Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.3 billion$2.3B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
41%
Busiest portTop port
Houlton, ME

Most imported crab comes from Canada: 54% of $2.3 billion.

Indonesia is second at 15%. Frozen and canned crab.

Where US crab comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.25B53.6%
  2. 02Indonesia$0.35B15.0%
  3. 03Norway$0.20B8.4%
  4. 04Vietnam$88.5M3.8%
  5. 05Philippines$61.9M2.7%
  6. 06Venezuela$55.5M2.4%
  7. 07Argentina$52.0M2.2%
  8. 08Mexico$49.0M2.1%
  9. 09India$44.0M1.9%
  10. 10China$33.7M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B6.6%

Total US crab imports by year · $1.2B in 2010 to $2.3B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US crab imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US crab imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada33% → 54%
Norway0.9% → 8.4%
Venezuela1.7% → 2.4%
Argentina1.7% → 2.2%
India1.6% → 1.9%
Vietnam4.1% → 3.8%
Mexico2.4% → 2.1%
Indonesia16% → 15%
Philippines5% → 2.7%
China9.4% → 1.4%
Russia17% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's caught

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Canada alone sends 54%, and Indonesia, Norway, Vietnam and the Philippines add another 30%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 29%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Indonesia
  3. 03Norway
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Philippines
  6. 06Venezuela
  7. 07Argentina
  8. 08Mexico

Where it enters

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

55% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Houlton alone takes 23%. Newark and Calais follow at 13% and 12%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. AHoulton, ME $0.55B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.31B
  3. CCalais, ME $0.27B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.20B
  5. EChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $0.14B
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $0.13B
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the crab is used.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Massachusetts$0.67B
  2. 02Florida$0.23B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.23B
  4. 04Virginia$0.15B
  5. 05Maryland$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 030614, 160510, 030633. How we count.