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Lobster

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February 2015

Lobster

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Prepared by Paola Sabatini

PRICES

Fresh lobster, wholesale prices, Mercabarna, Spain, Ptas/kg 1

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 7

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 14

Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes 14

Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes 15

Yearly lobster imports into Spain, by product form, in tonnes 15

Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes 16

Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes 19

EXPORTS

Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD 21

Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, in tonnes 22

Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in 1 000 tonnes 23

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 26

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 27

Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes 27

Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes 28

PROCESSING

Yearly world lobster (all product forms) production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 32

Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 33

PRODUCTION

Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major species, in 1 000 tonnes 35

Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 36

Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 37

Lobster, US commercial global production (capture + aquaculture), by species 39

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LOBSTER PRICES

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

J 9.65 11.17 12.95 12.43 13.13 13.14 12.52 14.89 14.75 16.91 11.44 11.12 16.50

F 9.27 10.67 12.53 13.41 13.67 13.65 14.20 15.02 15.21 19.15 11.92 11.12 17.00

M 10.86 14.21 13.93 15.22 13.11 15.52 14.71 17.42 16.77 NA 13.82 11.12 19.77

A 11.38 16.92 16.17 14.21 14.11 15.30 14.51 16.29 16.10 NA 15.97 9.66 20.62

M 11.33 11.13 10.99 10.38 13.06 12.39 13.90 13.35 13.61 20.27 11.10 9.42 16.00

J 10.99 10.26 10.81 12.24 12.18 12.25 13.62 13.01 15.84 NA 10.66 10.82 14.00

J/A 11.31 10.20 11.74 12.27 11.68 13.09 13.34 13.53 NA 17.17 12.71 NA 17.64

S 11.21 NA 11.47 12.58 11.51 11.28 13.22 13.36 16.08 17.10 12.28 NA 18.11

O 10.80 10.81 10.96 10.63 11.25 11.15 12.75 NA 16.05 11.91 11.08 NA 16.89

N 10.80 10.11 10.52 10.38 11.40 11.14 11.98 12.95 16.02 17.32 9.54 NA 13.40

D 12.50 12.36 12.88 12.02 13.54 12.86 13.56 14.59 17.62 17.48 9.03 NA 16.86

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

J 16.00 15.50 17.68 NA NA 15.65 13.95 NA 15.33 NA 15.95 18.26

F 15.77 17.00 18.03 NA NA 16.12 13.95 NA NA NA 17.2

M 16.00 18.35 18.07 NA NA 17.76 13.88 NA NA 20.51 NA

A 16.41 18.00 17.61 NA NA 14.84 13.04 NA 16.86 20.76 NA

M 14.00 16.00 16.92 NA NA 12.89 13.50 NA 16 15.52 15.26

J 14.50 16.17 16.70 NA 19.95 12.15 14.49 NA 15.44 12.71 NA

J/A 15.50 18.17 16.77 17.41 15.04 13.95 15.54 16.59 15.96 15.74 15.81

S 17.00 17.97 16.81 17.50 16.14 13.38 NA 16.5 NA 16.1 NA

O 17.50 19.03 16.85 NA 15.46 13.31 15.82 NA 16.05 NA 18.56

N 17.50 19.00 17.50 16.00 14.00 13.19 NA NA 15.28 15.68 NA

D 17.26 18.51 NA NA 14.56 14.29 NA NA 15.36 NA 17.03

* Prices from 1991 to 2002 have been converted in €. Convertion rate € - Ptas 166.39

# lobster = homarus, bogovante

Source: MERCABARNA

1986 1986 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1990 1991 1991

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B)

J 10.50 9.10 - 11.50 16.00 14.20 14.25 10.10 16.95 10.60 19.90 13.45

F 10.75 9.10 14.75 - 16.00 14.20 14.00 10.20 17.35 10.42 19.80 13.70

M 11.25 9.10 15.10 - 15.25 14.00 14.55 10.05 18.20 11.25 19.80 13.60

A 11.25 9.20 15.20 - 15.35 14.00 14.60 - 18.20 11.20 20.50 13.70

M 11.25 9.40 15.40 12.70 15.40 14.00 15.25 10.10 18.00 11.10 21.00 NA

J 11.30 9.50 15.75 13.80 15.35 12.50 15.75 10.20 17.50 11.00 21.00 13.55

J 11.75 10.50 16.10 13.90 14.90 12.50 - 10.20 18.70 12.75 21.50 13.50

A - - 16.10 14.00 14.25 11.80 16.50 10.50 19.00 12.75 21.50 13.25

S 12.50 11.00 16.10 14.20 14.00 11.30 16.75 10.05 19.25 12.50 18.85 12.90

O 13.00 11.00 16.75 14.20 13.00 10.50 17.25 - 19.50 12.70 NA 13.85

N 14.50 11.00 17.25 14.20 13.70 10.30 18.25 10.20 19.75 12.70 22.50 13.20

D 14.50 11.00 - 14.20 13.70 10.10 17.50 10.40 19.95 12.10 23.65 14.00

1992 1992 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B)

J 17.60 13.25 NA 13.30 18.50 12.20 NA 16.90 16.75 14.15 NA 13.23

F 21.75 13.30 NA NA 21.00 12.10 24.75 16.90 NA 14.20 NA 13.45

M 20.50 13.45 17.00 NA 22.00 12.95 NA 16.90 NA 14.40 NA 13.88

A 21.50 NA 15.00 13.50 23.00 NA NA 17.15 23.50 14.30 NA NA

M 20.75 NA 16.00 NA 25.50 14.85 NA 16.89 NA 14.20 NA NA

J 21.10 13.00 15.90 11.60 25.00 14.00 23.15 14.95 NA 13.95 NA NA

J 20.25 13.35 NA 11.50 26.50 15.75 23.00 15.10 NA 13.45 NA 14.53

A 19.50 13.40 NA 12.65 27.00 15.50 22.00 15.20 NA 13.30 NA 15.00

S 18.80 14.00 NA 11.25 28.50 15.75 19.50 14.30 NA 13.25 NA 15.75

O 18.25 13.90 NA 12.45 NA 15.65 18.00 14.15 NA 13.10 NA 15.65

N 16.25 13.80 17.75 12.45 NA 15.95 17.00 14.20 NA 13.13 NA 15.72

D NA 12.70 18.50 12.60 NA 16.60 16.75 14.20 NA 13.20 NA 15.70

Spain, €/kg

Fresh lobster#, wholesale prices, Mercabarna,

Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in

USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb

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USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb (cont.)

1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B)

J NA 15.65 NA 13.50 NA 17.05 19.00 16.30 21.25 17.70 28.00 17.90

F NA 15.65 NA 13.75 NA 17.40 19.00 16.15 21.25 16.30 27.63 18.20

M NA 15.65 NA 13.75 22.50 NA 18.75 16.40* 21.25 17.60 23.88 17.88

A NA NA NA 14.35 22.50 NA 18.75 15.95* 21.25 17.78 NA 17.95

M NA NA NA 14.60 21.50 17.00 19.00 15.95* 21.25 18.15 18.25 17.25

J NA 15.25 17.00 14.70 21.50 17.00 19.05 15.95* 21.25 18.20 18.00 16.35

J NA 15.20 18.10 14.75 21.00 16.10 20.00 NA 21.25 18.03 18.50 16.20

A NA 15.05 19.75 14.80 21.00 16.10 21.00 NA 21.25 18.15 18.75 16.15

S NA 13.85 NA 14.90 NA NA 21.00 16.55* NA 17.98 19.50 16.30

O NA 13.85 NA NA NA 18.00 21.50 16.65* 28.00 17.90 19.50 16.75

N NA 13.85 NA 18.00 NA 17.70 21.25 16.60* 27.25 17.98 19.50 16.90

D NA 13.60 NA 17.70 20.50 16.10 21.25 16.75* 28.00 18.35 19.50 17.05

2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B)

J 19.50 17.40 21.50 17.10 NA 18.35 27.10 22.00 27.10 22.40 25.88 15.40

F 19.50 17.05 21.50 17.10 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 22.25 24.63 15.50

M 19.50 17.10 21.00 17.05 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.90 20.50 15.50

A 19.50 17.20 21.25 17.10 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 22.00 18.38 15.50

M 19.75 17.35 21.25 17.05 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.75 18.63 15.50

J 19.75 16.75 23.25 16.95 27.10 20.40 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.25 23.25 15.50

J 20.00 16.85 23.75 17.10 27.10 NA 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.25 26.50 15.50

A 21.00 16.95 23.00 17.10 23.00 17.20 27.10 23.00 27.10 21.25 27.75 15.50

S 21.00 16.95 23.00 17.10 27.10 21.20 27.10 22.50 29.38 17.75 28.63 13.00

O 21.50 16.90 24.00 17.50 27.10 20.95 27.10 22.30 28.63 17.45 28.63 12.95

N 21.50 16.90 24.50 17.85 27.10 20.75 27.10 22.30 28.38 15.50 28.88 12.95

D 21.50 17.00 24.50 17.80 27.1 20.75 27.10 22.40 28.13 15.25 28.88 12.95


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USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb (cont.)

2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B)

J NA 14.25 NA 17.75 NA 16.25 NA 16.20 NA 16.50 NA 18.00

F NA 14.75 NA 17.75 NA 16.25 NA 16.50 NA 16.50 NA

M NA 14.75 NA 17.75 NA 16 NA 16.50 NA NA NA

A 32.75 14.75 NA 17.75 NA 15.95 NA 16.50 NA 17.50 NA

M 35.00 14.75 NA 17.75 NA 15.95 NA 16.50 NA 17.50 NA

J NA 14.75 NA 17.75 NA 15.95 NA 16.50 NA 17.50 NA

J NA 19.95 NA 16.50 NA 15.95 NA 16.50 NA 17.50 NA

A NA 17.00 NA 16.50 NA 15.5 NA 16.50 NA 16.90 NA

S NA 16.95 NA 16.25 NA 15.5 NA 16.50 NA 17.00 NA

O NA 16.95 NA 16.25 NA 15.75 NA 16.50 NA 17.25 NA

N NA 17.10 NA 16.25 NA 15.75 NA 16.50 NA 17.50 NA

D NA 17.25 NA 16.25 NA 16.2 NA NA NA 17.75 NA

(A)=Australia, (B)=Brazil.

Source: ITN

Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

J 5.22 NA 5.90 6.75 6.50 4.60 5.74 5.94 4.25 5.50 6.50 5.75

F 4.76 5.22 5.90 6.95 6.75 4.75 5.74 4.99 5.75 6.49 6.75 6.25

M 4.72 NA 5.90 7.00 7.50 5.76 NA 6.95 6.25 5.58 7.80 6.50

A 5.08 6.35 4.31 8.75 5.50 6.40 NA 8.00 5.49 7.25 7.76 6.50

M 4.08 6.26 NA 5.50 3.95 5.25 6.24 5.25 4.74 6.25 5.25 6.00

J 3.86 4.45 4.31 4.94 4.40 4.50 4.99 5.50 5.94 5.85 6.00 5.95

J 4.63 5.44 5.35 4.50 5.25 5.25 4.99 4.50 5.74 5.99 6.75 6.00

A NA 6.12 5.90 4.94 5.00 3.75 4.84 4.90 4.44 4.75 6.50 5.70

S 5.67 5.90 6.12 6.49 4.95 5.00 4.99 5.25 4.94 5.00 5.50 5.50

O 5.44 5.90 5.56 5.94 4.95 5.25 4.99 4.75 5.25 4.75 5.00 5.25

N 5.44 6.12 6.75 5.75 5.25 5.62 4.54 4.50 3.95 5.00 5.50 5.25

D NA 6.12 6.75 5.50 4.75 4.74 4.24 5.50 4.95 5.50 5.50 5.00

Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

J 6.25 5.75 7.59 6.74 5.95 NA 7.25 7.74 NA NA 8.75 5.75

F 6.50 6.50 8.37 6.64 5.90 NA 7.74 8.49 NA NA 8.75 7.38

M 7.25 7.00 8.74 7.50 NA NA 7.50 9.26 NA 8.38 10.63 7.75

A 6.25 7.25 9.88 8.48 5.85 7.70 7.76 8.99 NA 9.88 10.00 7.05

M 5.75 5.75 7.74 7.25 NA 7.08 7.01 8.49 NA 8.88 7.38 6.38

J 5.50 5.95 6.98 6.11 NA 7.05 6.50 7.50 NA 8.00 7.45 5.35

J 5.84 6.50 7.18 6.65 6.25 7.28 7.25 8.25 8.50 8.38 7.38 6.78

A 4.75 6.50 7.87 7.47 7.25 7.89 7.76 8.84 8.00 9.38 7.25 6.73

S 5.75 5.75 8.04 7.80 6.50 7.15 7.96 7.50 NA 9.38 6.35 5.00

O 5.50 6.75 8.00 6.81 6.50 6.58 7.96 7.74 NA NA 5.38 4.80

N 5.25 6.75 6.50 5.50 5.75 6.50 7.01 7.25 NA 7.38 4.33 5.13

D 5.75 6.75 6.55 5.30 NA 7.22 7.25 7.25 NA 7.38 4.90 5.13

Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

J 6.45 7.00 5.88 6.75 7.50 7.38

F 6.58 6.78 7.05 7.13 8.63

M 6.63 7.00 7.60 8.15 8.63

A 5.85 6.63 7.85 9.63 9.38

M 5.75 6.55 6.95 6.63 6.75

J 6.13 7.25 6.65 5.75 5.63

J 6.55 7.75 4.85 5.13 7.95

A 5.25 5.35 4.63 5.25 5.63

S 5.25 5.30 5.13 5.00 5.63

O 5.85 5.30 4.75 5.38 6.63

N 5.85 4.88 5.13 5.88 5.88

D 5.83 5.63 4.75 5.88 7.13

Source: NMFS/ITN

Monthly New York wholesale prices for up to 1-1/2 lb live

American lobster, in USD/lb


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J F M A M J J A S O N D

< 400

2004 20.00 20.00 20.00 NA NA 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 NA NA

2005 NA 18.90 19.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00

2006 24.00 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

2007 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

2008 19.00 18.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.00 NA NA

2009 14.75 14.25 14.25 14.25 na 15.50 15.50 11.00

2010 14.63 14.50 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 NA NA

2011 15.00 16.00 19.75 19.75 19.75 19.75 19.75 NA

2012 na 18.00 18.13 18.13 18.13 18.13 18.13 18.13

2013 14.50 13.50 13.50 13.50 13.50 13.50 14.00 14.00

2014 na 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00

2015

> 450

2004 22.00 22.00 22.00 NA na 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 NA NA

2005 na 20.10 20.50 20.50 21.50 22.50 23.50 24.50

2006 25.50 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

2007 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

2008 20.75 19.25 18.50 18.50 18.50 NA NA NA

2009 NA 15.50 14.75 14.75 NA 15.75 15.75 11.00

2010 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 NA NA

2011 16.50 17.50 20.75 20.75 20.75 20.75 20.75 NA

2012 na 19.00 19.25 19.25 19.25 19.25 19.25 19.25

2013 15.75 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50

2014 NA 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00

2015

Source: EPR

J F M A M J J A S O N D

2007 35.00 32.00 31.00 23.00 NA NA 15.00 NA NA 21.00 23.00 33.00

2008 30.00 NA 28.00 NA 19.00 NA NA 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.50 22.00

2009 24.00 21.00 21.00 22.00 14.50 14.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 14.50 15.00 22.00

2010 24.00 20.50 21.00 23.00 23.00 13.50 14.00 14.00 14.00 15.50 18.00 24.00

2011 28.00 24.50 24.50 22.50 15.50 15.50 15.20 14.50 14.00 16.50 18.00 26.00

2012 26.00 23.00 19.00 19.00 17.00 16.50 14.00 14.20 15.00 15.50 17.50 24.00

2013 28.00 25.00 24.50 26.00 24.50 20.00 14.00 14.00 16.50 16.50 16.50 21.00

2014 24.00 24.50 24.50 22.50 16.50 14.50 14.00 14.00 15.00 15.50 17.50 29.50

2015 32.00

Source: EPR

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

out of season

out of season

out of season

Monthly European Lobster prices, live, origin: Ireland

400-600 and 600-800 gr/pc in EUR/kg

Monthly American lobster prices, whole frozen cooked popsicle

in Europe, Origin Canada, in CAN/kg

out of season

out of season

out of season

out of season

out of season

out of season

out of season

out of season

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LOBSTER IMPORTS

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Italy 4020 4655 4755 5116 5664 5949 6074 5968 5635 7915

Spain 5327 5378 5301 6377 6306 6708 6536 6599 7526 7374

France 6979 7166 7692 7684 8444 8014 7687 8264 7706 8597

UK 217 351 414 193 222 271 795 889 837 703

Netherlands 24 45 55 70 53 78 60 34 183 229

Denmark 1345 1157 1088 1426 1654 1208 998 756 567 863

Croatia - - - - - - - - - -

Belgium 296 258 281 335 266 284 389 361 325 392

Ireland - - - - 65 26 705 584 661 756

Germany 90 115 229 349 404 303 175 126 147 1538

Portugal 2 16 20 28 69 76 109 329 128 167

Slovenia - - - - - - - - - -

Sweden - - - - - - - - 55 69

Others 389 36 28 28 34 55 63 7 196 71

Totals 18689 19177 19863 21606 23181 22972 23591 23917 23966 28674

Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Italy 8642 9901 10587 10702 11272 10713 11248 12002 12171 11661

Spain 7393 6625 7910 7117 7893 7532 7796 9008 9484 10874

France 8139 9513 9651 9002 9182 9864 9506 10365 10176 8464

UK 1098 1082 1546 1358 690 1210 1543 1649 1829 3453

Netherlands 263 260 509 542 699 668 466 619 721 765

Denmark 1357 1468 1478 1591 1895 1117 909 641 775 813

Croatia - - - - - - - 291 357 312

Belgium 484 458 492 350 393 464 503 689 595 507

Ireland 1446 2150 2527 1832 1340 769 203 161 307 195

Germany 180 149 166 216 241 136 175 120 101 103

Portugal 138 173 251 156 149 204 321 367 251 217

Slovenia - - - - - - - 75 66 79

Sweden 74 72 115 129 133 102 148 128 110 97

Others 117 199 185 181 216 168 352 268 228 235

Totals 29331 32050 35417 33176 34103 32947 33170 36383 37171 37775

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major

importing countries, in tonnes

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Italy 11928 10353 11280 11968 10867

Spain 11429 9126 9084 9084 8146

France 7844 7677 8369 10032 7744

UK 3485 4451 3152 3029 3160

Netherlands 1089 2084 1907 1857 1693

Denmark 741 887 987 889 654

Croatia 426 319 379 402 473

Belgium 461 437 450 519 395

Ireland 298 283 294 298 356

Germany 143 250 83 87 305

Portugal 274 252 1035 214 202

Slovenia 156 222 223 162 146

Sweden 118 107 100 143 132

Others 218 208 196 159 185

Totals 38610 36656 37539 38843 34458

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Italy 44.8 50.3 49.2 65.3 67.7 64.2 49.7 49.6 52.5 68.0

Spain 39.6 44.5 42.0 62.1 62.9 61.1 50.2 53.2 63.7 60.0

France 43.3 45.7 46.7 57.7 59.3 55.5 45.2 54.3 55.0 55.3

Netherlands 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.6 2.2

UK 2.2 3.2 3.6 2.1 2.3 2.3 4.5 5.7 5.4 4.3

Denmark 12.4 10.3 10.0 15.2 17.4 11.6 6.7 5.3 4.6 6.6

Croatia - - - - - - - - - -

Belgium 2.7 2.4 2.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.7

Germany 0.8 1.0 2.2 3.9 4.3 3.1 1.5 1.2 1.8 2.1

Ireland - - - - 0.4 0.2 3.4 2.7 3.0 3.6

Slovenia - - - - - - - - - -

Sweden - - - - - - - - 0.5 0.6

Others 2.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Totals 148.5 158.7 157.3 211.7 219.3 203.1 167.1 178.1 193.5 208.8

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Italy 73.0 84.4 97.8 84.3 89.6 93.4 97.4 104.2 119.0 134.7

Spain 63.3 59.0 77.3 61.4 66.9 69.7 80.8 100.6 115.9 128.5

France 54.4 64.2 68.4 51.4 57.9 62.5 65.6 81.0 85.2 83.7

Netherlands 2.6 2.5 5.1 5.0 6.6 7.5 6.1 7.0 10.4 9.9

UK 6.7 6.6 9.9 7.8 3.5 6.0 7.9 8.8 7.8 11.6

Denmark 10.7 12.2 14.3 13.4 16.5 11.2 8.0 6.5 12.0 12.5

Croatia - - - - - - - 2.6 3.4 3.4

Belgium 4.0 4.3 5.2 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.9 6.3 6.0

Germany 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.3

Ireland 6.8 13.5 13.5 9.1 7.1 4.5 1.4 1.3 2.6 1.7

Slovenia - - - - - - - 0.8 0.9 1.1

Sweden 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2

Others 2.1 3.1 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 6.2 7.0 5.8 5.6

Totals 226.1 252.2 298.4 242.0 258.1 264.8 281.1 327.1 371.6 401.4


importing countries, in tonnes (cont.)


importing countries, in million USD

6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Italy 153.5 135.4 117.6 125.8 142.7

Spain 148.2 119.0 96.1 98.5 102.1

France 92.3 90.1 81.9 88.3 96.7

Netherlands 16.5 22.0 18.0 24.0 26.8

UK 14.0 18.6 10.8 8.7 14.4

Denmark 13.8 15.6 10.2 11.0 8.8

Croatia 5.5 4.4 3.8 3.6 5.9

Belgium 6.7 6.2 5.0 6.1 5.8

Germany 1.7 3.9 1.1 1.3 3.8

Ireland 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 3.3

Slovenia 2.3 3.5 3.4 2.2 2.4

Sweden 2.1 1.7 1.1 1.9 2.3

Others 6.9 5.8 8.7 4.7 5.8

Totals 465.7 428.6 359.8 378.2 420.6


Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Canada - 1.8 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.9 2.8 7.5 8.2 9.7

USA 14.3 14.3 14.1 16.0 16.0 13.7 13.2 14.6 14.2 13.9

China, Hong Kong SAR - 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.6 4.2 5.3 7.4 7.7

China - - - - - 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Spain 0.4 5.5 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.7

France 2.6 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8

Italy 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.1 2.6 2.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2

Belgium 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8

Japan - 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.7

UK 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

Korea Rep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7

Others 2.4 2.1 2.7 3.4 4.0 5.0 5.3 5.6 6.7 6.3

Totals 22.5 32.7 29.8 35.5 38.9 38.8 38.8 47.3 51.5 53.5


importing countries, in million USD (cont.)

Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster,

by major importing countries in 1 000 tonnes

7

Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Canada 12.9 9.8 15.1 17.3 16.2 21.4 17.4 15.2 15.1 16.8

USA 15.2 15.7 17.2 21.4 23.0 24.5 22.9 22.7 21.1 20.6

China, Hong Kong SAR 7.2 7.9 8.8 8.9 9.6 8.5 8.0 8.5 7.2 8.4

China 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 1.7 1.5 0.7

Spain 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.4 4.5 5.0

France 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0

Italy 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.4

Belgium 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2

Japan 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.5

UK 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4

Korea Rep 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.9

Others 6.9 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.2 5.1

Totals 58.1 55.3 65.2 71.8 72.9 79.5 74.7 74.2 71.0 72.1

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Canada 14.8 14.5 16.8 21.6 26.2

USA 19.7 20.4 21.3 21.4 22.8

China, Hong Kong SAR 8.2 9.6 10.3 10.7 8.9

China 0.9 1.0 0.9 4.0 8.8

Spain 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1

France 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.7

Italy 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.7

Belgium 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.3

Japan 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3

UK 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9

Korea Rep 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9

Others 4.8 4.6 4.4 5.1 5.3

Totals 68.6 69.9 73.8 82.5 91.9

* Excluding Norway lobster


Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster,

by major importing countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

8

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

USA 119.8 116.9 111.6 117.3 118.6 122.9 115.5 131.4 146.9 153.3


China - - - - - 0.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 3.2

Canada - 11.7 10.4 11.8 17.1 20.3 18.4 50.0 54.9 68.1

France 38.0 40.2 46.5 60.1 59.8 57.5 48.9 51.3 52.6 56.2

Spain 4.2 7.6 11.7 16.5 20.2 23.0 17.8 17.1 22.4 25.9

Italy 13.6 15.4 20.2 29.2 35.7 38.5 25.1 25.7 27.7 31.8

Belgium 18.0 12.9 14.0 16.3 21.0 24.0 16.9 21.3 23.9 24.7

Japan - 64.7 75.9 80.7 93.7 95.6 104.1 123.9 128.0 120.5

Korea Rep 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.7 5.7 11.6

Taiwan PC - - 2.2 3.4 5.4 10.8 16.0 17.0 20.1 19.6

Others 30.0 31.4 34.8 39.1 43.2 49.2 40.0 42.5 48.4 47.8

Totals 223.7 309.2 342.1 392.9 444.5 491.7 488.7 600.0 689.9 730.8

Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

USA 160.6 163.5 187.6 243.9 257.4 272.1 295.9 295.5 301.3 278.6


China 0.4 0.1 0.6 2.9 1.7 3.2 6.6 12.1 14.8 8.6

Canada 91.0 68.8 122.1 129.0 118.5 148.4 146.9 139.4 160.0 161.4

France 49.7 59.4 66.5 54.5 55.4 60.8 69.1 73.8 78.1 75.7

Spain 27.5 33.1 39.3 38.9 44.6 43.4 54.5 64.6 76.1 85.2

Italy 33.7 38.7 45.3 45.0 45.8 45.6 56.5 64.7 72.2 72.9

Belgium 23.2 27.3 32.4 29.6 25.9 27.4 35.3 34.7 38.4 41.5

Japan 102.2 77.9 84.7 89.5 80.3 78.7 75.5 76.6 73.3 69.6

Korea Rep 12.0 2.0 4.0 7.6 11.7 25.4 27.0 23.4 19.8 18.9

Taiwan PC 40.4 44.7 56.0 49.4 50.2 34.8 36.5 34.7 37.3 37.9

Others 48.8 50.4 53.2 54.6 53.8 56.1 65.1 76.1 87.0 80.9

Totals 747.3 718.0 860.6 919.6 930.8 956.4 1018.8 1049.0 1089.2 1104.6

Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by

major importing countries, in USD million

9

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

USA 297.6 269.5 251.5 247.2 273.1


China 12.9 16.5 17.5 70.9 218.4

Canada 145.3 129.7 114.5 181.3 211.0

France 86.6 83.9 79.9 84.5 91.6

Spain 105.0 95.4 76.9 80.3 84.1

Italy 80.9 76.3 70.3 68.9 74.6

Belgium 45.5 36.1 35.6 37.6 40.2

Japan 61.2 54.5 41.5 40.3 39.4

Korea Rep 18.9 15.7 11.5 15.1 17.2

Taiwan PC 25.2 18.4 14.9 13.1 16.4

Others 94.2 86.7 69.9 79.4 93.2

Totals 1162.4 1131.0 1033.4 1187.0 1389.6



Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

USA 22.4 20.9 18.6 17.6 14.2 13.6 13.6 14.2 15.6 14.7

France 3.5 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.9 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.7

Spain 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0

Japan 10.7 13.7 13.3 13.3 14.5 13.0 10.6 11.5 13.0 10.4

Belgium 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6

China - - - - - 0.1 0.4 2.2 3.6 2.1

Italy 0.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.0


UK 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3

Taiwan PC 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.2 2.4

Others 3.2 3.1 4.9 9.6 9.8 7.4 7.3 9.5 4.6 3.8

Totals 40.8 45.2 45.8 50.8 49.2 44.3 40.3 47.2 47.0 41.6

Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing

countries, in 1 000 tonnes

Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by

major importing countries, in USD million (cont.)

10

Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

USA 14.5 13.3 19.6 21.5 18.6 20.9 22.1 21.4 21.1 21.8

France 4.8 5.5 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4

Spain 2.8 4.1 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.8 2.6 3.2 4.3 3.8

Japan 9.6 8.0 7.5 8.8 6.7 7.0 6.1 5.8 5.2 4.6

Belgium 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3

China 2.3 1.9 1.3 4.5 1.5 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.4

Italy 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.8


UK 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9

Taiwan PC 2.7 1.8 2.2 3.1 1.7 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.6

Others 5.3 4.0 6.1 6.3 5.9 9.7 6.4 9.1 7.4 8.2

Totals 44.8 42.3 50.4 55.8 45.5 50.9 46.8 49.0 49.3 51.7

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

USA 20.8 23.0 18.8 24.1 23.3

France 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.4 4.7

Spain 4.0 4.0 2.6 3.5 3.9

Japan 4.5 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.9

Belgium 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.9

China 2.6 2.0 2.7 5.0 1.8

Italy 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7


UK 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.6 1.1

Taiwan PC 0.8 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.1

Others 9.1 7.9 7.0 8.5 8.7

Totals 51.5 50.9 45.3 55.9 52.6



countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)


11

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

USA 456.1 429.7 349.3 331.7 314.1 318.3 270.5 324.6 352.5 299.7

France 50.3 69.2 55.2 63.1 95.6 65.0 50.9 66.3 84.1 70.8

Japan 144.2 195.1 192.6 206.8 272.5 244.3 171.4 209.0 250.0 196.3

Spain 5.2 7.0 8.3 7.3 6.3 8.4 3.9 7.1 9.1 14.8

Belgium 0.2 9.1 6.9 5.3 5.5 6.1 4.9 8.8 13.0 8.5

Italy 0.4 9.3 11.1 9.3 8.4 13.5 7.9 5.2 8.2 13.1

Canada 43.1 25.0 19.4 16.7 16.8 14.9 13.8 15.6 15.0 13.7


Taiwan PC 0.3 1.3 8.2 17.2 18.1 23.0 17.3 20.7 15.4 17.2

United Arab Emirates - - - - - - - - 0.3 0.0

Australia - 1.0 2.8 1.7 3.0 2.1 1.5 5.5 6.4 4.3

UK 2.3 3.8 4.4 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.1 5.4 5.7 4.7

Germany 4.8 6.4 4.7 5.7 7.0 7.4 4.6 4.8 4.5 3.4

Others 2.4 15.3 24.9 31.2 41.6 44.2 44.2 70.4 63.1 43.6

Totals 709.4 776.0 691.8 705.8 799.7 755.6 599.0 749.3 832.6 695.2

Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

USA 327.6 319.6 449.4 537.6 477.6 562.5 596.1 591.0 622.5 657.2

France 75.3 85.3 96.8 89.5 76.5 73.4 85.5 89.5 105.5 108.6

Japan 178.6 119.0 109.5 158.4 113.9 128.2 104.8 98.3 94.2 90.2

Spain 37.3 50.6 57.1 48.4 45.4 57.3 41.0 46.8 59.3 54.8

Belgium 8.7 10.0 15.9 13.1 10.5 16.3 10.5 9.0 15.1 25.2

Italy 13.6 14.9 14.8 16.3 17.8 14.4 17.2 19.6 20.9 28.3

Canada 13.6 15.8 20.7 21.7 16.7 16.0 13.5 18.0 16.8 20.7


Taiwan PC 22.3 19.7 17.3 24.3 14.9 14.3 10.0 6.4 6.3 6.8

United Arab Emirates 0.0 0.0 7.2 9.8 12.2 12.8 17.2 2.8 4.5 5.7

Australia 6.7 6.2 4.6 7.2 3.9 6.1 5.1 5.5 7.5 8.6

UK 2.9 3.4 3.1 6.0 4.3 4.5 5.8 7.2 11.2 16.3

Germany 3.1 3.2 4.0 2.8 3.5 4.2 6.2 7.8 10.9 17.8

Others 40.4 33.7 42.0 41.5 39.1 72.0 48.2 64.3 69.7 77.1

Totals 734.4 689.0 850.2 981.0 840.6 987.7 966.7 970.4 1055.4 1141.4

countries, in USD million


12

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

USA 644.7 650.4 439.4 629.9 633.4

France 113.6 102.8 72.7 101.4 116.5

Japan 104.1 85.7 49.2 71.2 81.0

Spain 79.6 79.7 37.0 52.2 66.9

Belgium 22.0 28.4 26.8 41.0 48.6

Italy 30.8 24.5 17.8 20.9 29.2

Canada 21.2 18.6 25.1 18.9 26.8


Taiwan PC 11.8 24.2 17.4 19.4 15.5

United Arab Emirates 11.0 12.1 11.7 8.1 15.2

Australia 13.5 9.3 8.4 11.9 14.2

UK 15.1 15.9 18.6 13.4 12.2

Germany 13.9 10.7 7.7 8.8 11.0

Others 83.8 89.2 58.4 83.7 85.3

Totals 1198.3 1182.5 830.6 1102.9 1181.5



2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

USA 10.0 9.7 10.3 10.9 9.3 9.7

Canada 8.1 8.5 8.3 8.1 6.9 7.4

UK 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.8

Spain 1.4 2.4 2.8 2.4 1.3 1.6

Cuba 2.7 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.3

Netherlands 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2

Nicaragua 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9

Bahamas 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.9

Others 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.1 6.1 6.2

Total 33.2 33.3 34.9 35.8 31.5 31.9

Intra EU trade 8.3 10.0 10.4 10.2 9.7 10.2

Extra EU trade 24.9 23.3 24.5 25.6 21.8 21.7


Source: EUROSTAT


countries, in USD million (cont.)

Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen lobster imports, by country of origin, in tonnes

13

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

USA 155.3 130.2 145.1 164.1 129.9 141.4

Canada 128.7 109.5 116.4 130.7 106.4 109.2

UK 59.9 55.6 57.2 68.3 61.5 56.5

Bahamas 36.9 31.0 42.2 47.8 35.5 31.0

Nicaragua 6.7 11.4 18.8 21.5 21.8 30.6

Cuba 59.7 30.6 41.3 41.4 33.8 27.5

Spain 30.1 31.1 37.4 43.1 22.8 27.0

Netherlands 18.1 17.1 19.2 20.4 20.9 22.5

Others 148.1 106.2 104.3 127.2 99.7 100.8

Total 643.5 522.6 581.7 664.6 532.4 546.5

Intra EU trade 176.1 164.5 170.5 193.5 162.8 171.9

Extra EU trade 467.4 358.1 411.2 471.1 369.5 374.6


Source: EUROSTAT

Product 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Live/Fresh/Chilled 2705 3150 4142 4363 3941 3648 3780 3644 3855 3547 4076

Frozen 4623 4634 5163 5916 4164 3755 4306 4696 4744 4843 5499

Canned 157 106 110 194 150 138 139 156 163 378 219

Total 7485 7890 9415 10473 8255 7541 8225 8496 8762 8768 9794

Product 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Frozen 6192 5262 5062 4158 4336 4257 4573 4428 3920 3624 3887

Canned 257 653 339 293 319 534 469 968 812 376 321

Total 10685 9681 9184 8515 8724 8891 9057 8825.6 8105.4 8239 8906

Product 2010 2011 2012 2013

Live/Fresh/Chilled 4596 4716 4416 4590

Frozen 4453 4721 3742 3737

Canned 329 424 253 220

Total 9378 9861 8411 8547


Source: EUROSTAT/Direction Nationale des Statistiques du Commerce Extérieur – DNSCE

Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes

Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen lobster imports, by country of origin, in million Euro

14

Product 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998


Frozen 669 914 756 633 1055 753 512 705 1053 1205 1423

Canned 15 1 2 5 25 11 18 5 4 27 9

Total 1512 2097 2681 3014 3573 2616 2462 2755 3277 3740 4330

Product 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Frozen 1288 1303 1349 1167 1312 1391 1460 1805 1681 1449 1429

Canned 33 8 16 11 9 6 20 494 496 9 18

Total 4654 4833 4926 4665 4991 5446 5562 6109.7 5928.7 5993 6202

Product 2010 2011 2012 2013


Frozen 1502 1665 1160 1255

Canned 38 43 11 28

Total 6086 6357 5142 5027


Source: EUROSTAT/ISTAT

Product 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998


Frozen 528 689 509 386 584 276 418 513 942 2821 4051

Canned 1 2 5 8 9 4 2 12 3 2 13

Total 5912 1255 1412 1578 1982 1482 1628 1945 2557 4810 6463

Product 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Frozen 4078 3334 3230 3790 3307 3616 4332 4016 4031 3999 2620

Canned 2 677 56 297 31 45 128 430 494 12 47

Total 6692 6787 6438 7463 7130 8267 8993 9093 9522 9670 8041

Product 2010 2011 2012 2013


Frozen 3515 3871 3147 2356

Canned 16 13 22 4

Total 8714 9023 7566 6378


Source: EUROSTAT/Agencia Tributaria

Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes

Yearly lobster imports into Spain, by product form, in tonnes

15

Country 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

LIVE, NOT FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 177 374 575 494 647 827 1026 859 880 882 991

USA - 50 184 653 678 528 463 602 552 768 912

South Africa - - - - - - - 5 40 211 271

Australia 271 590 882 1061 1090 975 1174 1360 1553 1640 1536

New Zealand 133 272 409 759 1124 1298 1205 1078 1196 1085 995

Others 13 0 0 84 121 129 44 35 49 41 70

Sub Total 594 1286 2050 3051 3660 3757 3912 3939 4270 4627 4775

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 32 106 339 1635 672 1426 1706 1711 1013 1094 1960

Cuba 3042 2630 2791 3041 2846 2239 1737 1884 934 1831 1640

South Africa 547 617 1149 1178 1312 1470 1503 1250 1135 1394 1175

Namibia 1526 1778 1289 1516 987 547 354 137 185 128 200

India 1032 1133 1283 1156 1346 1448 1416 803 983 936 810

St Helena 136 198 172 176 158 211 183 187 34 130 151

USA 46 101 25 375 526 650 1011 463 116 583 976

Australia 1155 1181 2099 2650 3448 2406 3084 3337 3407 3012 2644

Indonesia 67 56 251 405 298 194 345 461 165 200 1310

New Zealand 449 619 520 438 221 190 216 102 97 59 61

Sri Lanka 237 247 286 123 129 187 157 122 104 101 122

Mozambique 0 113 194 155 121 209 167 153 151 192 150

Reunion 0 0 251 251 242 - - - - - -

Viet Nam 50 54 81 231 304 390 280 74 412 29 19

Others 388 416 7 403 727 1762 2328 2318 1902 1833 1819

Sub Total 8707 9249 10737 13733 13337 13329 14487 13002 10638 11522 13037

Total 9301 10535 12787 16784 16997 17086 18399 16941 14908 16149 17812

Yearly lobster imports into Japan,

by origin country and product form, in tonnes

16

Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

LIVE, NOT FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 1263 1108 880 879 908 833 883 1067 964 923 934

USA 730 652 673 518 588 555 506 365 446 395 358

South Africa 293 279 232 261 277 245 253 239 245 237 190

Australia 1468 1462 1586 1701 1581 1530 1243 1244 1215 953 794

New Zealand 895 613 521 477 512 479 433 401 326 309 216

Others 37 36 23 34 39 36 45 32 24 37 38

Sub Total 4686 4150 3915 3870 3905 3678 3363 3348 3220 2854 2530

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 1166 1103 855 1054 1196 983 1154 603 1022 609 728

Cuba 1411 1833 1710 1978 1747 1332 1182 1047 944 1144 547

South Africa 854 1067 968 553 536 451 521 573 608 591 308

Namibia 213 236 229 278 257 267 262 245 191 219 252

India 762 883 717 673 964 602 454 285 357 297 634

St Helena 155 143 156 71 57 117 106 52 70 123 117

USA 990 458 282 256 195 123 313 124 64 64 133

Australia 2391 2342 1638 1810 2687 1623 1372 1956 1483 1259 944

Indonesia 184 132 512 55 100 145 193 238 130 55 125

New Zealand 58 11 12 29 25 24 59 16 55 58 42

Sri Lanka 159 52 35 5 24 72 121 54 25 18 3

Mozambique 140 95 74 53 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

Reunion - - - - - - 0 - - 0 0

Viet Nam 8 0 2 - - - 5 15 0 0 0

Others 1937 1197 773 701 1039 922 1242 907 897 786 755

Sub Total 10428 9552 7963 7516 8840 6661 6984 6115 5846 5223 4588

Total 15114 13702 11878 11386 12745 10339 10347 9463 9066 8077 7118


by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.)

17

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

LIVE, NOT FROZEN - - - - - - - -

Canada 831 662 416 682 692 781 897 884

USA 15 290 442 218 221 321 268 286

South Africa 208 142 114 130 107 106 115 89

Australia 602 548 458 255 210 192 106 43

New Zealand 133 85 76 43 18 4 5 1

Others 265 31 35 34 36 46 46 38

Sub Total 2054 1758 1541 1362 1284 1450 1437 1341

FROZEN

Canada 829 613 451 719 688 869 987 1413

Cuba 327 266 395 299 317 209 225 223

South Africa 629 275 272 278 304 254 190 211

Namibia 160 218 159 54 180 124 167 152

India 379 151 243 282 291 154 181 123

St Helena 68 55 75 120 65 130 158 79

USA 114 72 48 96 94 88 69 71

Australia 667 712 470 297 257 160 122 56

Indonesia 421 128 59 79 40 141 146 21

New Zealand 23 11 4 2 0 0 0 0

Sri Lanka 47 32 0 1 0 0 0 0

Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Reunion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Viet Nam 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Others 813 659 500 742 701 719 715 575

Sub Total 4477 3193 2676 2969 2937 2848 2960 2924

Total 6531 4951 4217 4331 4221 4298 4397 4265


Source: Japan Customs


by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.)

18

Country 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

LIVE - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 10.7 12.4 13.3 14.1 14.1 13.9 15.6 15.9 13.5 13.1 14.1

Others 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5

Sub Total 10.8 12.5 13.4 14.3 14.3 14.1 16.0 16.0 13.8 13.3 14.6

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.9 3.7 4.1 4.3 6.3

Brazil 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.0

Bahamas 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.6 2.0 1.9

Honduras 2.2 2.3 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.0 1.1

China 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5

South Africa 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2

Australia 4.5 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.7 2.6 2.5 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.1

Thailand 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Panama 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0

New Zealand 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2

Taiwan PC 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

Oman 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Mexico 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4

India 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 3.5 3.9 4.4 5.0 4.1 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.5

Sub Total 22.6 22.7 22.6 22.4 20.9 18.6 17.9 15.9 15.6 15.1 16.5

CANNED - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.2

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Sub Total 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.2

Total 33.6 35.6 36.2 37.1 35.5 32.8 34.0 32.6 29.8 28.9 31.3

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

LIVE - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 13.5 13.0 14.0 15.1 16.8 20.6 22.4 24.0 22.5 22.4 21.0

Others 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Sub Total 14.3 14.0 15.2 15.1 16.8 20.6 22.4 24.0 22.5 22.4 21.0

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 5.2 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.9 11.8 11.7 12.8 12.7 10.9 11.9

Brazil 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.4

Bahamas 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.4

Honduras 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4

China 2.3 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.3

South Africa 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Australia 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.9

Thailand 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

Panama 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

New Zealand 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Taiwan PC 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2

Oman 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1

Mexico 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

India 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 3.0 3.0 3.8 2.8 4.0 4.7 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.9 4.6

Sub Total 17.6 16.8 17.4 16.1 19.6 25.8 22.8 25.4 26.7 25.6 25.4

CANNED - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.5

Sub Total 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.0

Total 32.5 31.3 32.8 31.9 36.9 26.7 45.7 50.1 49.8 48.3 47.4

Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes

19

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

LIVE - - - - - - - -

Canada 21.0 20.4 19.5 21.2 21.2 22.7 23.0 24.9

Others 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6

Sub Total 21.0 20.5 19.6 21.2 21.3 22.8 23.1 25.5

FROZEN - - - - - - - -

Canada 7.3 8.6 7.3 13.0 18.3 12.8 15.3 22.5

Brazil 2.4 3.2 3.2 1.2 3.1 2.2 0.2 1.6

Bahamas 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.5

Honduras 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.7 0.2 1.4

China 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.8

South Africa 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4

Australia 1.9 1.6 1.7 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.2

Thailand 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1

Panama 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1

New Zealand 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

Taiwan PC 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

Oman 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Mexico 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

India 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 3.9 3.1 3.4 4.0 3.2 3.6 4.3 3.3

Sub Total 20.6 21.4 20.5 22.9 30.3 23.2 24.2 32.0

CANNED - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2

Others 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Sub Total 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Total 42.0 42.0 40.2 44.3 51.7 46.1 47.4 57.7


Source: NMFS

Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

20

LOBSTER EXPORTS

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

UK 37.1 31.0 30.6 32.6 32.5 24.5 66.5 85.2 93.0 95.0 86.6

Denmark 48.4 49.4 46.6 65.2 49.8 44.7 41.4 38.4 36.3 53.2 59.9

Ireland 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 4.1 2.2 14.5 17.7 26.7 23.5 27.6

Netherlands 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.4 1.1 2.4 3.0

Iceland - - - - - - - - - - -

Spain 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.7 1.9 1.6

Germany 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.2 3.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Italy 0.2 1.1 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.5

Portugal 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.1 1.7

Sweden - - - - - - - - 3.3 4.1 3.5

Others 4.9 4.2 5.6 7.2 9.2 9.8 8.8 10.3 10.4 7.4 7.6

Totals 93.7 87.2 86.1 109.9 101.6 84.6 133.7 156.0 177.0 190.5 193.0

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

UK 100.2 125.2 104.4 107.1 121.4 140.6 170.2 199.3 220.7 255.6 231.9

Denmark 74.0 78.8 64.9 68.4 64.3 74.6 78.4 78.0 80.8 88.1 85.3

Ireland 34.5 35.6 29.1 31.2 20.7 21.2 27.8 34.5 36.1 50.7 42.1

Netherlands 3.5 5.0 2.6 15.8 18.6 16.5 13.7 20.2 17.1 32.5 30.8

Iceland - - - - - - - - - - 6.0

Spain 3.1 4.5 3.6 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.4 4.3 11.1 15.3 11.6

Germany 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.7 10.5 6.1

Italy 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.3 3.0 3.9 4.4

Portugal 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.8 5.8 7.0 7.1 8.6 9.1 7.8

Sweden 4.2 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.4 3.0 2.2 3.1 5.8 13.8 11.6

Others 8.2 7.9 8.1 8.9 9.1 9.9 8.3 9.7 14.0 14.0 13.7

Totals 231.6 266.2 223.0 245.4 248.0 276.1 311.4 359.3 399.9 493.5 451.2

Country 2009 2010 2011

UK 177.4 190.9 203.4

Denmark 71.1 75.0 74.5

Ireland 28.4 34.9 48.3

Netherlands 28.1 28.4 34.5

Iceland 4.8 11.4 18.3

Spain 12.3 8.6 9.9

Germany 6.9 2.8 5.8

Italy 3.1 4.4 5.0

Portugal 4.5 4.0 3.8

Sweden 4.6 3.8 3.6

Others 11.0 8.7 10.4

Totals 352.1 372.8 417.5


Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major

exporting countries, in million USD

21

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

UK 4674 3521 4121 3770 3872 3175 9455 11052 12719 13419 12444

Ireland 103 30 32 42 580 328 2477 2708 4183 3624 4248

Denmark 4111 4352 4121 4614 3807 3565 4258 4068 3375 5438 6181

Netherlands 53 64 54 110 91 109 32 55 148 252 307

Iceland - - - - - - - - - - -

Germany 22 9 106 94 286 20 19 17 9 5 2

Spain 16 27 19 25 26 59 61 46 264 243 208

Italy 46 101 83 112 59 121 49 171 114 135 132

Belgium 159 154 172 166 166 262 167 129 129 76 149

Others 730 520 719 822 951 762 841 1114 1413 1267 1398

Totals 9914 8778 9427 9755 9838 8401 17359 19360 22354 24459 25069

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

UK 12753 15068 14660 14803 15291 17468 21126 21718 21902 22430 21950

Ireland 5214 5635 5457 5732 3356 3429 3933 3976 4152 6094 4552

Denmark 7448 7097 6609 6800 5820 7805 7836 5763 5088 4878 4699

Netherlands 313 605 358 2363 2641 2486 1640 1865 1597 3209 3887

Iceland - - - - - - - - - - 327

Germany 6 21 95 154 137 70 70 122 334 1240 550

Spain 375 753 471 556 307 160 113 324 493 575 451

Italy 146 115 181 186 182 208 183 212 238 262 291

Belgium 218 133 228 102 67 85 79 152 188 225 198

Others 1408 1442 1878 1875 1817 1681 1291 1296 1590 1731 1624

Totals 27881 30869 29937 32571 29618 33392 36271 35428 35582 40644 38529

Country 2009 2010 2011

UK 20997 21494 18111

Ireland 3848 4283 4493

Denmark 5167 5262 4150

Netherlands 2815 2937 2541

Iceland 346 682 1102

Germany 642 411 596

Spain 561 472 591

Italy 257 367 343

Belgium 193 163 267

Others 1421 980 732

Totals 36247 37051 32926


Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major

exporting countries, in tonnes

22

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Canada 7.2 6.8 4.2 8.7 6.7 6.9 6.7 10.0 8.9 8.2 9.8

USA 0.8 1.1 3.3 4.6 2.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.7 1.8

Cuba - - - - - - - - - - -

Brazil 2.1 2.6 2.5 3.3 10.4 4.3 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.0

Honduras 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.0 - 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.4

Bahamas 1.2 1.5 1.2 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.2

Spain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.2

Nicaragua 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.4

Belgium 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5

India 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.3 2.6 1.5 1.5

United Arab Emirates - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 0.2

Indonesia 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.2 2.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.7 1.2 1.1

Thailand - 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6

Australia 5.0 8.6 6.6 6.8 6.9 8.6 7.2 7.5 6.3 6.1 6.0

China - - - - - 0.7 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.9 2.3

Mauritania - - - - - - - - - - -

France 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Others 13.5 11.6 10.5 12.9 11.5 11.6 11.2 13.2 8.7 8.6 7.7

Totals 33.2 36.1 34.2 43.7 47.3 41.1 38.1 44.9 43.8 40.1 39.2

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Canada 8.7 13.0 12.6 13.1 12.8 13.7 11.0 11.2 14.4 12.7 13.2

USA 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.9 1.6 2.9 2.0

Cuba - 5.4 4.7 4.1 5.1 2.8 4.5 3.5 2.3 3.1 2.9

Brazil 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.6

Honduras 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 2.3

Bahamas 2.3 1.9 2.7 2.3 2.6 3.4 2.7 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.7

Spain 0.4 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.7

Nicaragua 1.0 1.1 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.7 1.2

Belgium 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.0

India 1.5 1.9 4.9 1.5 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.4

United Arab Emirates 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5

Indonesia 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.2 2.3 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.8

Thailand 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.9 0.6

Australia 5.9 6.8 7.5 5.3 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.5 4.5 4.0 3.6

China 2.3 2.9 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.6

Mauritania - - 0.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.3 - - 1.0 0.5

France 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7

Others 6.7 7.0 7.6 22.5 11.0 8.9 10.3 9.8 10.0 8.4 7.5

Totals 36.6 51.1 54.8 61.7 53.2 52.1 51.5 48.7 49.4 47.2 44.8

Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting

countries in 1 000 tonnes

23

Country 2009 2010 2011

Canada 13.0 17.0 19.4

USA 1.7 3.0 3.6

Cuba 2.3 2.7 2.7

Brazil 2.1 2.5 2.5

Honduras 1.4 1.4 2.3

Bahamas 2.3 2.1 2.1

Spain 2.6 2.3 2.0

Nicaragua 1.5 1.5 1.7

Belgium 1.3 1.5 1.7

India 3.2 1.0 1.5

United Arab Emirates 0.6 1.0 1.4

Indonesia 0.4 2.4 1.1

Thailand 0.7 0.7 1.0

Australia 2.4 1.7 0.9

China 0.8 0.8 0.9

Mauritania - 1.4 0.9

France 0.6 0.9 0.7

Others 5.7 7.0 7.5

Totals 42.5 50.8 53.8



Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Canada 81.5 55.4 36.9 92.9 75.8 87.2 73.0 123.5 138.2 119.7 138.6

USA 7.1 12.7 29.5 39.1 30.2 19.9 19.4 22.5 38.1 38.3 26.2

Brazil 53.6 54.2 39.6 61.1 71.4 59.3 60.1 59.2 68.9 55.2 47.0

Bahamas 21.1 27.1 20.2 43.8 45.9 51.8 45.9 58.4 56.2 54.0 58.6

Cuba - - - - - - - - - - -

Nicaragua 8.5 3.7 6.7 4.8 9.9 16.5 12.3 20.2 31.8 30.1 17.8

Belgium 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.7 5.1 8.0 6.8 6.1

Australia 111.5 210.3 118.5 144.3 149.0 187.9 125.7 174.5 154.5 131.8 137.4

Spain 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.0 3.5 3.2 16.7 16.5

Honduras 14.5 13.8 11.1 5.2 13.8 - 5.3 7.2 10.2 9.0 4.9

South Africa 47.0 28.5 18.4 21.9 20.3 27.5 22.5 19.8 22.0 14.3 15.1

India 15.7 16.0 20.8 19.0 22.0 13.0 8.9 14.1 17.8 13.9 14.3

France 7.6 6.3 6.3 7.9 9.2 8.0 5.5 4.0 7.9 11.1 11.2

United Arab Emirates - - - - - - - - 2.3 3.2 3.7

Belize 5.7 3.9 4.8 3.2 6.3 6.0 4.9 7.3 8.7 6.1 8.7

Iceland 15.9 14.4 10.0 11.8 15.3 11.8 13.3 14.9 7.9 11.1 7.6

China - - - - - 4.0 2.8 10.3 18.0 6.1 6.6

Others 127.4 114.5 136.4 156.2 155.3 134.0 99.7 99.3 122.3 87.9 72.5

Totals 517.7 561.7 459.6 612.5 625.3 628.4 501.9 643.7 716.0 615.3 592.7

countries, in million USD



countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

24

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Canada 120.7 195.4 210.4 216.3 232.3 255.0 242.4 290.3 366.1 336.5 373.1

USA 24.5 33.3 34.4 18.6 16.1 21.3 12.2 26.4 28.4 62.2 45.2

Brazil 41.7 40.1 50.7 58.6 71.0 65.5 81.4 77.7 83.6 92.1 86.2

Bahamas 57.4 75.4 79.5 68.3 89.1 106.4 86.1 74.5 88.0 79.8 64.4

Cuba - 78.0 67.9 62.8 74.4 45.7 72.5 54.9 41.4 70.2 63.2

Nicaragua 20.7 24.1 62.8 3.5 8.5 19.3 44.5 36.5 25.4 24.7 37.0

Belgium 7.6 11.0 11.9 10.9 15.2 7.1 6.7 11.5 23.1 17.5 24.4

Australia 104.5 120.5 170.0 100.5 120.3 142.1 151.9 148.8 142.8 149.2 118.9

Spain 6.2 44.3 39.9 33.4 40.6 43.2 45.1 29.9 32.3 43.8 36.6

Honduras 31.8 39.5 29.7 28.1 35.7 34.6 34.2 32.2 33.8 40.5 42.4

South Africa 13.5 9.5 11.0 16.7 19.8 25.6 32.6 38.2 33.1 38.4 29.0

India 12.3 17.8 50.9 15.7 19.5 11.0 10.8 11.1 12.4 8.5 4.1

France 12.8 11.1 12.0 13.4 10.2 9.9 10.0 18.9 20.6 20.1 22.1

United Arab Emirates 5.7 6.9 7.8 8.7 1.0 1.4 14.1 28.1 15.1 6.8 3.8

Belize 8.4 8.7 7.9 8.0 7.0 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.0 7.7 7.4

Iceland 8.8 9.9 8.5 12.5 13.8 14.9 11.9 19.5 17.2 21.0 17.5

China 6.6 13.4 3.0 5.8 7.4 5.1 9.0 8.3 7.8 6.3 4.0

Others 60.8 70.7 87.3 284.1 138.4 113.5 102.9 109.2 117.0 109.9 98.7

Totals 544.0 809.6 945.6 965.9 920.4 928.5 975.7 1023.5 1095.1 1135.2 1078.1

Country 2009 2010 2011

Canada 274.6 422.1 468.2

USA 36.3 63.7 81.5

Brazil 51.6 84.1 76.7

Bahamas 60.2 67.7 69.2

Cuba 31.2 46.8 56.8

Nicaragua 31.4 41.0 47.4

Belgium 25.0 38.1 46.7

Australia 66.8 67.6 42.3

Spain 40.1 34.8 41.5

Honduras 19.6 34.3 38.7

South Africa 20.6 22.6 23.9

India 12.2 11.4 21.0

France 11.8 19.7 20.2

United Arab Emirates 4.2 12.6 15.2

Belize 6.5 7.2 8.9

Iceland 17.1 17.1 8.7

China 6.3 6.4 7.5

Others 62.8 83.9 98.9

Totals 778.2 1080.9 1173.4




countries, in million USD (cont.)

25

by country of destination, in 1 000 tonnes

Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

USA 10.0 9.7 10.3 10.9 9.3 9.7

Canada 8.1 8.5 8.3 8.1 6.9 7.4

UK 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.8

Spain 1.4 2.4 2.8 2.4 1.3 1.6

Cuba 2.7 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.3

Netherlands 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2

Nicaragua 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9

Bahamas 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.9

France 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8

Sweden 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7

Total 33.2 33.3 34.9 35.8 31.5 31.9

Intra EU trade 8.3 10.0 10.4 10.2 9.7 10.2

Extra EU trade 24.9 23.3 24.5 25.6 21.8 21.7


Source: EUROSTAT

Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

USA 155.3 130.2 145.1 164.1 129.9 141.4

Canada 128.7 109.5 116.4 130.7 106.4 109.2

UK 59.9 55.6 57.2 68.3 61.5 56.5

Bahamas 36.9 31.0 42.2 47.8 35.5 31.0

Nicaragua 6.7 11.4 18.8 21.5 21.8 30.6

Cuba 59.7 30.6 41.3 41.4 33.8 27.5

Spain 30.1 31.1 37.4 43.1 22.8 27.0

Netherlands 18.1 17.1 19.2 20.4 20.9 22.5

France 22.1 19.5 16.5 19.2 16.2 17.8

Ireland 12.5 10.3 12.6 14.4 12.4 13.3

Total 643.5 522.6 581.7 664.6 532.4 546.5

Intra EU trade 176.1 164.5 170.5 193.5 162.8 171.9

Extra EU trade 467.4 358.1 411.2 471.1 369.5 374.6


Source: EUROSTAT

Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters,

Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters,

by country of destination, in million Euro

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Product 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Live/fresh/chilled 2921 4490 7553 8365 8918 9213 9519 9531 10610 8450 7907

Frozen 6852 8640 7162 7466 6337 6077 6047 5926 6772 7487 5257

Canned 27 - - - - - - - - - -

Total 9800 13130 14715 15831 15255 15290 15566 15457 17382 15937 13164

Product 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Live/fresh/chilled 6756 6769 7443 6899 7114 6231 5884 6546 5565 6532 6556

Frozen 4740 5951 6327 5135 4411 3559 3091 2383 1697 969 542

Canned - - - - - - - - - - -

Total 11496 12720 13770 12636 11938 10252 8975 8929 7262 7501 7098

Product 2013 2014

Live/fresh/chilled 7264 7954

Frozen 403 330

Canned - -

Total 7667 8284

Source: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS - 20080722.

Product 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Live/Fresh/Chilled 18434 17774 19656 19985 20569 20570 20930 22921 25490 27381

Frozen 8939 8502 12611 11277 10678 9873 8650 13058 12524 13058

Canned 880 563 267 688 617 3737 3440 4089 4750 4715

Total 28253 26839 32534 31950 31864 34180 33020 40068 42764 45154

Product 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Live/Fresh/Chilled 29641 28838 28838 28134 26253 25883 25212 25356 26693 27066

Frozen 12735 13692 13692 10656 10937 14345 12517 12994 13031 17017

Canned 5194 5100 5100 5531 6107 5934 4794 5809 4977 6897

Total 47570 47630 47630 44321 43297 46162 42523 44159 44701 50980

Product 2011 2012 2013 2014


Frozen 19441 20661 20996 26256

Canned 7180 8507 8298 8595

Total 56480 59977 63017 74840

Source: Statistics Canada

Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

27

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

NOT FROZEN-LIVE - - - - - - - - - -

USA 9.3 10.4 12.6 14.5 13.9 14.8 12.9 14.9 15.6 13.4

China * * * * * * * * * *

Korea Rep * * * * * * * * * *

Japan 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9

Belgium 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.1

UK 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4

Netherlands 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0

France 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.0

Germany 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

Switzerland 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 - -

Italy - - - - 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

China,Hong Kong - - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Others 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8

Total 10.5 11.9 14.4 16.6 16.8 18.7 16.9 19.9 20.9 18.4

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - -

USA 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.2 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.8 A

Vietnam * * * * * * * * * *

Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 1.6

France 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 1.6 2.4 2.0

Hong Kong * * * * * * * * * *

Spain * * * * * * * * * *

Belgium 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4

Germany 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4

UK 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Sweden 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 A

Norway - - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 NA

Denmark - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Others 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 2.3

Total 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.3 7.2 8.8 4.2 4.0 6.6 6.9

Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes

28

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

NOT FROZEN-LIVE - - - - - - - - - -

USA 13.1 14.1 13.5 13.0 14.0 15.1 16.5 20.6 22.5 24.1

China * * * * * * * * * *

Korea Rep * 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Japan 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6

Belgium 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.4

UK 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8

Netherlands 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2

France 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1

Germany 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Switzerland 0.1 * * * * * * * * *

Italy 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3

China,Hong Kong 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Others 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.5

Total 17.8 19.7 20.0 20.7 20.6 20.9 22.9 25.5 27.4 29.6

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - -

USA 2.8 4.0 3.2 4.1 4.5 4.1 7.0 7.7 7.7 8.2

Vietnam * * * * * * * * * *

Japan 1.0 1.4 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.1

France 1.6 2.3 2.0 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.6

Hong Kong * * * * * * * * * *

Spain * 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Belgium 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.8

Germany 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3

UK 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Sweden 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1

Norway 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1

Denmark 0.3 * * * * * * * * *

Others 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.4

Total 6.9 9.4 8.9 8.0 9.9 8.7 13.1 12.5 13.0 12.7

Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

29

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

NOT FROZEN-LIVE - - - - - - - - - -

USA 22.6 22.5 21.0 20.5 19.6 20.1 21.3 21.3 22.7 23.0

China * * * * * * 0.1 0.5 1.4 2.1

Korea Rep 0.0 0.0 * * * * 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

Japan 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.8

Belgium 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0

UK 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Netherlands 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

France 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

Germany 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2

Switzerland * * 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Italy 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

China,Hong Kong 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.0

Others 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8

Total 28.9 28.1 26.3 25.9 25.2 25.4 26.7 27.1 29.9 30.8

FROZEN - - - - - - - - - -

USA 8.2 7.3 7.5 8.9 7.5 9.4 8.8 12.2 12.9 15.3

Vietnam * * * * * * 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Japan 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.8

France 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.0

Hong Kong * * * * * * 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5

Spain 0.1 0.0 * * * * 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3

Belgium 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5

Germany 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4

UK 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

Sweden 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2

Norway 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1

Denmark * * 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Others 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.2

Total 13.7 10.7 10.9 14.4 12.5 13.0 13.0 17.0 19.4 20.7


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NOT FROZEN-LIVE - -

USA 25.0 28.4

China 2.2 3.9

Korea Rep 1.0 1.3

Japan 0.8 0.9

Belgium 0.9 0.9

UK 0.5 0.7

Netherlands 0.6 0.6

France 0.4 0.4

Germany 0.0 0.1

Switzerland 0.0 0.0

Italy 0.1 0.0

China,Hong Kong 0.0 0.0

Others 2.1 2.7

Total 33.7 40.0

FROZEN - -

USA 15.3 16.2

Vietnam 0.3 1.8

Japan 1 1.5

France 0.6 1.1

Hong Kong 0.5 0.8

Spain 0.5 0.7

Belgium 0.4 0.7

Germany 0.2 0.4

UK 0.2 0.2

Sweden 0.2 0.2

Norway 0.1 0.1

Denmark 0.1 0.1

Others 1.6 2.4

Total 21.0 26.3

* = included under Others.

Source: Statistics Canada


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LOBSTER PROCESSING

Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Canada 3.7 5.6 5.3 6.1 6.7 8.1 9.9 9.6 10.8 10.0 6.6

Bahamas 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4

Cuba 6.5 5.8 7.7 8.7 7.0 7.7 7.2 7.1 5.1 6.1 5.3

Mexico 1.4 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

Brazil 2.9 1.7 2.9 1.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.3

USA 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.5 4.9 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.0

Iceland 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.1

Australia 5.8 6.6 7.8 5.9 5.5 5.0 8.6 6.4 6.3 6.6 9.7

Nicaragua 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7

Ecuador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Chile 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4

Indonesia - - - - - - - 0.8 1.2 1.8 1.2

Others 9.0 8.5 7.6 8.0 9.5 9.3 7.9 6.6 8.7 8.4 8.8

Totals 34.3 34.8 38.3 35.4 37.1 38.8 45.5 38.9 41.3 44.1 43.5

Country 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Canada 9.0 12.4 11.5 8.2 9.8 8.7 12.9 12.5 13.1 12.7 13.6

Bahamas 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.8 3.2

Cuba 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.6 5.7 5.4 6.4 4.8 4.5 5.4 3.0

Mexico 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0

Brazil 3.4 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.4

USA 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.4 1.1

Iceland 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2

Australia 8.5 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.8 7.4 5.2 4.7 5.9

Nicaragua 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.0 1.3 1.4 0.7

Ecuador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 - - - - - - -

Chile 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Indonesia 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.2 2.5

Others 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.6 4.7 4.3 3.4 3.4 5.0 1.7 2.0

Totals 42.3 44.8 43.7 40.2 38.3 35.7 41.4 42.3 37.8 37.2 37.7

Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Canada 10.7 10.9 14.3 12.5 13.1 12.9 16.9 19.4

Bahamas 3.0 2.1 2.3 4.3 3.8 2.4 3.2 2.8

Cuba 4.7 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.3 1.7 2.1 2.8

Mexico 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.7

Brazil 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.5

USA 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0

Iceland 0.9 1.3 0.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.6

Australia 6.3 5.5 4.1 3.6 3.3 2.0 1.5 1.3

Nicaragua 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Ecuador - - - - - 0.6 0.6 0.6

Chile 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5

Indonesia 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.3 1.9 0.4

Others 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.6

Totals 36.3 31.5 32.5 32.7 34.1 29.9 37.5 39.3



Yearly world lobster (all product forms) production,

by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes

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Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Canada 3.7 5.6 5.3 6.1 6.7 8.1 9.9 9.6 10.8 10.0 6.6

Bahamas 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4

Cuba 6.5 5.8 7.7 8.7 7.0 7.7 7.2 7.1 5.1 6.1 5.3

Mexico 1.4 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

Brazil 2.9 1.7 2.9 1.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.3

USA 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.5 4.9 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.0

Iceland 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.1

Australia 5.8 6.6 7.8 5.9 5.5 5.0 8.6 6.4 6.3 6.6 9.7

Nicaragua 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7

Ecuador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Chile 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4

Indonesia - - - - - - - 0.8 1.2 1.8 1.2

Others 8.1 7.1 6.4 6.5 8.5 8.5 7.0 5.9 7.8 7.2 8.1

Totals 33.4 33.4 37.0 33.9 36.1 38.0 44.7 38.2 40.5 42.8 42.8

Country 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Canada 9.0 12.4 11.5 8.2 9.8 8.7 12.9 12.5 13.1 12.7 13.6

Bahamas 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.8 3.2

Cuba 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.6 5.7 5.4 6.4 4.8 4.5 5.4 3.0

Mexico 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0

Brazil 3.4 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.4

USA 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.4 1.1

Iceland 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2

Australia 8.5 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.8 7.4 5.2 4.7 5.9

Nicaragua 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.0 1.3 1.4 0.7

Ecuador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 - - - - - - -

Chile 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Indonesia 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.2 2.5

Others 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.8 4.3 4.0 3.1 2.6 3.3 1.7 2.0

Totals 41.8 44.3 42.9 39.5 37.9 35.4 41.1 41.5 36.1 37.2 37.7

Yearly world frozen lobster processed production,


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Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Canada 10.7 10.9 14.3 12.5 13.1 12.9 16.9 19.4

Bahamas 3.0 2.1 2.3 4.3 3.8 2.4 3.2 2.8

Cuba 4.7 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.3 1.7 2.1 2.8

Mexico 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.7

Brazil 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.5

USA 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.9

Iceland 0.9 1.3 0.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.6

Australia 6.3 5.5 4.1 3.6 3.3 2.0 1.5 1.3

Nicaragua 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Ecuador - - - - - 0.6 0.6 0.6

Chile 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5

Indonesia 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.3 1.9 0.4

Others 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.6

Totals 36.3 31.5 32.5 32.7 34.1 29.9 37.5 39.2



Yearly world frozen lobster processed production,

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LOBSTER PRODUCTION

species, in 1 000 tonnes

Species 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

American 40.7 47.7 48.6 53.6 58.9 60.1 62.6 68.0 75.5 77.2 67.1 66.6

Spiny 50.7 52.5 57.6 61.7 63.3 64.2 66.7 68.6 64.6 67.8 68.0 64.2

Rock 17.7 17.5 18.6 13.7 12.3 12.5 11.7 12.2 11.3 9.1 11.4 11.4

European 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.3

Others 58.8 70.4 70.7 78.3 78.0 80.9 82.8 64.7 66.2 68.7 67.9 70.0

Total 169.9 190.5 198.0 209.6 214.4 219.9 226.4 216.3 220.4 225.3 216.6 214.5

Species 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

American 71.7 70.6 71.9 78.1 77.2 83.1 83.1 83.8 82.4 81.3 81.6 83.8

Spiny 68.0 67.4 66.6 73.0 64.7 70.0 71.9 64.0 67.5 68.1 74.3 71.4

Rock 10.6 11.3 10.6 12.6 10.2 10.4 10.3 9.9 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.9

European 2.9 3.0 2.6 3.2 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.4

Others 73.9 80.7 79.7 87.1 86.3 85.9 78.5 65.6 66.5 66.1 66.3 67.8

Total 227.0 233.0 231.4 254.0 241.3 252.7 246.3 226.1 229.8 229.0 235.9 236.2

Species 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

American 97.0 83.0 96.1 102.3 119.6 124.3 139.4

Spiny 64.4 57.7 66.7 59.8 69.8 73.4 78.2

Rock 10.3 10.7 9.6 8.7 10.1 8.4 7.6

European 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.2 5.7 4.8

Others 81.2 89.6 86.4 91.6 92.3 82.6 74.0

Total 257.0 245.2 263.2 266.9 297.0 294.3 304.0


Yearly world global production (captures + aquaculture) of lobster, by major

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Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture),


Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Canada 22.8 27.7 28.7 32.6 38.0 39.4 40.5 44.0 47.9 48.5 41.8 40.9

UK 20.8 22.4 22.8 23.3 24.0 23.3 25.3 27.2 30.9 31.9 27.5 28.4

USA 20.7 23.1 23.7 26.1 26.6 25.7 28.8 28.6 27.0 28.2 26.4 29.9

Australia 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.4 2.4 1.2

Ireland 2.5 2.8 3.5 5.5 3.6 4.6 5.1 6.2 5.8 7.6 8.2 7.8

Bahamas 6.4 14.8 14.8 8.6 11.5 11.2 12.4 4.5 5.8 7.3 7.8 5.6

Brazil 5.7 6.1 4.5 5.1 6.5 6.9 5.0 5.4 4.6 6.4 5.2 5.3

Cuba 16.0 18.0 16.0 16.9 16.0 16.6 17.4 17.7 15.8 14.4 18.6 18.5

Indonesia 8.8 5.0 8.9 8.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 9.2 11.1 9.1 9.1

France 11.7 10.9 12.6 13.6 11.8 12.8 11.7 11.2 8.0 9.9 9.3 8.5

Nicaragua 0.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.3 2.4 2.2

Denmark - - - - 0.9 0.9 2.4 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.2 1.0

Italy 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.7 2.7 3.0

New Zealand 9.1 10.8 10.1 10.2 8.9 10.3 10.4 9.8 10.1 8.2 10.7 10.4

Honduras 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.8 4.0

Mexico 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0

Others 33.8 36.1 39.1 47.6 47.1 48.0 48.4 40.7 41.2 38.0 37.5 36.6

Total 169.9 190.5 198.0 209.6 214.4 219.9 226.4 216.3 220.4 225.3 216.6 214.5

Country 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Canada 41.5 40.5 39.4 40.1 41.0 43.4 45.3 51.4 45.1 48.8 47.4 43.8

UK 33.8 33.4 36.3 41.4 38.8 42.7 40.7 34.2 39.7 34.7 36.8 41.8

USA 31.7 33.3 30.3 33.3 30.7 33.2 29.6 29.6 29.7 29.1 31.9 28.5

Australia 2.0 2.9 2.5 4.0 2.4 3.2 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.4 6.6

Ireland 7.6 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.6 8.2 9.0 7.0 10.0 10.4 9.3 9.3

Bahamas 7.3 10.7 14.2 19.3 22.0 20.0 16.2 4.0 4.2 3.7 3.3 4.3

Brazil 6.1 7.9 5.8 7.6 7.6 9.1 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.3

Cuba 17.0 16.5 15.7 16.0 16.6 18.4 19.9 16.5 14.0 17.1 19.9 18.1

Indonesia 9.1 10.8 8.0 7.5 6.0 6.3 6.5 7.1 6.8 6.3 8.7 6.9

France 9.7 9.4 9.4 9.0 9.4 9.9 7.5 6.8 8.0 5.3 7.6 5.8

Nicaragua 2.8 2.3 4.5 4.2 3.8 5.3 6.5 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.4 3.9

Denmark 1.8 1.5 1.1 8.3 3.1 1.2 1.9 1.7 0.2 1.9 1.9 2.5

Italy 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.3

New Zealand 9.8 10.3 9.1 7.6 7.0 6.3 7.1 7.5 8.0 8.0 6.7 7.1

Honduras 3.8 4.7 3.9 6.2 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 3.4

Mexico 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.8 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.5

Others 37.6 35.3 36.7 34.9 34.3 34.2 32.4 32.6 35.2 35.7 34.0 39.1

Total 227.0 233.0 231.4 254.0 241.3 252.7 246.3 226.1 229.8 229.0 235.9 236.2

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Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture),


Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Canada 55.0 48.9 59.0 58.3 67.3 67.0 71.5

UK 44.6 36.0 39.0 46.1 55.3 60.2 70.0

USA 43.7 47.3 46.2 45.7 41.4 37.7 35.8

Australia 5.3 4.7 10.2 6.2 8.0 10.8 14.0

Ireland 8.3 7.0 6.9 7.1 9.7 8.5 12.1

Bahamas 5.3 5.8 7.1 9.1 9.4 9.8 11.0

Brazil 7.0 9.5 9.7 7.6 8.3 8.7 10.7

Cuba 15.7 13.9 14.0 11.8 11.6 11.2 9.3

Indonesia 6.7 6.5 6.6 7.3 6.9 6.9 7.4

France 4.4 4.8 5.7 4.1 4.5 5.0 4.5

Nicaragua 4.1 6.4 7.2 10.8 8.2 4.1 4.4

Denmark 2.9 1.6 2.3 3.1 4.4 3.7 4.3

Italy 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.7

New Zealand 6.6 6.0 4.9 6.2 5.8 5.5 3.6

Honduras 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.4

Mexico 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.3 3.3 3.2 3.0

Others 36.9 36.9 34.1 33.5 45.2 44.8 35.3

Total 257.0 245.2 263.2 266.9 297.0 294.3 304.0



Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture),


Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

UK 19.9 22.1 22.3 24.9 25.5 24.6 27.5 27.1 25.5 27.0 25.2 28.8

Ireland 5.2 5.6 4.0 4.7 6.2 6.5 4.6 4.6 3.9 5.6 4.5 4.8

Denmark 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.7 2.6 2.9

France 8.4 10.3 9.6 9.7 8.4 9.4 9.8 9.0 9.4 7.6 10.2 9.8

Italy 2.4 2.5 2.7 4.1 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.1 4.8 5.8 5.9 4.9

Iceland 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.4

Sweden 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.9

Netherlands 0.1 0.1 - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

Spain 5.7 4.0 4.3 8.2 1.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6

Spain 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5

Others 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 4.6 5.4 5.1 3.2 4.0 2.5 2.2 2.5

Total 50.1 54.0 53.5 61.7 58.8 60.8 61.6 56.7 56.2 57.7 55.8 59.2

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Yearly world Norway lobster production (captures + aquaculture),


Country 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

UK 30.5 31.9 29.2 31.7 29.2 31.3 28.4 28.5 28.5 27.8 30.6 27.1

Ireland 5.3 7.2 5.2 7.0 7.0 8.5 7.7 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.8 7.1

Denmark 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.4 4.9 5.2 5.3

France 9.3 9.8 8.6 7.1 6.6 5.8 6.6 7.0 7.6 7.6 6.3 6.8

Italy 5.3 4.3 5.1 4.8 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.4 4.5

Iceland 2.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.4 2.0

Sweden 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1

Netherlands 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

Spain 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0

Spain 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5

Others 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.9 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.9

Total 61.5 63.8 59.0 61.6 57.4 61.8 56.6 56.3 57.2 56.3 57.5 58.2

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

UK 41.3 44.5 43.5 42.9 38.7 34.5 32.7

Ireland 6.3 9.3 9.2 7.2 7.8 7.9 10.4

Denmark 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 3.7

France 6.2 5.5 4.5 5.6 4.8 4.6 3.0

Italy 4.6 4.3 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.1

Iceland 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.2 1.9

Sweden 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.4

Netherlands 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.0

Spain 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7

Spain 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5

Others 1.8 2.3 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.0

Total 70.4 76.0 72.5 72.2 66.5 61.0 59.3


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Species 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 39.4 44.2 44.0 46.2 46.1 45.6 48.6 52.9 61.0 63.3 55.8

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 90.9 106.8 114.3 114.9 120.6 133.6 145.2 149.1 154.7 165.0 161.0

SPINY LOBSTER Q 6.4 5.2 6.3 5.3 6.8 5.8 7.2 8.1 7.1 7.1 4.9

SPINY LOBSTER V 16.2 13.7 17.3 14.3 19.2 21.3 23.0 26.4 23.2 32.1 20.2

Species 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 56.5 66.4 66.4 71.6 83.9 79.6 87.5 83.2 73.6 82.3 73.7

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 151.7 196.2 214.8 241.8 267.2 253.6 323.0 301.3 254.3 293.3 292.1

SPINY LOBSTER Q 6.1 8.1 7.1 8.3 7.2 5.9 6.7 6.5 4.1 5.2 4.9

SPINY LOBSTER V 21.0 33.4 34.2 35.2 33.4 24.4 29.8 32.9 21.4 25.6 23.4

Species 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 75.3 88.0 75.2 92.6 81.8 96.9 115.4 126.3 149.6 149.3

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 315.6 416.6 349.1 395.2 375.6 299.5 396.8 423.5 429.3 460.1

SPINY LOBSTER Q 5.8 4.1 5.7 4.3 4.2 4.7 6.4 6.4 4.8 6.2

SPINY LOBSTER V 28.7 22.8 35.5 32.8 30.7 20.4 46.0 50.0 36.5 57.9

Q=million pounds; V=million USD.

Source: NMFS

Lobster, US commercial global production

(captures + aquaculture), by species

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