Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
14%
Busiest portTop port
Calais, ME

Most imported lobster comes from Canada: 85% of $1.8 billion.

Bahamas is second at 5%. Live, frozen and prepared lobster.

Where US lobster comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.49B84.9%
  2. 02Bahamas$89.3M5.1%
  3. 03Nicaragua$45.0M2.6%
  4. 04Honduras$44.5M2.5%
  5. 05South Africa$22.5M1.3%
  6. 06Brazil$12.6M0.7%
  7. 07Australia$10.3M0.6%
  8. 08Belize$8.1M0.5%
  9. 09Jamaica$5.1M0.3%
  10. 10United Arab Emirates$4.5M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $24.3M1.4%

Total US lobster imports by year · $785M in 2010 to $1.8B 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 lobster imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US lobster imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada76% → 85%
Bahamas4.1% → 5.1%
United Arab Emirates0.1% → 0.3%
Australia0.6% → 0.6%
Belize0.6% → 0.5%
Jamaica0.5% → 0.3%
South Africa1.9% → 1.3%
Nicaragua4% → 2.6%
Honduras4.8% → 2.5%
Brazil4.7% → 0.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's caught

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

Canada alone sends 85%, and the Bahamas, Nicaragua, Honduras and South Africa add another 11%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 12%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Bahamas
  3. 03Nicaragua
  4. 04Honduras
  5. 05South Africa
  6. 06Brazil
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Belize

Where it enters

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

85% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Calais (50%). Houlton and Port Everglades follow at 31% and 5%.

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

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  1. ACalais, ME $0.88B
  2. BHoulton, ME $0.54B
  3. CPort Everglades, FL $93.8M
  4. DNewark, NJ $56.2M
  5. EWest Palm Beach, FL $39.2M
  6. FMiami, FL $38.1M
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 lobster is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Massachusetts$0.93B
  2. 02Florida$0.23B
  3. 03Maine$0.14B
  4. 04New York$0.12B
  5. 05New Hampshire$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 030612, 030611, 030631, 030632, 160530. How we count.