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PRICES

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

Monthly C&F prices in Japan for whole cooked lobster, origin India, in USD/kg 2

Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in USA (8-10 oz/pc), origin Australia and Brazil, in USD/lb 3

Monthly New York wholesale prices for 1-1/2 lb live American lobster, in USD/lb 5

IMPORTS

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in tonnes 6

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in 1000 USD 7

Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in 1 000 tonnes 8

Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in USD million 9

Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2004, in 1 000 tonnes 10

Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2004, in USD million 11

Total EU fresh, chilled, frozen, lobster imports, by country of origin, in tonnes 12

Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes 12

Yearly lobster imports into Germany, by product form, in tonnes 13

Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes 13

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

Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes 14

Yearly imports of lobster in the USA, by origin country and product form, in 1 000 tonnes 17

EXPORTS

Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in 1000 USD 19

Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in tonnes 20

Yearly exports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2006, in 1 000 tonnes 21

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Yearly exports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2006, in USD million 22

Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2006 in 1 000 tonnes 23

Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2006 in USD million 24

Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in tonnes 25

Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in EURO million 26

Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes 27

Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes 27

Canadian canned lobster exports, in 1 000 tonnes 28

Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes 29

PROCESSING

Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 31

Yearly world lobster processed production, by product form, in 1 000 tonnes 32

Yearly Canadian lobster processed production, product weight, in tonnes 32

PRODUCTION

Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major species, in 1 000 tonnes 33

Yearly world lobster production (captures + aquaculture), by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes 33

Lobster, US commercial global production (capture + aquaculture), by species 35

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LOBSTER PRICES

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

J 9.65 11.17 12.95 12.43 13.13 13.14 12.52 14.89 14.75 16.91 11.44F 9.27 10.67 12.53 13.41 13.67 13.65 14.20 15.02 15.21 19.15 11.92M 10.86 14.21 13.93 15.22 13.11 15.52 14.71 17.42 16.77 NA 13.82A 11.38 16.92 16.17 14.21 14.11 15.30 14.51 16.29 16.10 NA 15.97M 11.33 11.13 10.99 10.38 13.06 12.39 13.90 13.35 13.61 20.27 11.10J 10.99 10.26 10.81 12.24 12.18 12.25 13.62 13.01 15.84 NA 10.66J/A 11.31 10.20 11.74 12.27 11.68 13.09 13.34 13.53 NA 17.17 12.71S 11.21 NA 11.47 12.58 11.51 11.28 13.22 13.36 16.08 17.10 12.28O 10.80 10.81 10.96 10.63 11.25 11.15 12.75 NA 16.05 11.91 11.08N 10.80 10.11 10.52 10.38 11.40 11.14 11.98 12.95 16.02 17.32 9.54D 12.50 12.36 12.88 12.02 13.54 12.86 13.56 14.59 17.62 17.48 9.03

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

J 11.12 16.50 16.00 15.50 17.68 NA NA 15.65 13.95F 11.12 17.00 15.77 17.00 18.03 NA NA 16.12 13.95M 11.12 19.77 16.00 18.35 18.07 NA NA 17.76 13.88A 9.66 20.62 16.41 18.00 17.61 NA NA 14.84 13.04M 9.42 16.00 14.00 16.00 16.92 NA NA 12.89 13.50J 10.82 14.00 14.50 16.17 16.70 NA 19.95 12.15J/A NA 17.64 15.50 18.17 16.77 17.41 15.04 13.95S NA 18.11 17.00 17.97 16.81 17.50 16.14 13.38O NA 16.89 17.50 19.03 16.85 NA 15.46 13.31N NA 13.40 17.50 19.00 17.50 16.00 14.00 13.19D NA 16.86 17.26 18.51 NA NA 14.56 14.29

* Prices from 1991 to 2002 have been converted in €. Convertion rate € - Ptas 166.39# lobster = homarus, bogovante

AN 012727. 1005.Source: MERCABARNA - 20100528.

Spain, €/kgFresh lobster#, wholesale prices, Mercabarna,

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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 7.00 9.60 10.50 12.60 12.00 16.00 9.50 15.00 6.00 14.80 NA NAF 7.00 8.70 10.20 12.70 12.00 15.50 9.50 14.50 5.90 14.70 13.10 20.40M 6.20 8.20 10.40 12.50 12.00 15.50 - - 9.95 17.50 13.00 20.00A 6.00 8.70 10.50 12.70 13.00 17.00 8.80 17.80 8.95 17.00 11.50 22.00M 7.80 10.00 11.00 13.00 - - 8.20 18.20 9.75 17.30 11.50 22.00J 8.50 11.10 12.00 14.00 - - 6.50 17.20 10.00 17.50 10.20 23.70J - - 11.50 14.20 - - 7.20 18.00 8.70 17.00 NA NAA 8.80 11.20 11.80 14.25 12.50 17.30 7.20 18.00 11.70 19.80 10.00 12.00S 9.50 11.30 11.60 14.75 11.50 17.50 6.30 17.50 11.70 19.80 10.00 12.50O 10.20 12.80 11.90 14.50 11.90 18.00 6.30 17.50 12.80 19.95 11.00 21.00N 10.50 12.80 12.90 16.00 12.40 18.90 6.30 17.50 12.94 20.05 11.00 25.00D 11.30 13.40 12.90 16.00 11.50 18.50 4.50 15.30 NA NA 9.70 25.80

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 9.50 24.30 9.70 18.55 16.00 17.75 17.00 21.00 7.40 13.84 9.20 9.50F NA NA 9.70 17.80 16.75 18.60 17.10 21.10 7.23 13.54 7.30 11.75M 9.10 22.70 10.25 18.80 17.05 18.95 15.40 22.55 9.93 13.70 10.00 12.00A 8.20 25.00 10.35 18.10 17.20 19.10 14.06 24.02 10.22 12.55 8.20 8.70M NA NA 10.85 19.00 17.55 19.50 9.53 21.44 11.38 12.80 8.20 8.70J 9.00 22.70 16.00 16.90 17.20 17.30 9.50 21.25 11.46 12.38 7.30 7.60J 8.40 21.20 17.30 17.30 17.25 20.40 10.67 20.15 11.46 12.37 7.30 7.60A 8.90 21.10 17.80 17.80 16.80 19.75 9.85 16.96 11.53 12.46 9.40 10.00S 8.50 19.90 17.45 17.00 17.15 21.15 9.03 14.55 11.43 12.34 9.40 10.00O 8.60 19.20 18.85 17.00 16.90 20.90 8.95 14.42 11.22 13.02 9.40 10.00N 9.20 18.50 19.45 16.20 16.45 21.60 8.77 14.14 11.21 12.11 9.20 9.80D 9.60 18.10 19.30 16.10 16.00 21.00 8.90 14.34 11.04 11.70 9.25 9.85

1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004

(A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) (B) (B) (B) (C) (B)J 12.98 12.98 10.53 14.65 14.66 20.02 16.29 16.64 19.51 NA 17.09F 14.00 14.00 10.03 13.95 13.29 18.56 17.33 16.48 19.21 12.31 16.57M 12.56 12.95 9.61 13.37 12.73 19.10 16.83 17.19 17.91 11.72 15.78A 12.60 12.98 9.58 13.95 12.68 19.03 17.02 17.32 17.42 12.34 15.67M 12.23 12.61 10.36 14.29 11.90 12.82 17.76 17.79 17.25 11.44 14.07J 11.12 11.83 10.53 15.37 12.64 18.73 18.27 18.74 17.20 11.89 14.62J 10.81 11.87 10.23 15.57 12.58 18.63 17.11 19.22 17.00 12.00 15.00A 9.72 11.43 11.68 16.65 12.37 18.09 17.57 19.57 16.23 11.68 14.59S 11.05 13.15 12.90 18.43 13.62 19.49 17.34 19.31 16.62 11.85 15.02O 12.04 14.99 13.62 19.49 14.30 20.02 17.10 18.81 17.72 11.87 14.83N 11.93 14.87 14.30 20.02 15.13 20.99 17.24 19.42 17.25 12.31 15.40D 12.15 15.14 15.13 20.99 19.96 18.98 16.49 18.84 17.36 12.42 15.53

2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009

(C) (B) (C) (B) (C) (B) (C) (B) (A) (A) (B)J 12.46 15.55 11.50 15.20 12.02 22.17 11.19 22.87 NA 18.31 22.74F 12.30 15.33 11.60 15.30 11.92 21.17 12.11 22.60 NA 17.70 19.36M 12.75 16.02 12.40 15.97 11.20 21.78 12.79 23.87 NA 15.71 16.72A 12.30 15.33 12.10 16.06 11.34 21.63 12.70 22.96 NA 14.23 15.71M 12.50 15.82 13.00 12.27 11.40 22.17 12.51 22.61 NA 14.47 14.47J 12.20 15.41 12.50 16.67 11.10 21.58 12.18 22.02 NA 14.60 16.39J 11.80 14.92 12.50 18.90 10.96 21.11 12.15 21.03 NA 15.34 NAA 11.10 15.27 12.35 19.29 11.41 21.98 11.81 19.53 NA 14.96 16.80S 12.10 15.47 12.15 18.97 11.68 22.49 12.13 19.10 NA 15.47 18.46O 11.61 14.95 12.33 20.20 11.09 22.18 NA 21.70 NA 14.45 18.90N 11.22 15.03 12.33 22.32 11.77 23.53 NA 21.75 17.70 14.40 17.45D 11.07 14.83 12.41 22.90 11.62 22.34 NA 22.19 17.86 15.18 17.71

Monthly C&F prices in Japan for whole cooked lobster, origin India, in USD/kg

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2010 2010

(A) (B)J 15.17 17.06F 16.12 17.76M NA NAA NA NAM NA NAJJASOND

(A) = 100-150 gr/pc - (B) = 150-200 gr/pc. C = 80-100

AN 012723. 1005.Source: ITN - 20100528.

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

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 13.45F 10.75 9.10 14.75 - 16.00 14.20 14.00 10.20 17.35 10.42 19.80 13.70M 11.25 9.10 15.10 - 15.25 14.00 14.55 10.05 18.20 11.25 19.80 13.60A 11.25 9.20 15.20 - 15.35 14.00 14.60 - 18.20 11.20 20.50 13.70M 11.25 9.40 15.40 12.70 15.40 14.00 15.25 10.10 18.00 11.10 21.00 NAJ 11.30 9.50 15.75 13.80 15.35 12.50 15.75 10.20 17.50 11.00 21.00 13.55J 11.75 10.50 16.10 13.90 14.90 12.50 - 10.20 18.70 12.75 21.50 13.50A - - 16.10 14.00 14.25 11.80 16.50 10.50 19.00 12.75 21.50 13.25S 12.50 11.00 16.10 14.20 14.00 11.30 16.75 10.05 19.25 12.50 18.85 12.90O 13.00 11.00 16.75 14.20 13.00 10.50 17.25 - 19.50 12.70 NA 13.85N 14.50 11.00 17.25 14.20 13.70 10.30 18.25 10.20 19.75 12.70 22.50 13.20D 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 13.23F 21.75 13.30 NA NA 21.00 12.10 24.75 16.90 NA 14.20 NA 13.45M 20.50 13.45 17.00 NA 22.00 12.95 NA 16.90 NA 14.40 NA 13.88A 21.50 NA 15.00 13.50 23.00 NA NA 17.15 23.50 14.30 NA NAM 20.75 NA 16.00 NA 25.50 14.85 NA 16.89 NA 14.20 NA NAJ 21.10 13.00 15.90 11.60 25.00 14.00 23.15 14.95 NA 13.95 NA NAJ 20.25 13.35 NA 11.50 26.50 15.75 23.00 15.10 NA 13.45 NA 14.53A 19.50 13.40 NA 12.65 27.00 15.50 22.00 15.20 NA 13.30 NA 15.00S 18.80 14.00 NA 11.25 28.50 15.75 19.50 14.30 NA 13.25 NA 15.75O 18.25 13.90 NA 12.45 NA 15.65 18.00 14.15 NA 13.10 NA 15.65N 16.25 13.80 17.75 12.45 NA 15.95 17.00 14.20 NA 13.13 NA 15.72D NA 12.70 18.50 12.60 NA 16.60 16.75 14.20 NA 13.20 NA 15.70

Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in

Monthly C&F prices in Japan for whole cooked lobster, origin India, in USD/kg (cont.)

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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 17.90F NA 15.65 NA 13.75 NA 17.40 19.00 16.15 21.25 16.30 27.63 18.20M NA 15.65 NA 13.75 22.50 NA 18.75 16.40* 21.25 17.60 23.88 17.88A NA NA NA 14.35 22.50 NA 18.75 15.95* 21.25 17.78 NA 17.95M NA NA NA 14.60 21.50 17.00 19.00 15.95* 21.25 18.15 18.25 17.25J NA 15.25 17.00 14.70 21.50 17.00 19.05 15.95* 21.25 18.20 18.00 16.35J NA 15.20 18.10 14.75 21.00 16.10 20.00 NA 21.25 18.03 18.50 16.20A NA 15.05 19.75 14.80 21.00 16.10 21.00 NA 21.25 18.15 18.75 16.15S NA 13.85 NA 14.90 NA NA 21.00 16.55* NA 17.98 19.50 16.30O NA 13.85 NA NA NA 18.00 21.50 16.65* 28.00 17.90 19.50 16.75N NA 13.85 NA 18.00 NA 17.70 21.25 16.60* 27.25 17.98 19.50 16.90D 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 15.40F 19.50 17.05 21.50 17.10 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 22.25 24.63 15.50M 19.50 17.10 21.00 17.05 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.90 20.50 15.50A 19.50 17.20 21.25 17.10 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 22.00 18.38 15.50M 19.75 17.35 21.25 17.05 27.10 18.55 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.75 18.63 15.50J 19.75 16.75 23.25 16.95 27.10 20.40 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.25 23.25 15.50J 20.00 16.85 23.75 17.10 27.10 NA 27.10 22.00 27.10 21.25 26.50 15.50A 21.00 16.95 23.00 17.10 23.00 17.20 27.10 23.00 27.10 21.25 27.75 15.50S 21.00 16.95 23.00 17.10 27.10 21.20 27.10 22.50 29.38 17.75 28.63 13.00O 21.50 16.90 24.00 17.50 27.10 20.95 27.10 22.30 28.63 17.45 28.63 12.95N 21.50 16.90 24.50 17.85 27.10 20.75 27.10 22.30 28.38 15.50 28.88 12.95D 21.50 17.00 24.50 17.80 27.1 20.75 27.10 22.40 28.13 15.25 28.88 12.95

2010 2010

(A) (B)J NA 14.25F NA 14.75M NA 14.75A 32.75 14.75M 35.00 14.75JJASOND

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

AN 012722.1005.Source: ITN - 20100520.

Monthly ex-warehouse prices of frozen lobster tails in

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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 5.75F 4.76 5.22 5.90 6.95 6.75 4.75 5.74 4.99 5.75 6.49 6.75 6.25M 4.72 NA 5.90 7.00 7.50 5.76 NA 6.95 6.25 5.58 7.80 6.50A 5.08 6.35 4.31 8.75 5.50 6.40 NA 8.00 5.49 7.25 7.76 6.50M 4.08 6.26 NA 5.50 3.95 5.25 6.24 5.25 4.74 6.25 5.25 6.00J 3.86 4.45 4.31 4.94 4.40 4.50 4.99 5.50 5.94 5.85 6.00 5.95J 4.63 5.44 5.35 4.50 5.25 5.25 4.99 4.50 5.74 5.99 6.75 6.00A NA 6.12 5.90 4.94 5.00 3.75 4.84 4.90 4.44 4.75 6.50 5.70S 5.67 5.90 6.12 6.49 4.95 5.00 4.99 5.25 4.94 5.00 5.50 5.50O 5.44 5.90 5.56 5.94 4.95 5.25 4.99 4.75 5.25 4.75 5.00 5.25N 5.44 6.12 6.75 5.75 5.25 5.62 4.54 4.50 3.95 5.00 5.50 5.25D 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 5.75F 6.50 6.50 8.37 6.64 5.90 NA 7.74 8.49 NA NA 8.75 7.38M 7.25 7.00 8.74 7.50 NA NA 7.50 9.26 NA 8.38 10.63 7.75A 6.25 7.25 9.88 8.48 5.85 7.70 7.76 8.99 NA 9.88 10.00 7.05M 5.75 5.75 7.74 7.25 NA 7.08 7.01 8.49 NA 8.88 7.38 6.38J 5.50 5.95 6.98 6.11 NA 7.05 6.50 7.50 NA 8.00 7.45 5.35J 5.84 6.50 7.18 6.65 6.25 7.28 7.25 8.25 8.50 8.38 7.38 6.78A 4.75 6.50 7.87 7.47 7.25 7.89 7.76 8.84 8.00 9.38 7.25 6.73S 5.75 5.75 8.04 7.80 6.50 7.15 7.96 7.50 NA 9.38 6.35 5.00O 5.50 6.75 8.00 6.81 6.50 6.58 7.96 7.74 NA NA 5.38 4.80N 5.25 6.75 6.50 5.50 5.75 6.50 7.01 7.25 NA 7.38 4.33 5.13D 5.75 6.75 6.55 5.30 NA 7.22 7.25 7.25 NA 7.38 4.90 5.13

Year 2010

J 6.45F 6.58M 6.63A 5.85M 5.75JJASOND

AN 012721.1005.Source: NMFS/ITN - 20100525.

Monthly New York wholesale prices for up to 1-1/2 lb live American lobster, in USD/lb

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LOBSTER IMPORTS

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Italy 4020 4655 4755 5116 5664 5949 6074 5968 5635 7915 8642 9901Spain 5327 5378 5301 6377 6306 6708 6536 6599 7526 7374 7393 6625France 6979 7166 7692 7684 8444 8014 7687 8264 7706 8597 8139 9513UK 217 351 414 193 222 271 795 889 837 703 1098 1082Netherlands 24 45 55 70 53 78 60 34 183 229 263 260Denmark 1345 1157 1088 1426 1654 1208 998 756 567 863 1357 1468Belgium 296 258 281 335 266 284 389 361 325 392 484 458Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . .Ireland . . . . 65 26 705 584 661 756 1446 2150Portugal 2 16 20 28 69 76 109 329 128 167 138 173Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . .Germany 90 115 229 349 404 303 175 126 147 1538 180 149Sweden . . . . . . . . 55 69 74 72Others 389 36 28 28 34 55 63 52 196 71 117 199Total 18689 19177 19863 21606 23181 22972 23591 23962 23966 28674 29331 32050

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Italy 10587 10702 11272 10713 11248 12002 12171 11661 11928Spain 7910 7117 7893 7532 7796 9008 9484 10874 11429France 9651 9002 9182 9864 9506 10365 10176 8464 7844UK 1546 1358 690 1210 1543 1649 1829 3453 3485Netherlands 509 542 699 668 466 619 721 765 1089Denmark 1478 1591 1895 1117 909 641 775 813 741Belgium 492 350 393 464 503 689 595 507 461Croatia . . . . . 291 357 312 426Ireland 2527 1832 1340 769 203 161 307 195 298Portugal 251 156 149 204 321 367 251 217 274Slovenia . . . . . 75 66 79 156Germany 166 216 241 136 175 120 101 103 143Sweden 115 129 133 102 148 128 110 97 118Others 185 181 216 190 352 268 209 235 218Total 35417 33176 34103 32969 33170 36383 37152 37775 38610

AN 012669. 1005.Source: Fishstat Plus - 20100515.

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in tonnes

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

Italy 44827 50312 49196 65320 67737 64222 49691 49634 52456 67952 73041Spain 39561 44548 41992 62097 62897 61070 50235 53207 63724 60046 63324France 43273 45741 46656 57741 59296 55461 45248 54262 54981 55262 54388Netherlands 249 454 505 753 619 801 542 335 1571 2211 2566UK 2183 3242 3634 2134 2277 2263 4522 5717 5361 4294 6731Denmark 12365 10281 9956 15248 17362 11581 6736 5288 4569 6609 10744Belgium 2685 2443 2565 3878 3276 3001 3622 3389 3105 3704 3977Croatia . . . . . . . . . . .Portugal 35 81 109 240 606 551 678 2335 1023 1634 975Ireland . . . . 412 245 3420 2659 2967 3566 6774Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . .Sweden . . . . . . . . 459 629 713Others 3324 1632 2671 4301 4859 3881 2404 2030 3254 2903 2916Total 148502 158734 157284 211712 219341 203076 167098 178856 193470 208810 226149

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Italy 84433 97781 84301 89643 93364 97389 104186 118990 134696 153477Spain 59021 77285 61437 66879 69709 80839 100556 115931 128497 148167France 64203 68413 51428 57889 62528 65609 81041 85219 83724 92293Netherlands 2545 5136 4950 6625 7549 6135 7023 10383 9907 16531UK 6622 9877 7771 3504 6026 7949 8818 7763 11633 14027Denmark 12232 14251 13387 16543 11159 8034 6540 11957 12543 13762Belgium 4336 5232 3151 3662 4102 4616 4940 6256 6025 6695Croatia . . . . . . 2594 3363 3391 5488Portugal 1348 1932 1264 1101 1665 3564 3751 2898 2312 3313Ireland 13473 13503 9086 7148 4546 1371 1301 2588 1709 2368Slovenia . . . . . . 823 897 1100 2297Sweden 656 1087 1072 1136 1020 1530 1240 1250 1223 2051Others 3296 3942 4115 4008 3375 4098 4335 4004 4615 5269Total 252165 298439 241962 258138 265043 281134 327148 371499 401375 465738

AN 012668.1005.Source: Fishstat Plus - 20100515.

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in 1000 USD

7

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

USA 14.3 14.3 14.1 16.0 16.0 13.7 13.2 14.6 14.2 13.9 15.2

Canada 1.8 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.9 2.8 7.5 8.2 9.7 12.9

China, Hong Kong SAR 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.6 4.2 5.3 7.4 7.7 7.2

Spain 0.4 5.5 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0

Italy 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.1 2.6 2.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.5

France 2.6 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.5

Belgium 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8

Japan 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.2

UK 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Taiwan PC 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.2 4.1

Others 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.1 4.2 4.3 3.9

Total 22.5 32.7 29.6 35.4 38.7 38.8 38.8 47.2 51.8 53.7 58.4

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

USA 15.7 17.2 21.4 23.0 24.5 22.9 22.7 21.1 20.6 19.7

Canada 9.8 15.1 17.3 16.2 21.4 17.4 15.2 15.1 16.8 14.8


Spain 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.4 4.5 5.0 5.5

Italy 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3

France 4.1 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Belgium 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.3

Japan 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.1

UK 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2

Taiwan PC 2.4 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 1.7 1.1

Others 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.3 5.7 5.9 6.3 6.3 4.9 5.4

Total 55.6 65.3 71.9 73.1 79.6 74.6 74.1 70.9 72.0 68.5

* Excluding Norway lobster


Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in 1 000 tonnes

8

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

USA 119.8 116.9 111.6 117.3 118.6 122.9 115.5 131.4 146.9 153.3 160.6


Canada 11.7 10.4 11.8 17.1 20.3 18.4 50.0 54.9 68.1 91.0

Spain 4.2 7.6 11.7 16.5 20.2 23.0 17.8 17.1 22.4 25.9 27.5

France 38.0 40.2 46.5 60.1 59.8 57.5 48.9 51.3 52.6 56.2 49.7

Italy 13.6 15.4 20.2 29.2 35.7 38.5 25.1 25.7 27.7 31.8 33.7

Japan 64.7 75.9 80.7 93.7 95.6 104.1 123.9 128.0 120.5 102.2

Belgium 18.0 12.9 14.0 16.3 21.0 24.0 16.9 21.3 23.9 24.7 23.2

Taiwan PC 2.2 3.4 5.4 10.8 16.0 17.0 20.1 19.6 40.4

UK 4.5 6.3 7.4 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.9 8.8 8.5 9.6 11.6

Others 25.6 25.4 27.1 31.2 35.2 41.4 34.9 38.2 52.6 58.5 54.8

Total 223.7 309.2 341.7 392.6 443.9 491.2 488.4 599.8 695.1 736.3 752.6

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

USA 163.5 187.6 243.9 257.4 270.0 295.9 295.5 299.1 276.8 295.8


Canada 68.8 122.1 129.0 118.5 148.4 146.9 139.4 160.0 161.4 145.3

Spain 33.1 39.3 38.9 44.6 43.4 54.5 64.6 76.1 85.2 105.0

France 59.4 66.5 54.5 55.4 60.8 69.1 73.8 78.1 75.7 86.6

Italy 38.7 45.3 45.0 45.8 45.6 56.5 64.7 72.2 72.9 80.9

Japan 77.9 84.7 89.5 80.3 78.7 75.5 76.6 73.3 69.6 61.2

Belgium 27.3 32.4 29.6 25.9 27.4 35.3 34.7 38.4 41.5 45.5

Taiwan PC 44.7 56.0 49.4 50.2 34.8 36.5 34.7 37.3 37.9 25.2

UK 11.9 14.8 16.5 14.5 13.7 15.7 21.0 21.7 20.5 19.5

Others 44.3 44.3 50.5 55.0 72.9 81.5 89.1 100.3 88.1 108.6

Total 721.7 862.0 921.6 933.1 956.1 1017.3 1047.5 1087.6 1103.0 1162.7


AN 012666.1005.Source: Fishstat Plus - 20100515.

Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in USD million

9

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

USA 22.4 20.9 18.6 17.6 14.2 13.6 13.6 14.2 15.6 14.7 14.5

Japan 10.7 13.7 13.3 13.3 14.5 13.0 10.6 11.5 13.0 10.4 9.6

Spain 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 2.8

France 3.5 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.9 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.8

China 0.1 0.4 2.2 3.6 2.1 2.3


Italy 0.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2

United Arab Emirates 0.0 0.0

Belgium 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7

Germany 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2

Taiwan PC 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.2 2.4 2.7

Australia 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5

United Kingdom 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2

Canada 2.8 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Indonesia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Singapore 1.8 4.5 3.3 3.9 4.2 6.1 0.5 0.2 1.0

Greece 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2

Netherlands 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2

Others 0.2 1.3 1.4 3.6 4.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.5

Total 40.8 45.2 45.8 50.8 49.2 44.3 40.3 47.3 47.0 41.6 44.7

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

USA 13.3 19.6 21.5 18.6 20.9 22.1 21.4 21.1 21.8 20.8

Japan 8.0 7.5 8.8 6.7 7.0 6.1 5.8 5.2 4.6 4.5

Spain 4.1 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.8 2.6 3.2 4.3 3.8 4.0

France 5.5 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9

China 1.9 1.3 4.5 1.5 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.4 2.6


Italy 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.7

United Arab Emirates 0.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.0

Belgium 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.9

Germany 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.9

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

Australia 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7

United Kingdom 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Canada 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

Indonesia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6

Singapore 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6

Greece 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5

Netherlands 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5

Others 2.0 2.7 2.2 2.2 5.9 2.9 6.4 3.9 3.7 3.7

Total 42.4 50.4 55.8 45.5 51.0 47.0 49.1 49.4 51.8 51.5



Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007, in 1 000 tonnes

10

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

USA 456.1 429.7 349.3 331.7 314.1 318.3 270.5 324.6 352.5 299.7 327.6

France 50.3 69.2 55.2 63.1 95.6 65.0 50.9 66.3 84.1 70.8 75.3

Japan 144.2 195.1 192.6 206.8 272.5 244.3 171.4 209.0 250.0 196.3 178.6

Spain 5.2 7.0 8.3 7.3 6.3 8.4 3.9 7.1 9.1 14.8 37.3


Italy 0.4 9.3 11.1 9.3 8.4 13.5 7.9 5.2 8.2 13.1 13.6

Belgium 0.2 9.1 6.9 5.3 5.5 6.1 4.9 8.8 13.0 8.5 8.7

Canada 43.1 25.0 19.4 16.7 16.8 14.9 13.8 15.6 15.0 13.7 13.6

UK 2.3 3.8 4.4 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.1 5.4 5.7 4.7 2.9

Germany 4.8 6.4 4.7 5.7 7.0 7.4 4.6 4.8 4.5 3.4 3.1

Australia 1.0 2.8 1.7 3.0 2.1 1.5 5.5 6.4 4.3 6.7

Taiwan PC 0.3 1.3 8.2 17.2 18.1 23.0 17.3 20.7 15.4 17.2 22.3

United Arab Emirates 0.3 0.0 0.0

Greece 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.6 1.7

China 1.0 2.6 16.2 16.8 12.3 6.1

Netherlands 0.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 3.9 13.6 6.6 1.7

Singapore 9.6 11.7 16.2 22.3 23.9 32.4 7.4 2.8 8.0

Sweden 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.5 3.5

Others 2.1 11.2 10.8 13.6 21.0 16.8 13.7 15.5 21.4 17.8 19.3

Total 709.4 776.0 691.8 705.8 799.7 755.6 599.0 749.5 832.7 695.3 734.5

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

USA 319.6 449.4 537.6 477.6 556.1 596.1 591.0 614.9 651.1 639.4

France 85.3 96.8 89.5 76.5 73.4 85.5 89.5 105.5 108.6 113.6

Japan 119.0 109.5 158.4 113.9 128.2 104.8 98.3 94.2 90.2 104.1

Spain 50.6 57.1 48.4 45.4 57.3 41.0 46.8 59.3 54.8 79.6


Italy 14.9 14.8 16.3 17.8 14.4 17.2 19.6 20.9 28.3 30.8

Belgium 10.0 15.9 13.1 10.5 16.3 10.5 9.0 15.1 25.2 22.0

Canada 15.8 20.7 21.7 16.7 16.0 13.5 18.0 16.8 20.7 21.2

UK 3.4 3.1 6.0 4.3 4.5 5.8 7.2 11.2 16.3 15.1

Germany 3.2 4.0 2.8 3.5 4.2 6.2 7.8 10.9 17.8 13.9

Australia 6.2 4.6 7.2 3.9 6.1 5.1 5.5 7.5 8.6 13.5

Taiwan PC 19.7 17.3 24.3 14.9 14.3 10.0 6.4 6.3 6.8 11.8


Greece 2.4 2.9 3.2 5.1 4.2 5.0 5.8 4.6 6.5 9.0

China 4.5 3.1 3.9 1.9 1.3 2.0 4.7 5.4 7.1 8.1

Netherlands 4.2 2.2 4.4 2.1 2.4 4.2 3.2 6.4 9.9 6.9

Singapore 1.7 4.4 6.8 4.0 5.3 2.7 3.8 4.0 5.0 6.9

Sweden 2.5 7.6 1.4 1.9 1.5 3.5 4.8 3.7 5.0 6.0

Others 19.2 21.9 21.8 24.1 57.6 32.2 43.1 46.8 43.9 47.7

Total 689.8 850.2 981.0 840.7 981.7 968.2 971.5 1049.1 1135.6 1193.7



Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, 1987-2007 in USD million

11

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Canada 10803 6153 7924 8443 7391 6538 7305 8253 7419 7964 8026 8917 7869

USA 1620 2047 3404 4976 5538 4198 4407 4504 5425 5459 6667 7523 7931

UK 1203 1496 1615 1778 1439 1105 1138 1174 1221 1762 1901 1585 1420

Netherlands 581 633 633 930 825 608 910 1269 874 672 674 680 1157

Denmark ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Ireland ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

France ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Spain 8 13 18 41 200 377 260 177 814 1963 2340 2559 2074

Cuba 1200 1491 993 654 852 1042 912 996 1078 2638 3614 3797 2934

Bahamas 443 322 570 1190 675 533 712 857 990 818 970 736 863

Others 3887 4118 4577 3796 3865 2859 3288 3979 3931 4081 4700 5308 5101

Total 19745 16273 19734 21808 20785 17260 18932 21209 21752 25357 28892 31105 29349

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Canada 8241 7859 7821 8231 7777 8740 8451 7460 7987

USA 6862 6688 6430 7083 7192 9164 9079 9937 9676

UK 1300 1548 1594 1844 1806 2319 2665 2560 2801

Netherlands 616 703 788 951 1752 2098 1568 1437 2662

Denmark ** ** ** ** 539 922 553 724 1083

Ireland ** ** ** ** 536 637 657 654 577

France ** ** ** ** 469 1096 658 776 765

Spain 2276 2550 124 166 223 1656 1590 1437 2662

Cuba 2632 3337 3 1 121 1752 2018 2570 1134

Bahamas 697 892 0 0 0 1048 925 689 661

Others 4815 4311 2193 2314 2588 4558 4301 4437 2628

Total 27439 27888 18953 20590 23003 33989 32464 32681 32636


** included under "others"

AN 012676.1005.Source: EUROSTAT – 20100518.

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

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

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

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

Total 7484 7893 9429 10476 8241 7525 8225 8496 8712 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 3878


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

Total 10685 9681 9184 8515 8724 8891 9057 8826 8105 8239 8896


AN 012674. 1005.Source: EUROSTAT – 20100520.

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

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

12

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


Frozen 342 285 366 502 581 409 362 345 270 236 230

Canned 39 29 63 43 36 43 36 56 30 100 60

Total 1018 1029 1228 1465 1534 1252 1144 1132 991 1118 1119

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


Frozen 323 199 231 268 281 378 848 1349 878 535 416

Canned 51 48 23 14 26 77 68 89 54 39 92

Total 1291 1065 938 1044 956 1242 1787 2147 1650 1403 1214



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 1448 1428

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

Total 4654 4833 4926 4665 4991 5446 5562 6110 5929 5993 6197



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

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

13

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 3434 2561

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

Total 6692 6787 6438 7463 7130 8267 8993 9093 9522 9104 7971


AN 012671.1005.Source: EUROSTAT – 2010020.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - - - - - - - - - - -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - - - - - - - - - - -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yearly lobster imports into Japan, by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.)

15

Country 2007 2008 2009

LIVE, NOT FROZEN - - -

Australia 602 548 458

USA 15 290 442

Canada 831 662 416

South Africa 208 142 114

New Zealand 133 85 76

Others 265 31

Sub Total 2054 1758 1541

FROZEN

Australia 667 712 470

Canada 829 613 451

Cuba 327 266 395

South Africa 629 275 272

India 379 151 243

Namibia 160 218 159

St Helena 68 55 75

Indonesia 421 128 59

USA 114 72 48

New Zealand 23 11 4

Sri Lanka 47 32 0

Mozambique 0 0 0

Reunion 0 0 0

Viet Nam 0 1 0

Others 813 659 500

Sub Total 4477 3193 2676

Total 6531 4951 4217


AN 012656. 1005.Source: NATIONAL STATISTICS, JAPAN - 20100520.

by origin country and product form, in tonnes (cont.)Yearly lobster imports into Japan,

16

Country 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

LIVE - - - - - - - - -

Canada 10.7 12.4 13.3 14.1 14.1 13.9 15.6 15.9 13.5

Others 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3

Sub Total 10.8 12.5 13.4 14.3 14.3 14.1 16.0 16.0 13.8

FROZEN - - - - - - - - -

Canada 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.9 3.7 4.1

Brazil 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3

Australia 4.5 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.7 2.6 2.5 1.9 1.9

Bahamas 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.6

Honduras 2.2 2.3 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.6

South Africa 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.1

Thailand 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

China 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Taiwan PC 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1

Panama 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3

Oman 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1

New Zealand 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3

Mexico 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3

India 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Others 3.5 3.9 4.4 5.0 4.1 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.7

Sub Total 22.6 22.7 22.6 22.4 20.9 18.6 17.9 15.9 15.6

CANNED - - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 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

Total 33.6 35.6 36.2 37.1 35.5 32.8 34.0 32.6 29.8

Country 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

LIVE - - - - - - - - -

Canada 13.1 14.1 13.5 13.0 14.0 15.1 16.8 20.6 22.4

Others 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Sub Total 13.3 14.6 14.3 14.0 15.2 15.1 16.8 20.6 22.4

FROZEN - - - - - - - - -

Canada 4.3 6.3 5.2 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.9 11.8 11.7

Brazil 2.4 2.0 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3

Australia 1.6 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.0

Bahamas 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.8 2.0 1.4

Honduras 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.1

South Africa 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3

Thailand 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

China 0.2 0.5 2.3 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2

Taiwan PC 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3

Panama 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Oman 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

New Zealand 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1

Mexico 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

India 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1

Others 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.8 2.8 4.0 4.7 3.6

Sub Total 15.1 16.5 17.6 16.8 17.4 16.1 19.6 25.8 22.8

CANNED - - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.2

Sub Total 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6Total 28.9 31.3 32.5 31.3 32.8 31.9 36.9 26.7 45.7

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

17

Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

LIVE - - - - - - - -

Canada 24.0 22.5 22.4 21.0 21.0 20.4 19.5 21.2

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Sub Total 24.0 22.5 22.4 21.0 21.0 20.5 19.6 21.2

FROZEN - - - - - - - -

Canada 12.8 12.7 10.9 11.9 7.3 8.6 7.3 13.0

Brazil 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.4 3.2 3.2 1.2

Australia 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.7 0.1

Bahamas 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.8

Honduras 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3

South Africa 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.5

Thailand 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

China 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6

Taiwan PC 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0

Panama 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Oman 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

New Zealand 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0

Mexico 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0

India 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 3.3 3.1 3.9 0.8 3.9 3.1 3.4 4.0

Sub Total 25.4 26.7 25.6 25.4 20.6 21.4 20.5 22.9

CANNED - - - - - - - -

Canada 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

Others 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1

Sub Total 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2

Total 50.1 49.8 48.3 47.4 42.0 42.0 40.2 44.3


AN 012655.1005.Source: NATIONAL STATISTICS, USA - 20100520.

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

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LOBSTER EXPORTS

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

UK 37082 30962 30610 32600 32457 24460 66461 85152 93012 94982 86638

Denmark 48382 49381 46617 65219 49825 44686 41413 38390 36300 53184 59885

Ireland 646 520 409 808 4134 2200 14460 17687 26742 23512 27629

Netherlands 410 404 455 804 635 1006 264 425 1109 2429 2985

Spain 157 378 190 251 234 528 409 394 2672 1869 1561

Sweden . . . . . . . . 3313 4095 3490

Germany 229 83 1206 1240 3841 263 214 174 109 108 42

Portugal 1684 157 89 246 720 522 1245 2190 2219 1137 1702

France 3143 2513 3268 4498 6313 6029 6339 6160 5684 3867 4532

Others 1999 2770 3224 4212 3443 4920 2858 5420 5847 5273 4567

Total 93732 87168 86068 109878 101602 84614 133663 155992 177007 190456 193031

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

UK 100169 125230 104440 107112 121423 140604 170207 199336 220704 255567

Denmark 73997 78815 64925 68396 64293 74608 78429 77961 80815 88131

Ireland 34544 35617 29141 31205 20709 21170 27767 34537 36149 50652

Netherlands 3477 5012 2604 15780 18630 16486 13737 20210 17080 32549

Spain 3090 4516 3615 3910 3204 2174 1419 4271 11062 15301

Sweden 4180 4903 5306 4354 4387 2961 2224 3089 5810 13764

Germany 74 223 643 904 797 462 492 882 2681 10533

Portugal 2113 2626 2678 3239 3785 5754 6999 7061 8640 9104

France 4414 4720 5113 4593 4762 4295 4354 4788 6816 5866

Others 5557 4536 4522 5917 6035 7576 5779 7205 10145 12020

Total 231615 266198 222987 245410 248025 276090 311407 359340 399902 493487

AN 012607. 1005.Source: FISHSTAT PLUS - 20100515.

Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in 1000 USD

19

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

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

Sweden . . . . . . . . 422 534 447

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

France 388 339 416 407 565 495 600 559 425 284 449

Portugal 171 13 4 30 56 34 107 184 134 58 120

Others 376 423 554 663 555 616 350 671 675 602 663

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

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

UK 12753 15068 14660 14803 15291 17468 21126 21718 21902 22430

Ireland 5214 5635 5457 5732 3356 3429 3933 3976 4152 6094

Denmark 7448 7097 6609 6800 5820 7805 7836 5763 5088 4878

Netherlands 313 605 358 2363 2641 2486 1640 1865 1597 3209

Germany 6 21 95 154 137 70 70 122 334 1240

Sweden 505 495 651 546 494 394 281 310 471 740

Spain 375 753 471 556 307 160 113 324 493 575

France 455 453 596 537 487 432 378 383 463 338

Portugal 117 139 147 186 232 293 319 330 298 287

Others 695 603 893 894 853 855 575 637 784 853

Total 27881 30869 29937 32571 29618 33392 36271 35428 35582 40644


Yearly exports of Norway lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in tonnes

20

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Canada 16.8 18.8 16.9 20.7 21.3 18.5 17.8 19.7 20.0 20.6 20.6 21.2

USA 0.9 2.6 3.8 5.7 8.6 8.5 7.9 13.4 14.4 16.0 19.7 17.6

Australia 1.6 2.8 2.6 2.9 4.5 7.6 8.4 8.9 9.2 9.5 9.5

Indonesia 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6

New Zealand 0.5 1.0 1.7 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3

Philippines 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4

UK 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1

S. Africa 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6

Mexico 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.8

Others 2.3 2.1 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 3.2 2.7 3.0 5.2 3.7

Total 23.7 25.7 31.0 36.0 40.3 39.2 40.9 49.7 51.2 54.4 60.5 57.8

Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Canada 22.9 25.5 27.4 29.7 28.9 28.1 26.3 25.9 25.2

USA 23.7 27.1 26.0 29.5 26.8 25.1 24.4 27.0 24.6

Australia 10.6 8.4 7.9 6.8 6.8 7.4 6.7 7.3 5.8

Indonesia 1.6 1.7 3.0 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.0 3.2 3.5

New Zealand 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2

Philippines 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.5 2.0

UK 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7

S. Africa 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.4

Mexico 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1

Others 4.4 5.7 3.5 4.0 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.8

Total 69.8 75.1 73.9 78.0 76.0 75.0 72.7 76.2 73.4


AN 012605.1005.Source: FISHSTAT PLUS - 20100515.

Yearly exports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in 1 000 tonnes

21

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Canada 154.5 161.1 143.8 159.3 171.9 176.7 164.1 184.8 210.3 227.7 214.9 219.0

USA 7.3 23.5 35.0 49.9 71.0 83.5 76.0 119.6 138.8 157.0 182.4 163.3

Australia 24.4 47.6 46.0 61.2 100.8 152.4 170.4 198.5 211.2 219.5 169.4

New Zealand 9.3 16.7 26.7 28.2 39.0 41.5 55.9 62.8 66.5 73.6 70.3 50.9

UK 19.3 19.3 20.1 22.6 23.1 20.5 15.3 18.1 15.5 22.1 20.6 20.5

S. Africa 8.5 5.3 5.1 5.6 9.5 9.6 9.2 10.0 9.7

Mexico 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.4 6.2 11.7 21.2 17.9 12.0

Belgium 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.5 3.4 6.9

France 5.3 4.4 4.3 5.1 5.4 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.4

Others 30.7 29.7 39.7 45.7 46.6 48.0 35.8 46.5 46.4 48.1 53.1 40.5

Total 252.8 255.2 317.5 365.7 423.9 479.9 510.3 621.9 701.4 775.0 795.8 695.7

Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Canada 249.3 283.2 300.4 326.9 375.8 371.9 381.6 366.3 396.4

USA 229.4 256.3 241.7 286.2 297.7 300.5 321.9 332.5 328.7

Australia 193.9 185.1 172.9 172.6 156.7 176.5 184.7 238.4 217.4

New Zealand 57.0 55.7 50.8 57.1 63.3 64.1 75.6 78.7 87.5

UK 21.0 18.1 16.9 18.8 26.4 33.0 36.0 36.7 45.2

S. Africa 17.6 17.8 18.0 21.3 22.3 31.3 27.7 25.2 40.7

Mexico 15.9 22.0 18.5 23.8 26.0 22.4 24.1 28.6 30.9

Belgium 7.7 7.2 6.6 11.0 12.0 16.7 16.1 20.9 20.1

France 4.1 5.1 8.0 6.6 7.6 8.8 10.8 11.5 14.0

Others 68.2 90.3 38.7 41.0 55.4 73.7 84.5 85.1 97.9

Total 864.0 940.8 872.5 965.4 1043.3 1099.0 1163.0 1223.9 1278.7



Yearly exports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in USD million

22

Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Canada 7.3 6.9 4.3 8.8 6.8 6.9 6.7 10.0 8.9 8.2 9.9 8.7

Bahamas 1.2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.3

Australia 5.0 8.6 6.6 6.8 6.9 8.6 7.2 7.5 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9

Cuba

USA 0.8 1.1 3.3 4.6 2.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.7 1.8 1.9

Brazil 2.1 2.6 2.5 3.3 10.4 4.3 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.8

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

Spain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.2 0.4

United Arab Emirates 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

China 0.7 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.9 2.3 2.3

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

South Africa 5.0 3.0 1.3 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.3

Iceland 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7

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

Indonesia 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.2 2.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.7 1.2 1.1 0.9

Germany 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Nicaragua 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.0

Others 8.0 8.4 9.0 11.0 9.7 9.9 9.0 11.1 7.3 7.5 6.9 6.1

Total 33.3 36.5 34.3 44.1 47.5 41.3 38.3 45.1 43.9 40.4 39.3 36.9

Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Canada 13.0 12.6 13.1 12.8 13.7 11.0 11.2 14.4 12.7

Bahamas 1.9 2.7 2.3 2.6 3.4 2.7 2.1 2.3 4.5

Australia 6.8 7.5 5.3 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.5 4.5 4.0

Cuba 5.4 4.7 4.1 5.1 2.8 4.5 3.5 2.3 3.1

USA 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 1.9 1.6 2.9

Brazil 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1

Thailand 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.9

Spain 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.8

United Arab Emirates 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 0.7 2.8 0.9 1.5

China 2.9 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.3

Honduras 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3

South Africa 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.2

Iceland 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.1

India 1.9 4.9 1.5 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 0.9

Indonesia 1.1 1.6 1.2 2.3 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9

Germany 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.8

Nicaragua 1.1 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.7

Others 7.1 7.6 23.5 11.4 8.9 9.2 8.3 9.3 6.9

Total 53.0 56.3 63.0 54.6 53.5 51.9 50.9 49.8 49.5



Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, 1987-2007, in 1 000 tonnes

23

countries, 1987-2007 in USD million

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

Canada 82.1 56.1 38.0 93.8 78.3 87.8 73.0 123.5 138.2 119.7 139.9

Australia 105.6 195.5 122.0 142.2 150.2 196.6 130.0 165.2 154.7 131.8 137.6

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

Bahamas 21.4 27.6 20.2 43.8 45.9 51.8 45.9 58.4 56.2 54.0 58.6

Cuba

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thailand 5.6 5.4 5.3 7.5 8.0 6.3 4.4 5.3 5.8 6.1

United Arab Emirates 2.3 3.2 3.7

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

Germany 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2

Others 133.0 115.0 135.9 157.5 154.8 137.2 104.0 114.2 144.5 96.6 82.5

Total 512.8 550.6 464.7 615.1 630.1 639.5 509.5 636.9 717.6 618.0 595.2

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Canada 120.7 195.4 210.4 216.3 232.3 255.0 242.4 290.3 366.1 336.5

Australia 104.5 120.6 170.0 100.5 120.3 142.1 151.9 148.8 142.8 149.2

Brazil 41.7 40.1 50.7 58.6 71.0 65.5 81.4 77.7 83.6 92.1

Bahamas 57.4 75.4 79.5 68.3 89.1 106.4 86.1 74.5 88.0 79.8

Cuba 78.0 67.9 62.8 74.4 45.7 72.5 52.3 41.4 65.3

USA 24.5 33.3 34.4 18.6 16.1 21.3 17.3 26.4 28.4 62.2

Spain 6.2 44.3 39.9 33.4 40.6 43.2 45.1 29.9 32.3 43.8

Honduras 32.1 39.5 29.7 28.1 35.7 34.6 34.2 32.2 33.8 40.5

S Africa 13.5 9.5 11.0 16.7 19.8 25.6 32.6 38.2 33.1 38.4

Nicaragua 20.7 24.1 62.8 3.5 8.5 19.3 44.5 36.5 25.4 24.7

Iceland 8.8 9.9 8.5 12.5 13.8 14.9 11.9 19.5 17.2 21.0

France 12.8 11.1 12.0 13.4 10.2 9.9 10.0 18.9 20.6 20.1

Belgium 7.6 11.0 11.9 10.9 15.2 7.1 6.7 11.5 23.1 17.5

Thailand 6.1 5.4 6.8 6.8 9.0 9.9 9.0 11.5 11.1 14.2


India 12.3 17.8 50.9 15.7 19.5 11.0 10.8 11.1 12.4 8.5

Germany 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 4.3 8.5 7.8

Others 70.8 91.3 93.6 291.9 144.3 115.7 110.7 111.9 118.4 101.7

Total 545.6 820.3 955.0 973.2 932.8 942.3 982.0 1017.6 1101.3 1133.5



Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting

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by country of destination, in tonnes

Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

France 1392 1780 2130 1714 1193 936 1525 1804 1910 1939 1342 3253 2337

Netherlands 101 110 95 135 72 63 235 193 207 345 638 726 708

Italy 795 691 593 766 753 164 191 212 510 586 292 864 982

Spain 656 778 697 701 802 515 535 707 764 706 662 807 726

Belg/Lux 585 630 590 859 830 624 829 631 641 480 443 472 503

Portugal 15 31 76 83 92 41 43 107 359 347 373 488 780

Germany 222 190 205 174 178 170 188 204 292 212 221 210 206

Japan 33 9 0 13 12 0 120 143 28 273 303 222 325

Others 312 429 431 424 535 529 748 612 1111 1123 877 761 715

Total 4111 4648 4817 4869 4467 3042 4414 4613 5822 6011 5151 7803 7282

Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

France 2232 2753 929 974 1423 2742 2471 2767 4040

Netherlands 602 797 817 957 977 1197 1077 1022 1544

Italy 1240 971 125 183 812 1168 1063 1159 1430

Spain 849 898 738 946 1078 1645 1283 1191 1206

Belg/Lux 663 852 594 681 418 741 608 829 671

Portugal 382 440 111 134 246 741 862 801 580

Germany 210 190 196 278 218 853 549 468 320

Japan 272 349 23 27 22 342 346 488 282

Others 623 1062 396 618 676 1593 1288 1285 1322

Total 7073 8312 3929 4798 5870 11022 9548 10011 11394



Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters,

25

Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

France 19.8 24.5 28.3 23.4 15.0 13.1 22.0 20.3 27.7 26.3 19.4 50.7 45.0

Spain 5.7 7.8 8.8 9.4 8.8 6.8 6.7 7.9 11.5 10.5 11.0 13.5 14.6

Italy 9.9 10.8 10.3 10.8 9.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 7.5 6.5 3.6 11.5 15.7

Netherlands 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.8 3.5 2.4 2.6 4.0 7.2 8.9 9.6

Belg/Lux 7.6 8.6 7.0 9.9 9.9 7.5 11.2 10.0 9.4 7.3 7.0 7.7 8.4

Portugal 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.4 3.0 3.7 5.4 7.1 14.0

Germany 3.9 2.8 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.4 4.6 3.9 4.6 4.3 5.1

Others 5.2 6.1 5.2 5.3 4.6 5.1 7.2 8.1 10.4 15.1 12.2 12.8 17.5

Total 53.7 62.4 65.0 64.5 52.2 39.1 56.3 55.9 76.6 77.3 70.4 116.5 129.9

Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

France 44.1 46.4 15.8 16.4 22.0 45.1 46.3 44.4 55.8

Spain 15.0 16.7 13.7 16.3 20.3 28.0 24.9 20.4 16.5

Italy 18.9 16.2 7.1 2.9 12.5 19.2 18.5 17.9 16.4

Netherlands 8.9 13.2 10.5 12.1 13.3 16.4 14.7 11.9 15.2

Belg/Lux 11.0 16.4 8.9 9.5 7.3 12.4 10.7 12.1 8.8

Portugal 6.3 7.8 2.2 2.3 5.1 11.9 13.4 10.5 6.9

Germany 4.4 4.2 3.0 4.1 3.9 12.1 10.5 7.7 5.1

Others 16.8 17.6 0.7 6.1 8.6 24.3 23.2 25.0 16.9

Total 125.2 138.5 61.9 69.7 93.0 169.3 162.2 149.9 141.7



Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in Euro million

26

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

Live/fresh/chilled 6756 6769 7443 6899 7114 6231 5884

Frozen 4740 5951 6327 5135 4411 3559 3250

Canned - - - - - - -

Total 11496 12720 13770 12636 11938 10252 9134

AN 012609.1007.Source: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS - 20080722.

Product 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002


Frozen 8939 8502 12611 11277 10678 9873 8650 13058 12524 13058 12735

Canned 880 563 267 688 617 3737 3440 4089 4750 4715 5194

Total 28253 26839 32534 31950 31864 34180 33020 40068 42764 45154 47570

Product 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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

Frozen 13692 13692 10656 10937 14345 12517 12994 12857

Canned 5100 5100 5531 6107 5934 4794 5809 4977

Total 47630 47630 44321 43297 46162 42523 44159 44527

AN 012607. 1007.Source: NATIONAL STATISTICS - 20080728.

Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

27

Country 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

USA 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 3.1 2.9 0.4 2.5 2.6 2.0 2.6

France - - - - - 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Belgium * * * * * * * * * * * *

Japan - - - - - 0.1 0.1 - - * 0.0 0.1

Sweden - - - - - 0.1 0.1 - - * 0.0 0.1

Others 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0

Total 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.7 3.2 0.8 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.9

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

USA 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.3 5.1 5.6

France 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2

Belgium * * * * * * * * * * 0.2 0.1

Japan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0

Sweden 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Others 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0

Total 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.4 4.1 4.7 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.9

Country 2007 2008 2009

USA 4.7 5.4 4.9

France 0.0 0.2 0.0

Belgium 0.0 0.0 0.0

Japan 0.0 0.1 0.0

Sweden 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 0.0 0.1 0.1

Total 4.7 5.8 5.0

* = included under Others.

AN 012601. 1007.Source: NATIONAL STATISTICS. 20100725.

Canadian canned lobster exports, in 1 000 tonnes

28

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

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

USA 9.3 10.4 12.6 14.5 13.9 14.8 12.9 14.9 15.6 13.4 13.1

Belgium 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.6

Japan 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9

UK 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 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 0.7

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

Germany 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

France 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9

Italy - - - - 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Switzerland 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 - - 0.1

Others 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.3

Total 10.5 11.9 14.4 16.6 16.8 18.7 16.9 19.9 20.9 18.4 17.8

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

USA 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.2 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.8 A 2.8

France 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 1.6 2.4 2.0 1.6

Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.0

Belgium 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3

Germany 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3

UK 0.1 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 0.2

Norway - - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 NA 0.1

Denmark - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3Others 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 2.3 0.2

Total 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.3 7.2 8.8 4.2 4.0 6.6 6.9 6.9

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

NOT FROZEN-LIVE

USA - - - - - - - - - - -

Belgium 14.1 13.5 13.0 14.0 15.1 16.5 20.6 22.5 24.1 22.6 22.5

Japan 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.2

UK 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.9

Netherlands 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7

China,Hong Kong 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4

Germany 0.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

France 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Italy 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2

Switzerland 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1

Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 0.5 0.4 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.5 1.9 1.5

FROZEN 19.7 20.0 20.7 20.6 20.9 22.9 25.5 27.4 29.6 28.9 28.1

USA - - - - - - - - - - -

France 4.0 3.2 4.1 4.5 4.1 7.0 7.7 7.7 8.2 8.2 7.3

Japan 2.3 2.0 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.9 0.9

Belgium 1.4 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.7

Germany 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.2

UK 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4

Sweden 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Norway 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3

Denmark 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Others 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0

Total 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.69.4 8.9 8.0 9.9 8.7 13.1 12.5 13.0 12.7 13.7 10.7

Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes

29

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

NOT FROZEN-LIVE - - - - -

USA 21.0 20.5 19.6 20.1 21.3

Belgium 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1

Japan 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4

UK 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4

Netherlands 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5

China,Hong Kong 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4

Germany 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3

France 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5

Italy 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Others 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6

Total 26.3 25.9 25.2 25.4 26.7

FROZEN - - - - -

USA 7.5 8.9 7.5 9.4 8.8

France 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8

Japan 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.5

Belgium 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.3

Germany 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5

UK 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4

Sweden 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Norway 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0

Denmark 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Others 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.3

Total 10.9 14.4 12.5 13.0 12.9

* = meat cooked/frozen not included; A = included under Others.

AN 012600. 1007.Source: NATIONAL STATISTICS - 20100722.

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

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LOBSTER PROCESSING

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

India 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.7

Canada 8.1 9.9 9.6 10.8 10.0 6.6 9.0 12.4 11.5 8.2 9.8

Bahamas 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7

Australia 5.0 8.6 6.4 6.3 6.6 9.7 8.5 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.1

Cuba 7.7 7.2 7.1 5.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.6 5.7

Brazil 2.5 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.3 3.4 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.0

Mexico 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5

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

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

Indonesia - - 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.7 1.2 1.1

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

Others 10.0 8.2 6.8 8.5 8.1 9.5 8.8 8.5 9.0 9.6 8.4

Total 40.8 47.5 41.2 44.4 46.7 45.1 44.7 47.4 47.5 43.6 41.9

Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

India 1.4 2.7 11.6 14.5 17.7 18.3 26.1 25.9 25.4 24.9

Canada 8.7 12.9 12.5 13.1 12.7 13.6 10.7 10.9 14.3 12.5

Bahamas 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.3 4.3

Australia 5.9 6.8 7.4 5.2 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.5 4.1 3.6

Cuba 5.4 6.4 4.8 4.5 5.4 3.0 4.7 3.0 2.8 3.1

Brazil 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1

Mexico 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

Honduras 0.7 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.8 1.5 1.2

Iceland 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.3 0.1 1.1

Indonesia 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.2 2.3 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 1.1

USA 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.1

Others 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.2 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.5 5.7 3.8

Total 39.8 47.9 56.5 54.9 60.8 61.2 65.9 63.1 62.5 60.8


AN 012553.1005.Source: Fishstat Plus. 20100515.

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

31

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

frozen 40.8 47.5 41.2 44.4 46.7 45.1 44.7 47.4 47.5 43.6 41.9

prepared/preserved 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.3 3.5 4.7 6.1 8.8

fresh/chilled 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.0

Total

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

frozen 39.8 47.9 56.5 54.9 60.8 61.2 65.9 63.1 62.5 60.8

prepared/preserved 7.2 7.9 8.7 6.0 6.1 5.5 5.6 7.6 6.2 5.331

fresh/chilled 0.9 0.8 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.7

Total



Product 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Frozen 10800 9980 6620 9020 12360 11520 8200 9800 8713 12909 12531 13050

Canned 340 300 500 1983 2758 3028 3071 3724 3434 4089 4750 4715

Fresh/Chilled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 11140 10280 7120 11003 15118 14548 11271 13524 12147 16998 17281 17765

Product 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Frozen 12738 13620 10650 10892 14293 12517

Canned 5195 5098 5532 6121 5939 4794

Fresh/Chilled 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 17933 18718 16182 17013 20232 17311



Yearly Canadian lobster processed production, product weight, in tonnes

Yearly world lobster processed production, by product form, in 1 000 tonnes

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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 51.1 52.9 58.2 62.2 63.6 64.5 67.0 69.0 65.1 68.1 68.3 64.6

Rock 17.7 17.5 18.6 19.0 16.9 17.7 17.1 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

Total 111.5 120.4 127.9 136.9 141.3 144.5 149.3 152.0 154.8 156.9 149.0 144.8

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 68.3 67.6 66.1 72.4 64.1 69.4 71.4 63.6 67.3 69.0 75.7 72.1

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 2.9 2.4

Total 153.4 152.5 151.2 166.3 154.5 166.2 167.4 160.1 163.1 163.9 171.0 169.2

Species 2006 2007 2008

American 95.4 77.6 94.2

Spiny 65.0 58.3 62.1

Rock 10.3 10.7 10.0

European 4.1 4.2 4.4

Total 174.9 150.9 170.7

AN 012502. 1005.Source: Fishstat Plus. 20100515.

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

Country 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Canada 27.7 28.7 32.6 38.0 39.4 40.5 44.0 47.9 48.5 41.8 40.9 41.5

UK 23.1 23.7 26.1 26.6 25.7 28.8 28.6 27.0 28.2 26.4 29.9 31.7

USA 22.4 22.8 23.3 24.0 23.3 25.3 27.2 30.9 31.9 27.5 28.4 33.8

Australia 18.0 16.0 16.9 16.0 16.6 17.4 17.7 15.8 14.4 18.6 18.5 17.0

Ireland 6.1 4.5 5.1 6.5 6.9 5.0 5.4 4.6 6.4 5.2 5.3 6.1

Bahamas 2.8 3.5 5.5 3.6 4.6 5.1 6.2 5.8 7.6 8.2 7.8 7.6

Brazil 5.0 8.9 8.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 9.2 11.1 9.1 9.1 9.1

Cuba 10.9 12.6 13.6 11.8 12.8 11.7 11.2 8.0 9.9 9.3 8.5 9.7

Indonesia 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.4 2.4 1.2 2.0

France 10.8 10.0 10.1 8.9 10.2 10.3 9.7 10.0 8.1 10.6 10.2 9.7

Nicaragua 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.3 2.4 2.2 2.8

Denmark 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.7 2.7 3.0 3.2

Italy 3.0 3.4 5.2 6.0 5.5 7.5 4.9 5.5 6.0 6.2 5.1 5.5

New Zealand 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.8

Honduras 3.9 3.1 4.1 5.4 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.1 3.3

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

Others 29.2 32.7 38.4 36.3 38.7 38.5 33.6 34.4 29.7 28.5 29.5 30.6Total 175.6 183.1 200.9 202.6 208.1 213.3 211.7 214.5 217.9 208.7 208.8 219.6

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

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

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Canada 40.5 39.4 40.1 41.0 43.4 45.3 51.4 45.1 48.8 47.4 43.8 53.4

UK 33.3 30.3 33.3 30.7 33.1 29.6 29.6 29.7 29.1 31.5 28.3 43.7

USA 33.4 36.3 41.4 38.8 42.7 40.7 34.3 39.7 34.8 36.8 41.9 44.6

Australia 16.5 15.7 16.0 16.6 18.4 19.9 16.5 14.0 17.1 19.9 18.1 15.7

Ireland 7.9 5.8 7.6 7.6 9.1 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.3 7.0

Bahamas 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.6 8.2 9.0 7.0 10.0 10.4 9.3 9.3 8.3

Brazil 10.8 8.0 7.5 6.0 6.3 6.5 7.1 6.8 6.3 8.7 6.9 6.7

Cuba 9.4 9.4 9.0 9.4 9.9 7.5 6.8 8.0 5.3 7.6 5.8 4.4

Indonesia 2.9 2.5 4.0 2.4 3.2 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.4 6.6 5.3

France 10.2 9.0 7.6 6.9 6.2 7.0 7.4 7.9 8.0 6.6 7.1 6.6

Nicaragua 2.3 4.5 4.2 3.8 5.3 6.5 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.7

Denmark 3.6 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.3 4.5

Italy 4.5 5.4 5.2 2.8 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.5 4.8 4.9

New Zealand 4.7 3.9 6.2 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 3.4 3.4

Honduras 3.8 4.4 3.5 3.7 4.6 2.5 1.8 2.3 3.1 2.9 3.3 2.9

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

Others 28.4 27.2 35.8 31.2 27.4 29.2 31.5 32.6 34.8 34.2 36.2 34.5

Total 222.1 216.2 235.8 219.4 232.3 230.0 223.5 227.4 228.3 235.7 234.6 252.1

Country 2007 2008

Canada 43.5 57.0

UK 47.3 46.2

USA 36.1 39.0

Australia 13.9 13.9

Ireland 9.5 9.7

Bahamas 7.0 6.9

Brazil 6.5 6.5

Cuba 4.8 5.7

Indonesia 4.7 5.2

France 6.0 4.9

Nicaragua 3.8 4.3

Denmark 4.3 4.3

Italy 4.6 3.8

New Zealand 3.4 3.4

Honduras 2.8 3.0

Mexico 2.2 2.6

Others 33.4 33.2

Total 233.6 249.9


AN 012501. 1005.Source: Fishstat Plus. 20100515.

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Species 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 37.0 37.5 39.4 44.2 44.0 46.2 46.1 45.6 48.6 52.9 61.0

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 75.2 86.5 90.9 106.8 114.3 114.9 120.6 133.6 145.2 149.1 154.7

SPINY LOBSTER Q 6.9 6.6 6.4 5.2 6.3 5.3 6.8 5.8 7.2 8.1 7.1

SPINY LOBSTER V 14.8 19.4 16.2 13.7 17.3 14.3 19.2 21.3 23.0 26.4 23.2

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

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 63.3 55.8 56.5 66.4 66.4 71.6 83.9 79.6 87.5 83.2 73.6

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 165.0 161.0 151.7 196.2 214.8 241.8 267.2 253.6 323.0 301.3 254.3

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

SPINY LOBSTER V 32.1 20.2 21.0 33.4 34.2 35.2 33.4 24.4 29.8 32.9 21.4

Species 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q 82.3 73.7 75.3 88.0 75.2 92.6 81.3

AMERICAN LOBSTER V 293.3 292.1 315.6 416.6 349.1 395.2 375.6

SPINY LOBSTER Q 5.2 4.9 5.8 4.1 5.7 4.3 4.4

SPINY LOBSTER V 25.6 23.4 28.7 22.8 35.5 32.8 33.9

Q=million pounds; V=million USD.

AN 012503. 1005.Source: NMFS - 20100518.

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

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