0 * 0.0 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 * 0.3 1.0 1.0 20.6 4.5 * 0.8 2.1 * 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 * 0.7 9.9
15.1 * 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 * 0.2 0.6 0.8 20.9 4.1 * 0.6 2.1 * 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 * 0.2 8.7
16.5 * 0.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 * 0.2 0.4 1.2 22.9 7.0 * 0.9 2.1 * 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.2 * 0.7 13.1
20.6 * 0.0 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 * 0.2 0.3 0.7 25.5 7.7 * 0.6 1.5 * 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 * 0.6 12.5
22.5 * 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 * 0.4 0.3 0.9 27.4 7.7 * 0.8 1.6 * 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 * 1.1 13.0
24.1 * 0.0 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 * 0.3 0.3 1.5 29.6 8.2 * 1.1 1.6 * 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 * 0.4 12.7
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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)
NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
22.6 * 0.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 * 0.3 0.2 1.9 28.9 8.2 * 0.6 1.9 * 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 * 1.0 13.7
22.5 * 0.0 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 * 0.1 0.3 1.5 28.1 7.3 * 0.7 0.9 * 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 * 0.6 10.7
21.0 * * 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.7 26.3 7.5 * 0.5 0.9 * * 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.0 10.9
20.5 * * 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.7 25.9 8.9 * 0.8 1.1 * * 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.6 14.4
19.6 * * 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.8 25.2 7.5 * 1.0 1.0 * * 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.9 12.5
20.1 * * 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.8 25.4 9.4 * 0.7 0.9 * * 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 13.0
21.3 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 26.7 8.8 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 13.0
21.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 27.1 12.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.2 17.0
22.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.9 29.9 12.9 0.1 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.5 19.4
23.0 2.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.8 30.8 15.3 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 20.7
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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)
NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total
2013
2014
25.0 2.2 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.1 33.7 15.3 0.3 1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.6 21.0
28.4 3.9 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 40.0 16.2 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.4 26.3
* = included under Others. Source: Statistics Canada
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LOBSTER PROCESSING Yearly world lobster (all product forms) production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
3.7 0.9 6.5 1.4 2.9 2.2 0.7 5.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 9.0 34.3
5.6 1.0 5.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.8 6.6 0.5 0.0 0.9 8.5 34.8
5.3 1.3 7.7 1.2 2.9 2.1 0.7 7.8 0.4 0.1 1.2 7.6 38.3
6.1 1.4 8.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.7 5.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 8.0 35.4
6.7 1.5 7.0 1.2 2.3 1.6 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 9.5 37.1
8.1 1.6 7.7 1.2 2.5 1.5 0.8 5.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 9.3 38.8
9.9 1.8 7.2 1.2 2.6 4.9 0.8 8.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 7.9 45.5
9.6 2.0 7.1 1.2 2.5 1.3 0.9 6.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 6.6 38.9
10.8 2.0 5.1 1.2 3.3 1.7 0.8 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.2 8.7 41.3
10.0 2.3 6.1 1.2 3.9 2.3 1.0 6.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 8.4 44.1
6.6 2.4 5.3 1.1 4.3 2.0 1.1 9.7 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.2 8.8 43.5
Country
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
9.0 2.6 5.2 1.0 3.4 1.8 1.2 8.5 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.2 7.3 42.3
12.4 2.5 5.8 1.1 2.8 2.2 1.3 7.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 7.1 44.8
11.5 2.6 6.3 1.3 3.0 1.6 0.8 6.3 1.4 0.1 0.5 1.4 6.9 43.7
8.2 2.8 6.6 1.4 2.8 1.7 1.0 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 6.6 40.2
9.8 2.7 5.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.7 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.8 4.7 38.3
8.7 2.6 5.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 0.7 5.9 1.1 1.6 0.3 4.3 35.7
12.9 2.8 6.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.8 6.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 3.4 41.4
12.5 3.0 4.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 0.9 7.4 2.0 1.2 1.1 3.4 42.3
13.1 2.3 4.5 1.7 2.3 0.7 1.1 5.2 1.3 0.1 0.5 5.0 37.8
12.7 2.8 5.4 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.2 4.7 1.4 0.1 1.2 1.7 37.2
13.6 3.2 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 1.2 5.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 2.0 37.7
Country
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
10.7 3.0 4.7 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.9 6.3 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.5 36.3
10.9 2.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.3 5.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 31.5
14.3 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.6 0.1 4.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 32.5
12.5 4.3 3.1 1.8 2.1 1.1 1.1 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 1.4 32.7
13.1 3.8 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.4 1.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.4 34.1
12.9 2.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 29.9
16.9 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.1 37.5
19.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.6 39.3
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
3.7 0.9 6.5 1.4 2.9 2.2 0.7 5.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 8.1 33.4
5.6 1.0 5.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.8 6.6 0.5 0.0 0.9 7.1 33.4
5.3 1.3 7.7 1.2 2.9 2.1 0.7 7.8 0.4 0.1 1.2 6.4 37.0
6.1 1.4 8.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.7 5.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 6.5 33.9
6.7 1.5 7.0 1.2 2.3 1.6 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 8.5 36.1
8.1 1.6 7.7 1.2 2.5 1.5 0.8 5.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 8.5 38.0
9.9 1.8 7.2 1.2 2.6 4.9 0.8 8.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 7.0 44.7
9.6 2.0 7.1 1.2 2.5 1.3 0.9 6.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.9 38.2
10.8 2.0 5.1 1.2 3.3 1.7 0.8 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.2 7.8 40.5
10.0 2.3 6.1 1.2 3.9 2.3 1.0 6.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 7.2 42.8
6.6 2.4 5.3 1.1 4.3 2.0 1.1 9.7 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.2 8.1 42.8
Country
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
9.0 2.6 5.2 1.0 3.4 1.8 1.2 8.5 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.2 6.8 41.8
12.4 2.5 5.8 1.1 2.8 2.2 1.3 7.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 6.5 44.3
11.5 2.6 6.3 1.3 3.0 1.6 0.8 6.3 1.4 0.1 0.5 1.4 6.2 42.9
8.2 2.8 6.6 1.4 2.8 1.7 1.0 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 5.8 39.5
9.8 2.7 5.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.7 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.8 4.3 37.9
8.7 2.6 5.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 0.7 5.9 1.1 1.6 0.3 4.0 35.4
12.9 2.8 6.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.8 6.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 3.1 41.1
12.5 3.0 4.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 0.9 7.4 2.0 1.2 1.1 2.6 41.5
13.1 2.3 4.5 1.7 2.3 0.7 1.1 5.2 1.3 0.1 0.5 3.3 36.1
12.7 2.8 5.4 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.2 4.7 1.4 0.1 1.2 1.7 37.2
13.6 3.2 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 1.2 5.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 2.0 37.7
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Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals
10.7 3.0 4.7 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.9 6.3 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.5 36.3
10.9 2.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.3 5.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 31.5
14.3 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.6 0.1 4.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 32.5
12.5 4.3 3.1 1.8 2.1 1.1 1.1 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 1.4 32.7
13.1 3.8 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.4 1.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.4 34.1
12.9 2.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 29.9
16.9 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.1 37.5
19.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.6 39.2
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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LOBSTER PRODUCTION
Yearly world global production (captures + aquaculture) of lobster, by major species, in 1 000 tonnes Species
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
American Spiny Rock European Others Total
40.7 50.7 17.7 2.0 58.8 169.9
47.7 52.5 17.5 2.3 70.4 190.5
48.6 57.6 18.6 2.4 70.7 198.0
53.6 61.7 13.7 2.2 78.3 209.6
58.9 63.3 12.3 2.0 78.0 214.4
60.1 64.2 12.5 2.3 80.9 219.9
62.6 66.7 11.7 2.6 82.8 226.4
68.0 68.6 12.2 2.9 64.7 216.3
75.5 64.6 11.3 2.8 66.2 220.4
77.2 67.8 9.1 2.5 68.7 225.3
67.1 68.0 11.4 2.3 67.9 216.6
66.6 64.2 11.4 2.3 70.0 214.5
Species
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
American Spiny Rock European Others Total
71.7 68.0 10.6 2.9 73.9 227.0
70.6 67.4 11.3 3.0 80.7 233.0
71.9 66.6 10.6 2.6 79.7 231.4
78.1 73.0 12.6 3.2 87.1 254.0
77.2 64.7 10.2 2.9 86.3 241.3
83.1 70.0 10.4 3.3 85.9 252.7
83.1 71.9 10.3 2.6 78.5 246.3
83.8 64.0 9.9 2.8 65.6 226.1
82.4 67.5 10.7 2.7 66.5 229.8
81.3 68.1 10.7 2.8 66.1 229.0
81.6 74.3 10.7 3.0 66.3 235.9
83.8 71.4 10.9 2.4 67.8 236.2
Species
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
American Spiny Rock European Others Total
97.0 64.4 10.3 4.1 81.2 257.0
83.0 57.7 10.7 4.2 89.6 245.2
96.1 66.7 9.6 4.4 86.4 263.2
102.3 59.8 8.7 4.5 91.6 266.9
119.6 69.8 10.1 5.2 92.3 297.0
124.3 73.4 8.4 5.7 82.6 294.3
139.4 78.2 7.6 4.8 74.0 304.0
Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total
22.8 20.8 20.7 0.6 2.5 6.4 5.7 16.0 8.8 11.7 0.6 2.7 9.1 4.8 2.9 33.8 169.9
27.7 22.4 23.1 0.8 2.8 14.8 6.1 18.0 5.0 10.9 1.5 3.0 10.8 5.0 2.3 36.1 190.5
28.7 22.8 23.7 0.5 3.5 14.8 4.5 16.0 8.9 12.6 1.4 3.6 10.1 5.5 2.3 39.1 198.0
32.6 23.3 26.1 0.4 5.5 8.6 5.1 16.9 8.1 13.6 1.2 3.0 10.2 5.5 1.8 47.6 209.6
38.0 24.0 26.6 1.3 3.6 11.5 6.5 16.0 6.9 11.8 0.8 0.9 3.0 8.9 5.3 2.4 47.1 214.4
39.4 23.3 25.7 1.0 4.6 11.2 6.9 16.6 6.9 12.8 1.6 0.9 3.3 10.3 4.9 2.5 48.0 219.9
40.5 25.3 28.8 1.3 5.1 12.4 5.0 17.4 7.1 11.7 1.3 2.4 3.3 10.4 3.6 2.4 48.4 226.4
44.0 27.2 28.6 0.9 6.2 4.5 5.4 17.7 7.1 11.2 1.2 2.4 3.5 9.8 3.8 2.2 40.7 216.3
47.9 30.9 27.0 0.8 5.8 5.8 4.6 15.8 9.2 8.0 0.8 2.6 3.9 10.1 3.7 2.4 41.2 220.4
48.5 31.9 28.2 1.4 7.6 7.3 6.4 14.4 11.1 9.9 1.3 1.6 3.7 8.2 3.5 2.3 38.0 225.3
41.8 27.5 26.4 2.4 8.2 7.8 5.2 18.6 9.1 9.3 2.4 1.2 2.7 10.7 3.8 2.0 37.5 216.6
40.9 28.4 29.9 1.2 7.8 5.6 5.3 18.5 9.1 8.5 2.2 1.0 3.0 10.4 4.0 2.0 36.6 214.5
Country
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total
41.5 33.8 31.7 2.0 7.6 7.3 6.1 17.0 9.1 9.7 2.8 1.8 3.2 9.8 3.8 2.2 37.6 227.0
40.5 33.4 33.3 2.9 7.8 10.7 7.9 16.5 10.8 9.4 2.3 1.5 3.6 10.3 4.7 2.3 35.3 233.0
39.4 36.3 30.3 2.5 7.9 14.2 5.8 15.7 8.0 9.4 4.5 1.1 4.2 9.1 3.9 2.6 36.7 231.4
40.1 41.4 33.3 4.0 7.8 19.3 7.6 16.0 7.5 9.0 4.2 8.3 4.3 7.6 6.2 2.6 34.9 254.0
41.0 38.8 30.7 2.4 7.6 22.0 7.6 16.6 6.0 9.4 3.8 3.1 5.0 7.0 3.7 2.2 34.3 241.3
43.4 42.7 33.2 3.2 8.2 20.0 9.1 18.4 6.3 9.9 5.3 1.2 5.5 6.3 3.8 2.0 34.2 252.7
45.3 40.7 29.6 3.6 9.0 16.2 8.4 19.9 6.5 7.5 6.5 1.9 5.1 7.1 3.9 2.8 32.4 246.3
51.4 34.2 29.6 4.5 7.0 4.0 7.9 16.5 7.1 6.8 4.2 1.7 4.8 7.5 3.7 2.5 32.6 226.1
45.1 39.7 29.7 4.8 10.0 4.2 7.8 14.0 6.8 8.0 4.5 0.2 5.5 8.0 3.5 3.0 35.2 229.8
48.8 34.7 29.1 5.3 10.4 3.7 7.5 17.1 6.3 5.3 4.0 1.9 4.9 8.0 3.4 3.0 35.7 229.0
47.4 36.8 31.9 5.4 9.3 3.3 7.7 19.9 8.7 7.6 4.4 1.9 5.2 6.7 2.9 2.6 34.0 235.9
43.8 41.8 28.5 6.6 9.3 4.3 7.3 18.1 6.9 5.8 3.9 2.5 5.3 7.1 3.4 2.5 39.1 236.2
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Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total
55.0 44.6 43.7 5.3 8.3 5.3 7.0 15.7 6.7 4.4 4.1 2.9 4.5 6.6 3.4 2.6 36.9 257.0
48.9 36.0 47.3 4.7 7.0 5.8 9.5 13.9 6.5 4.8 6.4 1.6 4.3 6.0 3.4 2.2 36.9 245.2
59.0 39.0 46.2 10.2 6.9 7.1 9.7 14.0 6.6 5.7 7.2 2.3 4.3 4.9 3.4 2.6 34.1 263.2
58.3 46.1 45.7 6.2 7.1 9.1 7.6 11.8 7.3 4.1 10.8 3.1 4.5 6.2 3.1 2.3 33.5 266.9
67.3 55.3 41.4 8.0 9.7 9.4 8.3 11.6 6.9 4.5 8.2 4.4 4.4 5.8 3.7 3.3 45.2 297.0
67.0 60.2 37.7 10.8 8.5 9.8 8.7 11.2 6.9 5.0 4.1 3.7 3.8 5.5 3.5 3.2 44.8 294.3
71.5 70.0 35.8 14.0 12.1 11.0 10.7 9.3 7.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.0 35.3 304.0
* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total
19.9 5.2 2.7 8.4 2.4 2.6 0.6 0.1 5.7 0.4 2.1 50.1
22.1 5.6 3.0 10.3 2.5 2.7 0.8 0.1 4.0 0.4 2.7 54.0
22.3 4.0 3.6 9.6 2.7 2.5 1.2 4.3 0.4 2.9 53.5
24.9 4.7 3.0 9.7 4.1 2.4 1.1 8.2 0.5 3.1 61.7
25.5 6.2 3.0 8.4 5.1 2.6 1.2 1.8 0.6 4.6 58.8
24.6 6.5 3.3 9.4 4.5 2.7 1.2 2.3 0.8 5.4 60.8
27.5 4.6 3.3 9.8 5.1 2.2 1.1 2.3 0.7 5.1 61.6
27.1 4.6 3.5 9.0 4.1 1.9 0.8 1.8 0.6 3.2 56.7
25.5 3.9 3.8 9.4 4.8 1.7 1.1 0.0 1.3 0.6 4.0 56.2
27.0 5.6 3.7 7.6 5.8 2.2 1.3 0.0 1.6 0.5 2.5 57.7
25.2 4.5 2.6 10.2 5.9 2.2 0.8 0.1 1.6 0.5 2.2 55.8
28.8 4.8 2.9 9.8 4.9 2.4 0.9 0.1 1.6 0.5 2.5 59.2
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Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.) Country
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total
30.5 5.3 3.2 9.3 5.3 2.2 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.5 2.8 61.5
31.9 7.2 3.6 9.8 4.3 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.8 63.8
29.2 5.2 4.2 8.6 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.1 59.0
31.7 7.0 4.3 7.1 4.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.4 2.0 61.6
29.2 7.0 5.0 6.6 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.2 57.4
31.3 8.5 5.5 5.8 3.0 1.4 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4 2.9 61.8
28.4 7.7 5.1 6.6 2.5 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 2.0 56.6
28.5 7.1 4.8 7.0 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.7 56.3
28.5 7.0 5.4 7.6 2.1 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 1.6 57.2
27.8 6.8 4.9 7.6 2.6 1.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.7 56.3
30.6 6.8 5.2 6.3 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.7 57.5
27.1 7.1 5.3 6.8 4.5 2.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.9 58.2
Country
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total
41.3 6.3 4.5 6.2 4.6 1.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.8 70.4
44.5 9.3 4.3 5.5 4.3 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 2.3 76.0
43.5 9.2 4.3 4.5 3.6 2.1 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 2.0 72.5
42.9 7.2 4.5 5.6 3.7 2.5 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 2.3 72.2
38.7 7.8 4.3 4.8 3.4 2.5 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.9 66.5
34.5 7.9 3.8 4.6 2.7 2.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.7 2.2 61.0
32.7 10.4 3.7 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 2.0 59.3
Source: FAO Fishstat Plus
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Lobster, US commercial global production (captures + aquaculture), by species Species
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V
39.4 90.9 6.4 16.2
44.2 106.8 5.2 13.7
44.0 114.3 6.3 17.3
46.2 114.9 5.3 14.3
46.1 120.6 6.8 19.2
45.6 133.6 5.8 21.3
48.6 145.2 7.2 23.0
52.9 149.1 8.1 26.4
61.0 154.7 7.1 23.2
63.3 165.0 7.1 32.1
55.8 161.0 4.9 20.2
Species
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V
56.5 151.7 6.1 21.0
66.4 196.2 8.1 33.4
66.4 214.8 7.1 34.2
71.6 241.8 8.3 35.2
83.9 267.2 7.2 33.4
79.6 253.6 5.9 24.4
87.5 323.0 6.7 29.8
83.2 301.3 6.5 32.9
73.6 254.3 4.1 21.4
82.3 293.3 5.2 25.6
73.7 292.1 4.9 23.4
Species
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V
75.3 315.6 5.8 28.7
88.0 416.6 4.1 22.8
75.2 349.1 5.7 35.5
92.6 395.2 4.3 32.8
81.8 375.6 4.2 30.7
96.9 299.5 4.7 20.4
115.4 396.8 6.4 46.0
126.3 423.5 6.4 50.0
149.6 429.3 4.8 36.5
149.3 460.1 6.2 57.9
Q=million pounds; V=million USD. Source: NMFS
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