GLOBEFISH - Commodity Update - Lobster - Feb 2015

COMMODITY UPDATE Lobster

February 2015

Lobster COMMODITY update The COMMODITY UPDATE reports contain information on prices, imports, exports and production by commodity. The information is taken form the network of GLOBEFISH correspondents and the GLOBEFISH European Price Report, INFOFISH Trade News, FAO FISHDAB, EUROSTAT and others.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24

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

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

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Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

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Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes

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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LOBSTER PRICES

Fresh lobster#, wholesale prices, Mercabarna, Spain, €/kg Year

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

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

9.65 9.27 10.86 11.38 11.33 10.99 11.31 11.21 10.80 10.80 12.50

11.17 10.67 14.21 16.92 11.13 10.26 10.20 NA 10.81 10.11 12.36

12.95 12.53 13.93 16.17 10.99 10.81 11.74 11.47 10.96 10.52 12.88

12.43 13.41 15.22 14.21 10.38 12.24 12.27 12.58 10.63 10.38 12.02

13.13 13.67 13.11 14.11 13.06 12.18 11.68 11.51 11.25 11.40 13.54

13.14 13.65 15.52 15.30 12.39 12.25 13.09 11.28 11.15 11.14 12.86

12.52 14.20 14.71 14.51 13.90 13.62 13.34 13.22 12.75 11.98 13.56

14.89 15.02 17.42 16.29 13.35 13.01 13.53 13.36 NA 12.95 14.59

14.75 15.21 16.77 16.10 13.61 15.84 NA 16.08 16.05 16.02 17.62

16.91 19.15 NA NA 20.27 NA 17.17 17.10 11.91 17.32 17.48

11.44 11.92 13.82 15.97 11.10 10.66 12.71 12.28 11.08 9.54 9.03

11.12 11.12 11.12 9.66 9.42 10.82 NA NA NA NA NA

16.50 17.00 19.77 20.62 16.00 14.00 17.64 18.11 16.89 13.40 16.86

Year

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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

16.00 15.77 16.00 16.41 14.00 14.50 15.50 17.00 17.50 17.50 17.26

15.50 17.00 18.35 18.00 16.00 16.17 18.17 17.97 19.03 19.00 18.51

17.68 18.03 18.07 17.61 16.92 16.70 16.77 16.81 16.85 17.50 NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA 17.41 17.50 NA 16.00 NA

NA NA NA NA NA 19.95 15.04 16.14 15.46 14.00 14.56

15.65 16.12 17.76 14.84 12.89 12.15 13.95 13.38 13.31 13.19 14.29

13.95 13.95 13.88 13.04 13.50 14.49 15.54 NA 15.82 NA NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA 16.59 16.5 NA NA NA

15.33 NA NA 16.86 16 15.44 15.96 NA 16.05 15.28 15.36

NA NA 20.51 20.76 15.52 12.71 15.74 16.1 NA 15.68 NA

15.95 17.2 NA NA 15.26 NA 15.81 NA 18.56 NA 17.03

18.26

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

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

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

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

1986

1986

1987

1987

1988

1988

1989

1989

1990

1990

1991

1991

(A) 10.50 10.75 11.25 11.25 11.25 11.30 11.75 12.50 13.00 14.50 14.50

(B) 9.10 9.10 9.10 9.20 9.40 9.50 10.50 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00

(A) 14.75 15.10 15.20 15.40 15.75 16.10 16.10 16.10 16.75 17.25 -

(B) 11.50 12.70 13.80 13.90 14.00 14.20 14.20 14.20 14.20

(A) 16.00 16.00 15.25 15.35 15.40 15.35 14.90 14.25 14.00 13.00 13.70 13.70

(B) 14.20 14.20 14.00 14.00 14.00 12.50 12.50 11.80 11.30 10.50 10.30 10.10

(A) 14.25 14.00 14.55 14.60 15.25 15.75 16.50 16.75 17.25 18.25 17.50

(B) 10.10 10.20 10.05 10.10 10.20 10.20 10.50 10.05 10.20 10.40

(A) 16.95 17.35 18.20 18.20 18.00 17.50 18.70 19.00 19.25 19.50 19.75 19.95

(B) 10.60 10.42 11.25 11.20 11.10 11.00 12.75 12.75 12.50 12.70 12.70 12.10

(A) 19.90 19.80 19.80 20.50 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.50 18.85 NA 22.50 23.65

(B) 13.45 13.70 13.60 13.70 NA 13.55 13.50 13.25 12.90 13.85 13.20 14.00

1992

1992

1993

1993

1994

1994

1995

1995

1996

1996

1997

1997

(A) 17.60 21.75 20.50 21.50 20.75 21.10 20.25 19.50 18.80 18.25 16.25 NA

(B) 13.25 13.30 13.45 NA NA 13.00 13.35 13.40 14.00 13.90 13.80 12.70

(A) NA NA 17.00 15.00 16.00 15.90 NA NA NA NA 17.75 18.50

(B) 13.30 NA NA 13.50 NA 11.60 11.50 12.65 11.25 12.45 12.45 12.60

(A) 18.50 21.00 22.00 23.00 25.50 25.00 26.50 27.00 28.50 NA NA NA

(B) 12.20 12.10 12.95 NA 14.85 14.00 15.75 15.50 15.75 15.65 15.95 16.60

(A) NA 24.75 NA NA NA 23.15 23.00 22.00 19.50 18.00 17.00 16.75

(B) 16.90 16.90 16.90 17.15 16.89 14.95 15.10 15.20 14.30 14.15 14.20 14.20

(A) 16.75 NA NA 23.50 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 14.15 14.20 14.40 14.30 14.20 13.95 13.45 13.30 13.25 13.10 13.13 13.20

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 13.23 13.45 13.88 NA NA NA 14.53 15.00 15.75 15.65 15.72 15.70

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

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

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

1998

1998

1999

1999

2000

2000

2001

2001

2002

2002

2003

2003

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 15.65 15.65 15.65 NA NA 15.25 15.20 15.05 13.85 13.85 13.85 13.60

(A) NA NA NA NA NA 17.00 18.10 19.75 NA NA NA NA

(B) 13.50 13.75 13.75 14.35 14.60 14.70 14.75 14.80 14.90 NA 18.00 17.70

(A) NA NA 22.50 22.50 21.50 21.50 21.00 21.00 NA NA NA 20.50

(B) 17.05 17.40 NA NA 17.00 17.00 16.10 16.10 NA 18.00 17.70 16.10

(A) 19.00 19.00 18.75 18.75 19.00 19.05 20.00 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.25 21.25

(B) 16.30 16.15 16.40* 15.95* 15.95* 15.95* NA NA 16.55* 16.65* 16.60* 16.75*

(A) 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 NA 28.00 27.25 28.00

(B) 17.70 16.30 17.60 17.78 18.15 18.20 18.03 18.15 17.98 17.90 17.98 18.35

(A) 28.00 27.63 23.88 NA 18.25 18.00 18.50 18.75 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50

(B) 17.90 18.20 17.88 17.95 17.25 16.35 16.20 16.15 16.30 16.75 16.90 17.05

2004

2004

2005

2005

2006

2006

2007

2007

2008

2008

2009

2009

(A) 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.75 19.75 20.00 21.00 21.00 21.50 21.50 21.50

(B) 17.40 17.05 17.10 17.20 17.35 16.75 16.85 16.95 16.95 16.90 16.90 17.00

(A) 21.50 21.50 21.00 21.25 21.25 23.25 23.75 23.00 23.00 24.00 24.50 24.50

(B) 17.10 17.10 17.05 17.10 17.05 16.95 17.10 17.10 17.10 17.50 17.85 17.80

(A) NA 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 23.00 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.1

(B) 18.35 18.55 18.55 18.55 18.55 20.40 NA 17.20 21.20 20.95 20.75 20.75

(A) 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10

(B) 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 23.00 22.50 22.30 22.30 22.40

(A) 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 27.10 29.38 28.63 28.38 28.13

(B) 22.40 22.25 21.90 22.00 21.75 21.25 21.25 21.25 17.75 17.45 15.50 15.25

(A) 25.88 24.63 20.50 18.38 18.63 23.25 26.50 27.75 28.63 28.63 28.88 28.88

(B) 15.40 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 13.00 12.95 12.95 12.95

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

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

2010

2010

2011

2011

2012

2012

2013

2013

2014

2014

2015

2015

(A) NA NA NA 32.75 35.00 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 14.25 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75 19.95 17.00 16.95 16.95 17.10 17.25

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.75 16.50 16.50 16.25 16.25 16.25 16.25

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 16.25 16.25 16 15.95 15.95 15.95 15.95 15.5 15.5 15.75 15.75 16.2

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 16.20 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 NA

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 16.50 16.50 NA 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 16.90 17.00 17.25 17.50 17.75

(A) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

(B) 18.00

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

Source: ITN

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

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

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

5.22 4.76 4.72 5.08 4.08 3.86 4.63 NA 5.67 5.44 5.44 NA

NA 5.22 NA 6.35 6.26 4.45 5.44 6.12 5.90 5.90 6.12 6.12

5.90 5.90 5.90 4.31 NA 4.31 5.35 5.90 6.12 5.56 6.75 6.75

6.75 6.95 7.00 8.75 5.50 4.94 4.50 4.94 6.49 5.94 5.75 5.50

6.50 6.75 7.50 5.50 3.95 4.40 5.25 5.00 4.95 4.95 5.25 4.75

4.60 4.75 5.76 6.40 5.25 4.50 5.25 3.75 5.00 5.25 5.62 4.74

5.74 5.74 NA NA 6.24 4.99 4.99 4.84 4.99 4.99 4.54 4.24

5.94 4.99 6.95 8.00 5.25 5.50 4.50 4.90 5.25 4.75 4.50 5.50

4.25 5.75 6.25 5.49 4.74 5.94 5.74 4.44 4.94 5.25 3.95 4.95

5.50 6.49 5.58 7.25 6.25 5.85 5.99 4.75 5.00 4.75 5.00 5.50

6.50 6.75 7.80 7.76 5.25 6.00 6.75 6.50 5.50 5.00 5.50 5.50

5.75 6.25 6.50 6.50 6.00 5.95 6.00 5.70 5.50 5.25 5.25 5.00

Year

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

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

6.25 6.50 7.25 6.25 5.75 5.50 5.84 4.75 5.75 5.50 5.25 5.75

5.75 6.50 7.00 7.25 5.75 5.95 6.50 6.50 5.75 6.75 6.75 6.75

7.59 8.37 8.74 9.88 7.74 6.98 7.18 7.87 8.04 8.00 6.50 6.55

6.74 6.64 7.50 8.48 7.25 6.11 6.65 7.47 7.80 6.81 5.50 5.30

5.95 5.90 NA 5.85 NA NA 6.25 7.25 6.50 6.50 5.75 NA

NA NA NA 7.70 7.08 7.05 7.28 7.89 7.15 6.58 6.50 7.22

7.25 7.74 7.50 7.76 7.01 6.50 7.25 7.76 7.96 7.96 7.01 7.25

7.74 8.49 9.26 8.99 8.49 7.50 8.25 8.84 7.50 7.74 7.25 7.25

NA NA NA NA NA NA 8.50 8.00 NA NA NA NA

NA NA 8.38 9.88 8.88 8.00 8.38 9.38 9.38 NA 7.38 7.38

8.75 8.75 10.63 10.00 7.38 7.45 7.38 7.25 6.35 5.38 4.33 4.90

5.75 7.38 7.75 7.05 6.38 5.35 6.78 6.73 5.00 4.80 5.13 5.13

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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

6.45 6.58 6.63 5.85 5.75 6.13 6.55 5.25 5.25 5.85 5.85 5.83

7.00 6.78 7.00 6.63 6.55 7.25 7.75 5.35 5.30 5.30 4.88 5.63

5.88 7.05 7.60 7.85 6.95 6.65 4.85 4.63 5.13 4.75 5.13 4.75

6.75 7.13 8.15 9.63 6.63 5.75 5.13 5.25 5.00 5.38 5.88 5.88

7.50 8.63 8.63 9.38 6.75 5.63 7.95 5.63 5.63 6.63 5.88 7.13

7.38

Source: NMFS/ITN

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Monthly American lobster prices, whole frozen cooked popsicle in Europe, Origin Canada, in CAN/kg J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

20.00 20.00 out of season NA NA out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season

NA

NA NA NA NA 19.00 14.75 14.63 15.00 na 14.50 na

18.00 18.90 NA NA 18.50 14.25 14.50 16.00 18.00 13.50 16.00

18.00 19.00 NA NA 17.50 14.25 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00

18.00 19.00 NA NA 17.50 14.25 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00

18.00 20.00 NA NA 17.50 na 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00

18.00 21.00 NA NA 17.00 15.50 15.00 19.75 18.13 13.50 16.00

NA 22.00 NA NA NA 15.50 NA 19.75 18.13 14.00 16.00

NA 23.00 NA NA NA 11.00 NA NA 18.13 14.00 16.00

22.00 22.00 out of season NA NA out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season out of season

NA

na na NA NA 20.75 NA 16.00 16.50 na 15.75 NA

19.50 20.10 NA NA 19.25 15.50 16.00 17.50 19.00 14.50 17.00

19.50 20.50 NA NA 18.50 14.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00

19.50 20.50 NA NA 18.50 14.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00

19.50 21.50 NA NA 18.50 NA 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00

19.50 22.50 NA NA NA 15.75 16.00 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00

NA 23.50 NA NA NA 15.75 NA 20.75 19.25 14.50 17.00

NA 24.50 NA NA NA 11.00 NA NA 19.25 14.50 17.00

S NA 15.00 12.50 14.00 14.00 15.00 16.50 15.00

O 21.00 16.00 14.50 15.50 16.50 15.50 16.50 15.50

N 23.00 17.50 15.00 18.00 18.00 17.50 16.50 17.50

D 33.00 22.00 22.00 24.00 26.00 24.00 21.00 29.50

< 400 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

20.00

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

22.00

24.00

NA

> 450

25.50

NA

Source: EPR

Monthly European Lobster prices, live, origin: Ireland 400-600 and 600-800 gr/pc in EUR/kg

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

J 35.00 30.00 24.00 24.00 28.00 26.00 28.00 24.00 32.00

F 32.00 NA 21.00 20.50 24.50 23.00 25.00 24.50

M 31.00 28.00 21.00 21.00 24.50 19.00 24.50 24.50

A 23.00 NA 22.00 23.00 22.50 19.00 26.00 22.50

M NA 19.00 14.50 23.00 15.50 17.00 24.50 16.50

J NA NA 14.50 13.50 15.50 16.50 20.00 14.50

Source: EPR

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J 15.00 NA 12.50 14.00 15.20 14.00 14.00 14.00

A NA 14.00 12.50 14.00 14.50 14.20 14.00 14.00

LOBSTER IMPORTS Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in tonnes Country Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals Country Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

4020 5327 6979 217 24 1345 296 90 2 389 18689

4655 5378 7166 351 45 1157 258 115 16 36 19177

4755 5301 7692 414 55 1088 281 229 20 28 19863

5116 6377 7684 193 70 1426 335 349 28 28 21606

5664 6306 8444 222 53 1654 266 65 404 69 34 23181

5949 6708 8014 271 78 1208 284 26 303 76 55 22972

6074 6536 7687 795 60 998 389 705 175 109 63 23591

5968 6599 8264 889 34 756 361 584 126 329 7 23917

5635 7526 7706 837 183 567 325 661 147 128 55 196 23966

7915 7374 8597 703 229 863 392 756 1538 167 69 71 28674

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

8642 7393 8139 1098 263 1357 484 1446 180 138 74 117 29331

9901 6625 9513 1082 260 1468 458 2150 149 173 72 199 32050

10587 7910 9651 1546 509 1478 492 2527 166 251 115 185 35417

10702 7117 9002 1358 542 1591 350 1832 216 156 129 181 33176

11272 7893 9182 690 699 1895 393 1340 241 149 133 216 34103

10713 7532 9864 1210 668 1117 464 769 136 204 102 168 32947

11248 7796 9506 1543 466 909 503 203 175 321 148 352 33170

12002 9008 10365 1649 619 641 291 689 161 120 367 75 128 268 36383

12171 9484 10176 1829 721 775 357 595 307 101 251 66 110 228 37171

11661 10874 8464 3453 765 813 312 507 195 103 217 79 97 235 37775

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Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in tonnes (cont.)

Italy Spain France UK Netherlands Denmark Croatia Belgium Ireland Germany Portugal Slovenia Sweden Others Totals

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

11928 11429 7844 3485 1089 741 426 461 298 143 274 156 118 218 38610

10353 9126 7677 4451 2084 887 319 437 283 250 252 222 107 208 36656

11280 9084 8369 3152 1907 987 379 450 294 83 1035 223 100 196 37539

11968 9084 10032 3029 1857 889 402 519 298 87 214 162 143 159 38843

10867 8146 7744 3160 1693 654 473 395 356 305 202 146 132 185 34458

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in million USD Country

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals

44.8 39.6 43.3 0.2 2.2 12.4 2.7 0.8 2.5 148.5

50.3 44.5 45.7 0.5 3.2 10.3 2.4 1.0 0.7 158.7

49.2 42.0 46.7 0.5 3.6 10.0 2.6 2.2 0.6 157.3

65.3 62.1 57.7 0.8 2.1 15.2 3.9 3.9 0.7 211.7

67.7 62.9 59.3 0.6 2.3 17.4 3.3 4.3 0.4 1.1 219.3

64.2 61.1 55.5 0.8 2.3 11.6 3.0 3.1 0.2 1.4 203.1

49.7 50.2 45.2 0.5 4.5 6.7 3.6 1.5 3.4 1.6 167.1

49.6 53.2 54.3 0.3 5.7 5.3 3.4 1.2 2.7 2.4 178.1

52.5 63.7 55.0 1.6 5.4 4.6 3.1 1.8 3.0 0.5 2.5 193.5

68.0 60.0 55.3 2.2 4.3 6.6 3.7 2.1 3.6 0.6 2.5 208.8

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

73.0 63.3 54.4 2.6 6.7 10.7 4.0 1.8 6.8 0.7 2.1 226.1

84.4 59.0 64.2 2.5 6.6 12.2 4.3 1.6 13.5 0.7 3.1 252.2

97.8 77.3 68.4 5.1 9.9 14.3 5.2 1.8 13.5 1.1 4.1 298.4

84.3 61.4 51.4 5.0 7.8 13.4 3.2 2.0 9.1 1.1 3.4 242.0

89.6 66.9 57.9 6.6 3.5 16.5 3.7 2.0 7.1 1.1 3.2 258.1

93.4 69.7 62.5 7.5 6.0 11.2 4.1 1.3 4.5 1.0 3.5 264.8

97.4 80.8 65.6 6.1 7.9 8.0 4.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 6.2 281.1

104.2 100.6 81.0 7.0 8.8 6.5 2.6 4.9 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 7.0 327.1

119.0 115.9 85.2 10.4 7.8 12.0 3.4 6.3 1.1 2.6 0.9 1.3 5.8 371.6

134.7 128.5 83.7 9.9 11.6 12.5 3.4 6.0 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.2 5.6 401.4

Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals

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Yearly imports of Norway lobster, by major importing countries, in million USD (cont.)

Italy Spain France Netherlands UK Denmark Croatia Belgium Germany Ireland Slovenia Sweden Others Totals

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

153.5 148.2 92.3 16.5 14.0 13.8 5.5 6.7 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.1 6.9 465.7

135.4 119.0 90.1 22.0 18.6 15.6 4.4 6.2 3.9 2.4 3.5 1.7 5.8 428.6

117.6 96.1 81.9 18.0 10.8 10.2 3.8 5.0 1.1 2.2 3.4 1.1 8.7 359.8

125.8 98.5 88.3 24.0 8.7 11.0 3.6 6.1 1.3 2.2 2.2 1.9 4.7 378.2

142.7 102.1 96.7 26.8 14.4 8.8 5.9 5.8 3.8 3.3 2.4 2.3 5.8 420.6

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals

14.3 0.4 2.6 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.0 2.4 22.5

1.8 14.3 0.6 5.5 2.7 1.0 1.0 3.1 0.7 0.0 2.1 32.7

1.5 14.1 0.9 0.6 3.1 1.3 1.1 3.7 0.7 0.0 2.7 29.8

1.9 16.0 1.2 1.0 4.1 2.1 1.3 3.7 0.8 0.0 3.4 35.5

2.6 16.0 1.7 1.2 4.4 2.6 1.7 3.9 0.8 0.0 4.0 38.9

2.9 13.7 2.6 0.0 1.5 3.9 2.7 1.8 3.9 0.8 0.0 5.0 38.8

2.8 13.2 4.2 0.2 1.3 3.6 1.8 1.3 4.3 0.8 0.1 5.3 38.8

7.5 14.6 5.3 0.2 1.3 3.8 1.9 1.6 4.6 0.8 0.2 5.6 47.3

8.2 14.2 7.4 0.1 1.5 3.6 2.0 1.8 4.8 0.8 0.4 6.7 51.5

9.7 13.9 7.7 0.2 1.7 3.8 2.2 1.8 4.7 0.8 0.7 6.3 53.5

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Yearly imports of live, fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy

12.9 15.2 7.2 0.0 2.0 3.5 2.5

9.8 15.7 7.9 0.0 2.4 4.1 2.9

15.1 17.2 8.8 0.1 2.6 4.2 3.3

17.3 21.4 8.9 0.3 2.8 3.8 3.5

16.2 23.0 9.6 0.2 3.2 3.8 3.6

21.4 24.5 8.5 0.7 3.4 4.1 3.5

17.4 22.9 8.0 1.2 3.7 4.0 3.7

15.2 22.7 8.5 1.7 4.4 4.1 4.0

15.1 21.1 7.2 1.5 4.5 4.0 4.1

16.8 20.6 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.0 4.4

Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals

1.8 4.2 1.0 0.8 6.9 58.1

2.0 3.9 1.1 0.1 5.5 55.3

2.3 3.9 1.2 0.3 6.1 65.2

2.2 3.9 1.4 0.5 5.7 71.8

2.0 3.7 1.2 0.7 5.8 72.9

2.0 3.4 1.1 1.6 5.4 79.5

2.2 3.3 1.1 1.6 5.6 74.7

2.1 3.2 1.4 1.3 5.6 74.2

2.0 2.9 1.4 1.0 6.2 71.0

2.2 2.5 1.4 0.9 5.1 72.1

Country

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Canada USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Spain France Italy Belgium Japan UK Korea Rep Others Totals

14.8 19.7 8.2 0.9 5.5 4.0 4.3 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.9 4.8 68.6

14.5 20.4 9.6 1.0 5.6 4.2 4.5 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.8 4.6 69.9

16.8 21.3 10.3 0.9 5.4 4.7 4.8 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.7 4.4 73.8

21.6 21.4 10.7 4.0 5.2 4.6 4.5 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.9 5.1 82.5

26.2 22.8 8.9 8.8 5.1 4.7 4.7 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 5.3 91.9

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million Country

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals

119.8 38.0 4.2 13.6 18.0 0.1 30.0 223.7

116.9 8.1 11.7 40.2 7.6 15.4 12.9 64.7 0.3 31.4 309.2

111.6 14.6 10.4 46.5 11.7 20.2 14.0 75.9 0.2 2.2 34.8 342.1

117.3 17.9 11.8 60.1 16.5 29.2 16.3 80.7 0.5 3.4 39.1 392.9

118.6 29.1 17.1 59.8 20.2 35.7 21.0 93.7 0.5 5.4 43.2 444.5

122.9 49.1 0.2 20.3 57.5 23.0 38.5 24.0 95.6 0.7 10.8 49.2 491.7

115.5 82.9 2.1 18.4 48.9 17.8 25.1 16.9 104.1 0.9 16.0 40.0 488.7

131.4 115.2 2.0 50.0 51.3 17.1 25.7 21.3 123.9 2.7 17.0 42.5 600.0

146.9 157.4 1.9 54.9 52.6 22.4 27.7 23.9 128.0 5.7 20.1 48.4 689.9

153.3 168.2 3.2 68.1 56.2 25.9 31.8 24.7 120.5 11.6 19.6 47.8 730.8

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals

160.6 157.7 0.4 91.0 49.7 27.5 33.7 23.2 102.2 12.0 40.4 48.8 747.3

163.5 152.2 0.1 68.8 59.4 33.1 38.7 27.3 77.9 2.0 44.7 50.4 718.0

187.6 168.9 0.6 122.1 66.5 39.3 45.3 32.4 84.7 4.0 56.0 53.2 860.6

243.9 174.6 2.9 129.0 54.5 38.9 45.0 29.6 89.5 7.6 49.4 54.6 919.6

257.4 185.5 1.7 118.5 55.4 44.6 45.8 25.9 80.3 11.7 50.2 53.8 930.8

272.1 160.5 3.2 148.4 60.8 43.4 45.6 27.4 78.7 25.4 34.8 56.1 956.4

295.9 149.9 6.6 146.9 69.1 54.5 56.5 35.3 75.5 27.0 36.5 65.1 1018.8

295.5 153.4 12.1 139.4 73.8 64.6 64.7 34.7 76.6 23.4 34.7 76.1 1049.0

301.3 131.2 14.8 160.0 78.1 76.1 72.2 38.4 73.3 19.8 37.3 87.0 1089.2

278.6 173.5 8.6 161.4 75.7 85.2 72.9 41.5 69.6 18.9 37.9 80.9 1104.6

9

Yearly imports of live fresh, chilled lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million (cont.)

Country USA China, Hong Kong SAR China Canada France Spain Italy Belgium Japan Korea Rep Taiwan PC Others Totals

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

297.6 189.2 12.9 145.3 86.6 105.0 80.9 45.5 61.2 18.9 25.2 94.2 1162.4

269.5 248.5 16.5 129.7 83.9 95.4 76.3 36.1 54.5 15.7 18.4 86.7 1131.0

251.5 249.6 17.5 114.5 79.9 76.9 70.3 35.6 41.5 11.5 14.9 69.9 1033.4

247.2 268.5 70.9 181.3 84.5 80.3 68.9 37.6 40.3 15.1 13.1 79.4 1187.0

273.1 230.5 218.4 211.0 91.6 84.1 74.6 40.2 39.4 17.2 16.4 93.2 1389.6

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes Country

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals

22.4 3.5 0.6 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.2 40.8

20.9 4.6 0.7 13.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.1 45.2

18.6 4.6 0.8 13.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.5 1.1 4.9 45.8

17.6 5.1 0.5 13.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.5 9.6 50.8

14.2 5.9 0.4 14.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.5 9.8 49.2

13.6 4.1 0.6 13.0 0.5 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.4 3.2 7.4 44.3

13.6 3.8 0.3 10.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.3 2.6 7.3 40.3

14.2 4.3 0.4 11.5 0.7 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 3.1 9.5 47.2

15.6 4.7 0.6 13.0 0.9 3.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.2 4.6 47.0

14.7 4.7 1.0 10.4 0.6 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.3 2.4 3.8 41.6

10

Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals

14.5 4.8 2.8 9.6 0.7 2.3 1.2 0.6 0.2 2.7 5.3 44.8

13.3 5.5 4.1 8.0 0.8 1.9 1.4 1.4 0.2 1.8 4.0 42.3

19.6 6.2 4.1 7.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.2 2.2 6.1 50.4

21.5 5.3 3.3 8.8 0.9 4.5 1.3 0.4 0.4 3.1 6.3 55.8

18.6 5.1 3.2 6.7 0.7 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.7 5.9 45.5

20.9 4.2 3.8 7.0 1.1 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 9.7 50.9

22.1 4.3 2.6 6.1 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.3 6.4 46.8

21.4 4.3 3.2 5.8 0.6 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 9.1 49.0

21.1 4.5 4.3 5.2 0.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 7.4 49.3

21.8 4.4 3.8 4.6 1.3 2.4 1.8 1.9 0.9 0.6 8.2 51.7

Country

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

USA France Spain Japan Belgium China Italy China, Hong Kong SAR UK Taiwan PC Others Totals

20.8 3.9 4.0 4.5 0.9 2.6 1.7 2.4 0.7 0.8 9.1 51.5

23.0 3.6 4.0 3.2 1.3 2.0 1.4 2.0 0.8 1.6 7.9 50.9

18.8 3.9 2.6 2.7 1.4 2.7 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.1 7.0 45.3

24.1 4.4 3.5 3.0 1.8 5.0 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.4 8.5 55.9

23.3 4.7 3.9 2.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.1 8.7 52.6

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million Country

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals

456.1 50.3 144.2 5.2 0.2 0.4 43.1 0.3 2.3 4.8 2.4 709.4

429.7 69.2 195.1 7.0 9.1 9.3 25.0 3.8 1.3 1.0 3.8 6.4 15.3 776.0

349.3 55.2 192.6 8.3 6.9 11.1 19.4 4.2 8.2 2.8 4.4 4.7 24.9 691.8

331.7 63.1 206.8 7.3 5.3 9.3 16.7 3.4 17.2 1.7 6.4 5.7 31.2 705.8

314.1 95.6 272.5 6.3 5.5 8.4 16.8 4.5 18.1 3.0 6.3 7.0 41.6 799.7

318.3 65.0 244.3 8.4 6.1 13.5 14.9 3.9 23.0 2.1 4.4 7.4 44.2 755.6

270.5 50.9 171.4 3.9 4.9 7.9 13.8 5.1 17.3 1.5 3.1 4.6 44.2 599.0

324.6 66.3 209.0 7.1 8.8 5.2 15.6 6.0 20.7 5.5 5.4 4.8 70.4 749.3

352.5 84.1 250.0 9.1 13.0 8.2 15.0 5.3 15.4 0.3 6.4 5.7 4.5 63.1 832.6

299.7 70.8 196.3 14.8 8.5 13.1 13.7 5.2 17.2 0.0 4.3 4.7 3.4 43.6 695.2

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals

327.6 75.3 178.6 37.3 8.7 13.6 13.6 4.3 22.3 0.0 6.7 2.9 3.1 40.4 734.4

319.6 85.3 119.0 50.6 10.0 14.9 15.8 7.6 19.7 0.0 6.2 3.4 3.2 33.7 689.0

449.4 96.8 109.5 57.1 15.9 14.8 20.7 7.7 17.3 7.2 4.6 3.1 4.0 42.0 850.2

537.6 89.5 158.4 48.4 13.1 16.3 21.7 4.6 24.3 9.8 7.2 6.0 2.8 41.5 981.0

477.6 76.5 113.9 45.4 10.5 17.8 16.7 4.5 14.9 12.2 3.9 4.3 3.5 39.1 840.6

562.5 73.4 128.2 57.3 16.3 14.4 16.0 5.8 14.3 12.8 6.1 4.5 4.2 72.0 987.7

596.1 85.5 104.8 41.0 10.5 17.2 13.5 5.7 10.0 17.2 5.1 5.8 6.2 48.2 966.7

591.0 89.5 98.3 46.8 9.0 19.6 18.0 4.1 6.4 2.8 5.5 7.2 7.8 64.3 970.4

622.5 105.5 94.2 59.3 15.1 20.9 16.8 11.2 6.3 4.5 7.5 11.2 10.9 69.7 1055.4

657.2 108.6 90.2 54.8 25.2 28.3 20.7 24.3 6.8 5.7 8.6 16.3 17.8 77.1 1141.4

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Yearly imports of frozen lobster, by major importing countries, in USD million (cont.)

Country USA France Japan Spain Belgium Italy Canada China, Hong Kong SAR Taiwan PC United Arab Emirates Australia UK Germany Others Totals

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

644.7 113.6 104.1 79.6 22.0 30.8 21.2 33.1 11.8 11.0 13.5 15.1 13.9 83.8 1198.3

650.4 102.8 85.7 79.7 28.4 24.5 18.6 31.0 24.2 12.1 9.3 15.9 10.7 89.2 1182.5

439.4 72.7 49.2 37.0 26.8 17.8 25.1 40.4 17.4 11.7 8.4 18.6 7.7 58.4 830.6

629.9 101.4 71.2 52.2 41.0 20.9 18.9 22.2 19.4 8.1 11.9 13.4 8.8 83.7 1102.9

633.4 116.5 81.0 66.9 48.6 29.2 26.8 25.7 15.5 15.2 14.2 12.2 11.0 85.3 1181.5

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

USA Canada UK Spain Cuba Netherlands Nicaragua Bahamas Others Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

10.0 8.1 2.6 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 6.3 33.2 8.3 24.9

9.7 8.5 2.8 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4 1.1 5.9 33.3 10.0 23.3

10.3 8.3 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 5.6 34.9 10.4 24.5

10.9 8.1 3.3 2.4 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 6.1 35.8 10.2 25.6

9.3 6.9 3.2 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 6.1 31.5 9.7 21.8

9.7 7.4 2.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 6.2 31.9 10.2 21.7

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT

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

USA Canada UK Bahamas Nicaragua Cuba Spain Netherlands Others Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

155.3 128.7 59.9 36.9 6.7 59.7 30.1 18.1 148.1 643.5 176.1 467.4

130.2 109.5 55.6 31.0 11.4 30.6 31.1 17.1 106.2 522.6 164.5 358.1

145.1 116.4 57.2 42.2 18.8 41.3 37.4 19.2 104.3 581.7 170.5 411.2

164.1 130.7 68.3 47.8 21.5 41.4 43.1 20.4 127.2 664.6 193.5 471.1

129.9 106.4 61.5 35.5 21.8 33.8 22.8 20.9 99.7 532.4 162.8 369.5

141.4 109.2 56.5 31.0 30.6 27.5 27.0 22.5 100.8 546.5 171.9 374.6

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT

Yearly lobster imports into France, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1988 2705 4623 157 7485

1989 3150 4634 106 7890

1990 4142 5163 110 9415

1991 4363 5916 194 10473

1992 3941 4164 150 8255

1993 3648 3755 138 7541

1994 3780 4306 139 8225

1995 3644 4696 156 8496

1996 3855 4744 163 8762

1997 3547 4843 378 8768

1998 4076 5499 219 9794

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1999 4236 6192 257 10685

2000 3766 5262 653 9681

2001 3783 5062 339 9184

2002 4064 4158 293 8515

2003 4069 4336 319 8724

2004 4100 4257 534 8891

2005 4015 4573 469 9057

2006 3430 4428 968 8825.6

2007 3373 3920 812 8105.4

2008 4239 3624 376 8239

2009 4698 3887 321 8906

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

2010 4596 4453 329 9378

2011 4716 4721 424 9861

2012 4416 3742 253 8411

2013 4590 3737 220 8547

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/Direction Nationale des Statistiques du Commerce Extérieur – DNSCE

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Yearly lobster imports into Italy, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1988 828 669 15 1512

1989 1182 914 1 2097

1990 1923 756 2 2681

1991 2376 633 5 3014

1992 2493 1055 25 3573

1993 1852 753 11 2616

1994 1932 512 18 2462

1995 2045 705 5 2755

1996 2220 1053 4 3277

1997 2508 1205 27 3740

1998 2898 1423 9 4330

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1999 3333 1288 33 4654

2000 3522 1303 8 4833

2001 3561 1349 16 4926

2002 3487 1167 11 4665

2003 3670 1312 9 4991

2004 4049 1391 6 5446

2005 4082 1460 20 5562

2006 3810 1805 494 6109.7

2007 3751 1681 496 5928.7

2008 4535 1449 9 5993

2009 4755 1429 18 6202

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

2010 4546 1502 38 6086

2011 4649 1665 43 6357

2012 3971 1160 11 5142

2013 3744 1255 28 5027

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/ISTAT

Yearly lobster imports into Spain, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1988 5383 528 1 5912

1989 564 689 2 1255

1990 898 509 5 1412

1991 1184 386 8 1578

1992 1389 584 9 1982

1993 1202 276 4 1482

1994 1208 418 2 1628

1995 1420 513 12 1945

1996 1612 942 3 2557

1997 1987 2821 2 4810

1998 2399 4051 13 6463

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1999 2612 4078 2 6692

2000 2776 3334 677 6787

2001 3152 3230 56 6438

2002 3376 3790 297 7463

2003 3792 3307 31 7130

2004 4606 3616 45 8267

2005 4533 4332 128 8993

2006 4647 4016 430 9093

2007 4997 4031 494 9522

2008 5659 3999 12 9670

2009 5374 2620 47 8041

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

2010 5183 3515 16 8714

2011 5139 3871 13 9023

2012 4397 3147 22 7566

2013 4018 2356 4 6378

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT/Agencia Tributaria

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

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total

177 271 133 13 594 32 3042 547 1526 1032 136 46 1155 67 449 237 0 0 50 388 8707 9301

374 50 590 272 0 1286 106 2630 617 1778 1133 198 101 1181 56 619 247 113 0 54 416 9249 10535

575 184 882 409 0 2050 339 2791 1149 1289 1283 172 25 2099 251 520 286 194 251 81 7 10737 12787

494 653 1061 759 84 3051 1635 3041 1178 1516 1156 176 375 2650 405 438 123 155 251 231 403 13733 16784

647 678 1090 1124 121 3660 672 2846 1312 987 1346 158 526 3448 298 221 129 121 242 304 727 13337 16997

827 528 975 1298 129 3757 1426 2239 1470 547 1448 211 650 2406 194 190 187 209 390 1762 13329 17086

1026 463 1174 1205 44 3912 1706 1737 1503 354 1416 183 1011 3084 345 216 157 167 280 2328 14487 18399

859 602 5 1360 1078 35 3939 1711 1884 1250 137 803 187 463 3337 461 102 122 153 74 2318 13002 16941

880 552 40 1553 1196 49 4270 1013 934 1135 185 983 34 116 3407 165 97 104 151 412 1902 10638 14908

882 768 211 1640 1085 41 4627 1094 1831 1394 128 936 130 583 3012 200 59 101 192 29 1833 11522 16149

991 912 271 1536 995 70 4775 1960 1640 1175 200 810 151 976 2644 1310 61 122 150 19 1819 13037 17812

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

Country LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

1263 730 293 1468 895 37 4686 1166 1411 854 213 762 155 990 2391 184 58 159 140 8 1937 10428 15114

1108 652 279 1462 613 36 4150 1103 1833 1067 236 883 143 458 2342 132 11 52 95 0 1197 9552 13702

880 673 232 1586 521 23 3915 855 1710 968 229 717 156 282 1638 512 12 35 74 2 773 7963 11878

879 518 261 1701 477 34 3870 1054 1978 553 278 673 71 256 1810 55 29 5 53 701 7516 11386

908 588 277 1581 512 39 3905 1196 1747 536 257 964 57 195 2687 100 25 24 13 1039 8840 12745

833 555 245 1530 479 36 3678 983 1332 451 267 602 117 123 1623 145 24 72 0 922 6661 10339

883 506 253 1243 433 45 3363 1154 1182 521 262 454 106 313 1372 193 59 121 0 0 5 1242 6984 10347

1067 365 239 1244 401 32 3348 603 1047 573 245 285 52 124 1956 238 16 54 0 15 907 6115 9463

964 446 245 1215 326 24 3220 1022 944 608 191 357 70 64 1483 130 55 25 0 0 897 5846 9066

923 395 237 953 309 37 2854 609 1144 591 219 297 123 64 1259 55 58 18 0 0 0 786 5223 8077

934 358 190 794 216 38 2530 728 547 308 252 634 117 133 944 125 42 3 0 0 0 755 4588 7118

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

Country

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

LIVE, NOT FROZEN Canada USA South Africa Australia New Zealand Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Cuba South Africa Namibia India St Helena USA Australia Indonesia New Zealand Sri Lanka Mozambique Reunion Viet Nam Others Sub Total Total

831 15 208 602 133 265 2054

662 290 142 548 85 31 1758

416 442 114 458 76 35 1541

682 218 130 255 43 34 1362

692 221 107 210 18 36 1284

781 321 106 192 4 46 1450

897 268 115 106 5 46 1437

884 286 89 43 1 38 1341

829 327 629 160 379 68 114 667 421 23 47 0 0 0 813 4477 6531

613 266 275 218 151 55 72 712 128 11 32 0 0 1 659 3193 4951

451 395 272 159 243 75 48 470 59 4 0 0 0 0 500 2676 4217

719 299 278 54 282 120 96 297 79 2 1 0 0 0 742 2969 4331

688 317 304 180 291 65 94 257 40 0 0 0 0 0 701 2937 4221

869 209 254 124 154 130 88 160 141 0 0 0 0 0 719 2848 4298

987 225 190 167 181 158 69 122 146 0 0 0 0 0 715 2960 4397

1413 223 211 152 123 79 71 56 21 0 0 0 0 0 575 2924 4265

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: Japan Customs

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

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total

10.7 0.1 10.8 3.1 3.0 1.0 2.2 0.0 1.4 4.5 0.4 0.1 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.4 3.5 22.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 33.6

12.4 0.1 12.5 3.1 2.6 1.1 2.3 0.0 1.2 4.4 0.4 0.1 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.6 3.9 22.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 35.6

13.3 0.1 13.4 3.3 1.8 1.1 2.4 0.0 1.1 4.0 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.4 4.4 22.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 36.2

14.1 0.2 14.3 3.7 2.5 1.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.4 5.0 22.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 37.1

14.1 0.2 14.3 3.9 2.3 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.3 4.1 20.9 0.0 0.3 0.3 35.5

13.9 0.2 14.1 3.9 2.2 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.1 2.9 18.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 32.8

15.6 0.4 16.0 4.9 2.3 1.6 1.8 0.1 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 2.5 17.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 34.0

15.9 0.1 16.0 3.7 2.5 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 3.0 15.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 32.6

13.5 0.3 13.8 4.1 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 2.7 15.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 29.8

13.1 0.2 13.3 4.3 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.2 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.3 15.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 28.9

14.1 0.5 14.6 6.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.5 16.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 31.3

Country

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total

13.5 0.8 14.3 5.2 2.3 1.3 1.2 2.3 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.0 17.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 32.5

13.0 1.0 14.0 6.3 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.0 16.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 31.3

14.0 1.2 15.2 7.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.8 17.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 32.8

15.1 0.0 15.1 7.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.8 16.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 31.9

16.8 0.0 16.8 6.9 2.1 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 4.0 19.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 36.9

20.6 0.0 20.6 11.8 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.7 25.8 0.2 0.7 0.9 26.7

22.4 0.0 22.4 11.7 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 3.6 22.8 0.4 0.2 0.6 45.7

24.0 0.0 24.0 12.8 3.0 1.7 1.4 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.3 25.4 0.2 0.5 0.7 50.1

22.5 0.0 22.5 12.7 3.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 3.1 26.7 0.2 0.4 0.6 49.8

22.4 0.0 22.4 10.9 2.8 1.7 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.9 25.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 48.3

21.0 0.0 21.0 11.9 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.6 25.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 47.4

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

Country

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

LIVE Canada Others Sub Total FROZEN Canada Brazil Bahamas Honduras China South Africa Australia Thailand Panama New Zealand Taiwan PC Oman Mexico India Others Sub Total CANNED Canada Others Sub Total Total

21.0 0.0 21.0 7.3 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.9 20.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 42.0

20.4 0.1 20.5 8.6 3.2 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.1 21.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 42.0

19.5 0.1 19.6 7.3 3.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.4 20.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 40.2

21.2 0.1 21.2 13.0 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 22.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 44.3

21.2 0.1 21.3 18.3 3.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.2 30.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 51.7

22.7 0.1 22.8 12.8 2.2 1.4 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 23.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 46.1

23.0 0.1 23.1 15.3 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 24.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 47.4

24.9 0.6 25.5 22.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 32.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 57.7

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: NMFS

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LOBSTER EXPORTS

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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals

37.1 48.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.7 4.9 93.7

31.0 49.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.1 0.2 4.2 87.2

30.6 46.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.9 0.1 5.6 86.1

32.6 65.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.2 7.2 109.9

32.5 49.8 4.1 0.6 0.2 3.8 0.6 0.7 9.2 101.6

24.5 44.7 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.5 9.8 84.6

66.5 41.4 14.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.2 8.8 133.7

85.2 38.4 17.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.3 2.2 10.3 156.0

93.0 36.3 26.7 1.1 2.7 0.1 1.2 2.2 3.3 10.4 177.0

95.0 53.2 23.5 2.4 1.9 0.1 1.7 1.1 4.1 7.4 190.5

86.6 59.9 27.6 3.0 1.6 0.0 1.5 1.7 3.5 7.6 193.0

Country

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals

100.2 74.0 34.5 3.5 3.1 0.1 1.7 2.1 4.2 8.2 231.6

125.2 78.8 35.6 5.0 4.5 0.2 1.3 2.6 4.9 7.9 266.2

104.4 64.9 29.1 2.6 3.6 0.6 1.5 2.7 5.3 8.1 223.0

107.1 68.4 31.2 15.8 3.9 0.9 1.6 3.2 4.4 8.9 245.4

121.4 64.3 20.7 18.6 3.2 0.8 1.7 3.8 4.4 9.1 248.0

140.6 74.6 21.2 16.5 2.2 0.5 1.9 5.8 3.0 9.9 276.1

170.2 78.4 27.8 13.7 1.4 0.5 1.9 7.0 2.2 8.3 311.4

199.3 78.0 34.5 20.2 4.3 0.9 2.3 7.1 3.1 9.7 359.3

220.7 80.8 36.1 17.1 11.1 2.7 3.0 8.6 5.8 14.0 399.9

255.6 88.1 50.7 32.5 15.3 10.5 3.9 9.1 13.8 14.0 493.5

231.9 85.3 42.1 30.8 6.0 11.6 6.1 4.4 7.8 11.6 13.7 451.2

Country

2009

2010

2011

UK Denmark Ireland Netherlands Iceland Spain Germany Italy Portugal Sweden Others Totals

177.4 71.1 28.4 28.1 4.8 12.3 6.9 3.1 4.5 4.6 11.0 352.1

190.9 75.0 34.9 28.4 11.4 8.6 2.8 4.4 4.0 3.8 8.7 372.8

203.4 74.5 48.3 34.5 18.3 9.9 5.8 5.0 3.8 3.6 10.4 417.5

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals

4674 103 4111 53 22 16 46 159 730 9914

3521 30 4352 64 9 27 101 154 520 8778

4121 32 4121 54 106 19 83 172 719 9427

3770 42 4614 110 94 25 112 166 822 9755

3872 580 3807 91 286 26 59 166 951 9838

3175 328 3565 109 20 59 121 262 762 8401

9455 2477 4258 32 19 61 49 167 841 17359

11052 2708 4068 55 17 46 171 129 1114 19360

12719 4183 3375 148 9 264 114 129 1413 22354

13419 3624 5438 252 5 243 135 76 1267 24459

12444 4248 6181 307 2 208 132 149 1398 25069

Country

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

12753 5214 7448 313 6 375 146 218 1408 27881

15068 5635 7097 605 21 753 115 133 1442 30869

14660 5457 6609 358 95 471 181 228 1878 29937

14803 5732 6800 2363 154 556 186 102 1875 32571

15291 3356 5820 2641 137 307 182 67 1817 29618

17468 3429 7805 2486 70 160 208 85 1681 33392

21126 3933 7836 1640 70 113 183 79 1291 36271

21718 3976 5763 1865 122 324 212 152 1296 35428

21902 4152 5088 1597 334 493 238 188 1590 35582

22430 6094 4878 3209 1240 575 262 225 1731 40644

21950 4552 4699 3887 327 550 451 291 198 1624 38529

2009

2010

2011

20997 3848 5167 2815 346 642 561 257 193 1421 36247

21494 4283 5262 2937 682 411 472 367 163 980 37051

18111 4493 4150 2541 1102 596 591 343 267 732 32926

UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals Country UK Ireland Denmark Netherlands Iceland Germany Spain Italy Belgium Others Totals Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals

7.2 0.8 2.1 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.5 0.1 5.0 0.3 13.5 33.2

6.8 1.1 2.6 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.3 0.8 8.6 0.3 11.6 36.1

4.2 3.3 2.5 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 2.1 2.1 0.5 6.6 0.4 10.5 34.2

8.7 4.6 3.3 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.7 2.2 0.5 6.8 0.4 12.9 43.7

6.7 2.5 10.4 1.0 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.7 2.8 0.7 6.9 0.5 11.5 47.3

6.9 1.5 4.3 2.3 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.6 0.7 8.6 0.7 0.5 11.6 41.1

6.7 1.6 3.4 0.4 2.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.1 1.5 0.7 7.2 0.6 0.3 11.2 38.1

10.0 1.5 2.9 0.5 2.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.4 7.5 1.8 0.3 13.2 44.9

8.9 2.4 3.0 0.8 2.3 0.2 1.3 0.4 2.6 0.2 2.7 0.4 6.3 3.1 0.4 8.7 43.8

8.2 2.7 2.8 0.8 2.5 0.9 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.4 6.1 1.9 0.5 8.6 40.1

9.8 1.8 2.0 0.4 2.2 1.2 1.4 0.5 1.5 0.2 1.1 0.6 6.0 2.3 0.6 7.7 39.2

Country

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals

8.7 1.9 1.8 1.0 2.3 0.4 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.9 0.6 5.9 2.3 0.7 6.7 36.6

13.0 2.2 5.4 1.7 1.2 1.9 2.7 1.1 0.7 1.9 0.4 1.1 0.5 6.8 2.9 0.6 7.0 51.1

12.6 1.9 4.7 2.0 0.9 2.7 2.4 2.6 0.8 4.9 0.5 1.6 0.6 7.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 7.6 54.8

13.1 1.1 4.1 2.3 0.8 2.3 2.0 0.2 0.7 1.5 0.5 1.2 0.6 5.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 22.5 61.7

12.8 0.9 5.1 2.8 1.4 2.6 2.5 0.3 0.9 2.4 0.2 2.3 0.8 4.7 0.9 1.0 0.5 11.0 53.2

13.7 1.3 2.8 2.5 1.4 3.4 2.5 0.7 0.4 1.7 0.2 2.9 0.9 5.9 1.3 1.2 0.5 8.9 52.1

11.0 0.9 4.5 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.5 1.7 0.4 2.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 6.3 1.5 0.3 0.5 10.3 51.5

11.2 1.9 3.5 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 1.7 0.6 1.9 0.9 0.2 1.0 5.5 1.5 0.8 9.8 48.7

14.4 1.6 2.3 2.1 1.6 2.3 1.7 0.8 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.3 4.5 1.7 0.8 10.0 49.4

12.7 2.9 3.1 2.1 1.3 2.1 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.9 4.0 1.3 1.0 0.7 8.4 47.2

13.2 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.8 0.6 3.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 7.5 44.8

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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

Country

2009

2010

2011

Canada USA Cuba Brazil Honduras Bahamas Spain Nicaragua Belgium India United Arab Emirates Indonesia Thailand Australia China Mauritania France Others Totals

13.0 1.7 2.3 2.1 1.4 2.3 2.6 1.5 1.3 3.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 2.4 0.8 0.6 5.7 42.5

17.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.4 2.1 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.4 0.7 1.7 0.8 1.4 0.9 7.0 50.8

19.4 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 7.5 53.8

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD Country

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals

81.5 7.1 53.6 21.1 8.5 0.2 111.5 0.2 14.5 47.0 15.7 7.6 5.7 15.9 127.4 517.7

55.4 12.7 54.2 27.1 3.7 0.9 210.3 0.1 13.8 28.5 16.0 6.3 3.9 14.4 114.5 561.7

36.9 29.5 39.6 20.2 6.7 0.6 118.5 0.1 11.1 18.4 20.8 6.3 4.8 10.0 136.4 459.6

92.9 39.1 61.1 43.8 4.8 0.9 144.3 0.3 5.2 21.9 19.0 7.9 3.2 11.8 156.2 612.5

75.8 30.2 71.4 45.9 9.9 0.7 149.0 0.1 13.8 20.3 22.0 9.2 6.3 15.3 155.3 625.3

87.2 19.9 59.3 51.8 16.5 0.9 187.9 0.7 27.5 13.0 8.0 6.0 11.8 4.0 134.0 628.4

73.0 19.4 60.1 45.9 12.3 1.7 125.7 1.0 5.3 22.5 8.9 5.5 4.9 13.3 2.8 99.7 501.9

123.5 22.5 59.2 58.4 20.2 5.1 174.5 3.5 7.2 19.8 14.1 4.0 7.3 14.9 10.3 99.3 643.7

138.2 38.1 68.9 56.2 31.8 8.0 154.5 3.2 10.2 22.0 17.8 7.9 2.3 8.7 7.9 18.0 122.3 716.0

119.7 38.3 55.2 54.0 30.1 6.8 131.8 16.7 9.0 14.3 13.9 11.1 3.2 6.1 11.1 6.1 87.9 615.3

138.6 26.2 47.0 58.6 17.8 6.1 137.4 16.5 4.9 15.1 14.3 11.2 3.7 8.7 7.6 6.6 72.5 592.7

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Yearly exports of frozen lobster, by major exporting countries, in million USD (cont.)

Country

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals

120.7 24.5 41.7 57.4 20.7 7.6 104.5 6.2 31.8 13.5 12.3 12.8 5.7 8.4 8.8 6.6 60.8 544.0

195.4 33.3 40.1 75.4 78.0 24.1 11.0 120.5 44.3 39.5 9.5 17.8 11.1 6.9 8.7 9.9 13.4 70.7 809.6

210.4 34.4 50.7 79.5 67.9 62.8 11.9 170.0 39.9 29.7 11.0 50.9 12.0 7.8 7.9 8.5 3.0 87.3 945.6

216.3 18.6 58.6 68.3 62.8 3.5 10.9 100.5 33.4 28.1 16.7 15.7 13.4 8.7 8.0 12.5 5.8 284.1 965.9

232.3 16.1 71.0 89.1 74.4 8.5 15.2 120.3 40.6 35.7 19.8 19.5 10.2 1.0 7.0 13.8 7.4 138.4 920.4

255.0 21.3 65.5 106.4 45.7 19.3 7.1 142.1 43.2 34.6 25.6 11.0 9.9 1.4 6.8 14.9 5.1 113.5 928.5

242.4 12.2 81.4 86.1 72.5 44.5 6.7 151.9 45.1 34.2 32.6 10.8 10.0 14.1 7.6 11.9 9.0 102.9 975.7

290.3 26.4 77.7 74.5 54.9 36.5 11.5 148.8 29.9 32.2 38.2 11.1 18.9 28.1 7.4 19.5 8.3 109.2 1023.5

366.1 28.4 83.6 88.0 41.4 25.4 23.1 142.8 32.3 33.8 33.1 12.4 20.6 15.1 7.0 17.2 7.8 117.0 1095.1

336.5 62.2 92.1 79.8 70.2 24.7 17.5 149.2 43.8 40.5 38.4 8.5 20.1 6.8 7.7 21.0 6.3 109.9 1135.2

373.1 45.2 86.2 64.4 63.2 37.0 24.4 118.9 36.6 42.4 29.0 4.1 22.1 3.8 7.4 17.5 4.0 98.7 1078.1

Country

2009

2010

2011

Canada USA Brazil Bahamas Cuba Nicaragua Belgium Australia Spain Honduras South Africa India France United Arab Emirates Belize Iceland China Others Totals

274.6 36.3 51.6 60.2 31.2 31.4 25.0 66.8 40.1 19.6 20.6 12.2 11.8 4.2 6.5 17.1 6.3 62.8 778.2

422.1 63.7 84.1 67.7 46.8 41.0 38.1 67.6 34.8 34.3 22.6 11.4 19.7 12.6 7.2 17.1 6.4 83.9 1080.9

468.2 81.5 76.7 69.2 56.8 47.4 46.7 42.3 41.5 38.7 23.9 21.0 20.2 15.2 8.9 8.7 7.5 98.9 1173.4

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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Total EU export of fresh, chilled, frozen lobsters, by country of destination, in 1 000 tonnes Country

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

USA Canada UK Spain Cuba Netherlands Nicaragua Bahamas France Sweden Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade

10.0 8.1 2.6 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 33.2 8.3 24.9

9.7 8.5 2.8 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 33.3 10.0 23.3

10.3 8.3 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.0 34.9 10.4 24.5

10.9 8.1 3.3 2.4 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.0 35.8 10.2 25.6

9.3 6.9 3.2 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 31.5 9.7 21.8

9.7 7.4 2.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 31.9 10.2 21.7

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT

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

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

USA Canada UK Bahamas Nicaragua Cuba Spain Netherlands France Ireland Total Intra EU trade Extra EU trade

155.3 128.7 59.9 36.9 6.7 59.7 30.1 18.1 22.1 12.5 643.5 176.1 467.4

130.2 109.5 55.6 31.0 11.4 30.6 31.1 17.1 19.5 10.3 522.6 164.5 358.1

145.1 116.4 57.2 42.2 18.8 41.3 37.4 19.2 16.5 12.6 581.7 170.5 411.2

164.1 130.7 68.3 47.8 21.5 41.4 43.1 20.4 19.2 14.4 664.6 193.5 471.1

129.9 106.4 61.5 35.5 21.8 33.8 22.8 20.9 16.2 12.4 532.4 162.8 369.5

141.4 109.2 56.5 31.0 30.6 27.5 27.0 22.5 17.8 13.3 546.5 171.9 374.6

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: EUROSTAT

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Australian Rock lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total

1991 2921 6852 27 9800

1992 4490 8640 13130

1993 7553 7162 14715

1994 8365 7466 15831

1995 8918 6337 15255

1996 9213 6077 15290

1997 9519 6047 15566

1998 9531 5926 15457

1999 10610 6772 17382

2000 8450 7487 15937

2001 7907 5257 13164

Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total

2002 6756 4740 11496

2003 6769 5951 12720

2004 7443 6327 13770

2005 6899 5135 12636

2006 7114 4411 11938

2007 6231 3559 10252

2008 5884 3091 8975

2009 6546 2383 8929

2010 5565 1697 7262

2011 6532 969 7501

2012 6556 542 7098

Product Live/fresh/chilled Frozen Canned Total

2013 7264 403 7667

2014 7954 330 8284

Source: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS - 20080722.

Canadian lobster exports, by product form, in tonnes Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

1992 18434 8939 880 28253

1993 17774 8502 563 26839

1994 19656 12611 267 32534

1995 19985 11277 688 31950

1996 20569 10678 617 31864

1997 20570 9873 3737 34180

1998 20930 8650 3440 33020

1999 22921 13058 4089 40068

2000 25490 12524 4750 42764

2001 27381 13058 4715 45154

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

2002 29641 12735 5194 47570

2002 28838 13692 5100 47630

2003 28838 13692 5100 47630

2004 28134 10656 5531 44321

2005 26253 10937 6107 43297

2006 25883 14345 5934 46162

2007 25212 12517 4794 42523

2008 25356 12994 5809 44159

2009 26693 13031 4977 44701

2010 27066 17017 6897 50980

Product Live/Fresh/Chilled Frozen Canned Total

2011 29859 19441 7180 56480

2012 30809 20661 8507 59977

2013 33723 20996 8298 63017

2014 39989 26256 8595 74840

Source: Statistics Canada

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Canadian lobster exports by country, in 1 000 tonnes

NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

9.3 * * 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 10.5 3.1 * 0.1 0.9 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 4.7

10.4 * * 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 11.9 3.1 * 0.1 0.9 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 5.0

12.6 * * 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 14.4 3.2 * 0.1 1.6 * * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.7

14.5 * * 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 16.6 2.9 * 0.3 1.2 * * 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 5.3

13.9 * * 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 16.8 2.2 * 1.0 1.7 * * 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.1 7.2

14.8 * * 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 18.7 1.2 * 1.4 2.9 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.1 8.8

12.9 * * 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 16.9 0.6 * 0.5 2.0 * * 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.2

14.9 * * 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 19.9 0.7 * 0.4 1.6 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.0

15.6 * * 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 20.9 1.8 * 1.2 2.4 * * 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 6.6

13.4 * * 0.9 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 18.4 A * 1.6 2.0 * * 0.4 0.4 0.1 A NA 0.1 2.3 6.9

28

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

NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

13.1 * * 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 17.8 2.8 * 1.0 1.6 * * 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 6.9

14.1 * 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.5 * 0.4 0.3 0.5 19.7 4.0 * 1.4 2.3 * 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 * 0.1 9.4

13.5 * 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 * 0.4 0.9 0.4 20.0 3.2 * 1.7 2.0 * 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 * 0.4 8.9

13.0 * 0.0 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 * 0.4 1.0 1.5 20.7 4.1 * 0.8 1.3 * 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 * 0.2 8.0

14.0 * 0.0 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 * 0.3 1.0 1.0 20.6 4.5 * 0.8 2.1 * 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 * 0.7 9.9

15.1 * 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 * 0.2 0.6 0.8 20.9 4.1 * 0.6 2.1 * 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 * 0.2 8.7

16.5 * 0.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 * 0.2 0.4 1.2 22.9 7.0 * 0.9 2.1 * 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.2 * 0.7 13.1

20.6 * 0.0 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 * 0.2 0.3 0.7 25.5 7.7 * 0.6 1.5 * 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 * 0.6 12.5

22.5 * 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 * 0.4 0.3 0.9 27.4 7.7 * 0.8 1.6 * 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 * 1.1 13.0

24.1 * 0.0 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 * 0.3 0.3 1.5 29.6 8.2 * 1.1 1.6 * 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 * 0.4 12.7

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

NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

22.6 * 0.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 * 0.3 0.2 1.9 28.9 8.2 * 0.6 1.9 * 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 * 1.0 13.7

22.5 * 0.0 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 * 0.1 0.3 1.5 28.1 7.3 * 0.7 0.9 * 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 * 0.6 10.7

21.0 * * 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.7 26.3 7.5 * 0.5 0.9 * * 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.0 10.9

20.5 * * 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.7 25.9 8.9 * 0.8 1.1 * * 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.6 14.4

19.6 * * 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.8 25.2 7.5 * 1.0 1.0 * * 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.9 12.5

20.1 * * 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.8 25.4 9.4 * 0.7 0.9 * * 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 13.0

21.3 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 26.7 8.8 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 13.0

21.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 27.1 12.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.2 17.0

22.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.9 29.9 12.9 0.1 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.5 19.4

23.0 2.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.8 30.8 15.3 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 20.7

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

NOT FROZEN-LIVE USA China Korea Rep Japan Belgium UK Netherlands France Germany Switzerland Italy China,Hong Kong Others Total FROZEN USA Vietnam Japan France Hong Kong Spain Belgium Germany UK Sweden Norway Denmark Others Total

2013

2014

25.0 2.2 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.1 33.7 15.3 0.3 1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.6 21.0

28.4 3.9 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 40.0 16.2 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.4 26.3

* = included under Others.

Source: Statistics Canada

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1987

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

3.7 0.9 6.5 1.4 2.9 2.2 0.7 5.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 9.0 34.3

5.6 1.0 5.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.8 6.6 0.5 0.0 0.9 8.5 34.8

5.3 1.3 7.7 1.2 2.9 2.1 0.7 7.8 0.4 0.1 1.2 7.6 38.3

6.1 1.4 8.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.7 5.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 8.0 35.4

6.7 1.5 7.0 1.2 2.3 1.6 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 9.5 37.1

8.1 1.6 7.7 1.2 2.5 1.5 0.8 5.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 9.3 38.8

9.9 1.8 7.2 1.2 2.6 4.9 0.8 8.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 7.9 45.5

9.6 2.0 7.1 1.2 2.5 1.3 0.9 6.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 6.6 38.9

10.8 2.0 5.1 1.2 3.3 1.7 0.8 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.2 8.7 41.3

10.0 2.3 6.1 1.2 3.9 2.3 1.0 6.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 8.4 44.1

6.6 2.4 5.3 1.1 4.3 2.0 1.1 9.7 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.2 8.8 43.5

Country

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

9.0 2.6 5.2 1.0 3.4 1.8 1.2 8.5 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.2 7.3 42.3

12.4 2.5 5.8 1.1 2.8 2.2 1.3 7.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 7.1 44.8

11.5 2.6 6.3 1.3 3.0 1.6 0.8 6.3 1.4 0.1 0.5 1.4 6.9 43.7

8.2 2.8 6.6 1.4 2.8 1.7 1.0 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 6.6 40.2

9.8 2.7 5.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.7 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.8 4.7 38.3

8.7 2.6 5.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 0.7 5.9 1.1 1.6 0.3 4.3 35.7

12.9 2.8 6.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.8 6.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 3.4 41.4

12.5 3.0 4.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 0.9 7.4 2.0 1.2 1.1 3.4 42.3

13.1 2.3 4.5 1.7 2.3 0.7 1.1 5.2 1.3 0.1 0.5 5.0 37.8

12.7 2.8 5.4 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.2 4.7 1.4 0.1 1.2 1.7 37.2

13.6 3.2 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 1.2 5.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 2.0 37.7

Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

10.7 3.0 4.7 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.9 6.3 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.5 36.3

10.9 2.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.3 5.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 31.5

14.3 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.6 0.1 4.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 32.5

12.5 4.3 3.1 1.8 2.1 1.1 1.1 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 1.4 32.7

13.1 3.8 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.4 1.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.4 34.1

12.9 2.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 29.9

16.9 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.1 37.5

19.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.6 39.3

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1987

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

3.7 0.9 6.5 1.4 2.9 2.2 0.7 5.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 8.1 33.4

5.6 1.0 5.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.8 6.6 0.5 0.0 0.9 7.1 33.4

5.3 1.3 7.7 1.2 2.9 2.1 0.7 7.8 0.4 0.1 1.2 6.4 37.0

6.1 1.4 8.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.7 5.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 6.5 33.9

6.7 1.5 7.0 1.2 2.3 1.6 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 8.5 36.1

8.1 1.6 7.7 1.2 2.5 1.5 0.8 5.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 8.5 38.0

9.9 1.8 7.2 1.2 2.6 4.9 0.8 8.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 7.0 44.7

9.6 2.0 7.1 1.2 2.5 1.3 0.9 6.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.9 38.2

10.8 2.0 5.1 1.2 3.3 1.7 0.8 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.2 7.8 40.5

10.0 2.3 6.1 1.2 3.9 2.3 1.0 6.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 7.2 42.8

6.6 2.4 5.3 1.1 4.3 2.0 1.1 9.7 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.2 8.1 42.8

Country

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

9.0 2.6 5.2 1.0 3.4 1.8 1.2 8.5 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.2 6.8 41.8

12.4 2.5 5.8 1.1 2.8 2.2 1.3 7.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 6.5 44.3

11.5 2.6 6.3 1.3 3.0 1.6 0.8 6.3 1.4 0.1 0.5 1.4 6.2 42.9

8.2 2.8 6.6 1.4 2.8 1.7 1.0 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 5.8 39.5

9.8 2.7 5.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.7 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.8 4.3 37.9

8.7 2.6 5.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 0.7 5.9 1.1 1.6 0.3 4.0 35.4

12.9 2.8 6.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.8 6.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 3.1 41.1

12.5 3.0 4.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 0.9 7.4 2.0 1.2 1.1 2.6 41.5

13.1 2.3 4.5 1.7 2.3 0.7 1.1 5.2 1.3 0.1 0.5 3.3 36.1

12.7 2.8 5.4 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.2 4.7 1.4 0.1 1.2 1.7 37.2

13.6 3.2 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 1.2 5.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 2.0 37.7

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Yearly world frozen lobster processed production, by major producing countries, in 1 000 tonnes (cont.)

Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Canada Bahamas Cuba Mexico Brazil USA Iceland Australia Nicaragua Ecuador Chile Indonesia Others Totals

10.7 3.0 4.7 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.9 6.3 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.5 36.3

10.9 2.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.3 5.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 31.5

14.3 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.6 0.1 4.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 32.5

12.5 4.3 3.1 1.8 2.1 1.1 1.1 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 1.4 32.7

13.1 3.8 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.4 1.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.4 34.1

12.9 2.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 29.9

16.9 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.1 37.5

19.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.6 39.2

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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LOBSTER PRODUCTION

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

American Spiny Rock European Others Total

40.7 50.7 17.7 2.0 58.8 169.9

47.7 52.5 17.5 2.3 70.4 190.5

48.6 57.6 18.6 2.4 70.7 198.0

53.6 61.7 13.7 2.2 78.3 209.6

58.9 63.3 12.3 2.0 78.0 214.4

60.1 64.2 12.5 2.3 80.9 219.9

62.6 66.7 11.7 2.6 82.8 226.4

68.0 68.6 12.2 2.9 64.7 216.3

75.5 64.6 11.3 2.8 66.2 220.4

77.2 67.8 9.1 2.5 68.7 225.3

67.1 68.0 11.4 2.3 67.9 216.6

66.6 64.2 11.4 2.3 70.0 214.5

Species

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

American Spiny Rock European Others Total

71.7 68.0 10.6 2.9 73.9 227.0

70.6 67.4 11.3 3.0 80.7 233.0

71.9 66.6 10.6 2.6 79.7 231.4

78.1 73.0 12.6 3.2 87.1 254.0

77.2 64.7 10.2 2.9 86.3 241.3

83.1 70.0 10.4 3.3 85.9 252.7

83.1 71.9 10.3 2.6 78.5 246.3

83.8 64.0 9.9 2.8 65.6 226.1

82.4 67.5 10.7 2.7 66.5 229.8

81.3 68.1 10.7 2.8 66.1 229.0

81.6 74.3 10.7 3.0 66.3 235.9

83.8 71.4 10.9 2.4 67.8 236.2

Species

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

American Spiny Rock European Others Total

97.0 64.4 10.3 4.1 81.2 257.0

83.0 57.7 10.7 4.2 89.6 245.2

96.1 66.7 9.6 4.4 86.4 263.2

102.3 59.8 8.7 4.5 91.6 266.9

119.6 69.8 10.1 5.2 92.3 297.0

124.3 73.4 8.4 5.7 82.6 294.3

139.4 78.2 7.6 4.8 74.0 304.0

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total

22.8 20.8 20.7 0.6 2.5 6.4 5.7 16.0 8.8 11.7 0.6 2.7 9.1 4.8 2.9 33.8 169.9

27.7 22.4 23.1 0.8 2.8 14.8 6.1 18.0 5.0 10.9 1.5 3.0 10.8 5.0 2.3 36.1 190.5

28.7 22.8 23.7 0.5 3.5 14.8 4.5 16.0 8.9 12.6 1.4 3.6 10.1 5.5 2.3 39.1 198.0

32.6 23.3 26.1 0.4 5.5 8.6 5.1 16.9 8.1 13.6 1.2 3.0 10.2 5.5 1.8 47.6 209.6

38.0 24.0 26.6 1.3 3.6 11.5 6.5 16.0 6.9 11.8 0.8 0.9 3.0 8.9 5.3 2.4 47.1 214.4

39.4 23.3 25.7 1.0 4.6 11.2 6.9 16.6 6.9 12.8 1.6 0.9 3.3 10.3 4.9 2.5 48.0 219.9

40.5 25.3 28.8 1.3 5.1 12.4 5.0 17.4 7.1 11.7 1.3 2.4 3.3 10.4 3.6 2.4 48.4 226.4

44.0 27.2 28.6 0.9 6.2 4.5 5.4 17.7 7.1 11.2 1.2 2.4 3.5 9.8 3.8 2.2 40.7 216.3

47.9 30.9 27.0 0.8 5.8 5.8 4.6 15.8 9.2 8.0 0.8 2.6 3.9 10.1 3.7 2.4 41.2 220.4

48.5 31.9 28.2 1.4 7.6 7.3 6.4 14.4 11.1 9.9 1.3 1.6 3.7 8.2 3.5 2.3 38.0 225.3

41.8 27.5 26.4 2.4 8.2 7.8 5.2 18.6 9.1 9.3 2.4 1.2 2.7 10.7 3.8 2.0 37.5 216.6

40.9 28.4 29.9 1.2 7.8 5.6 5.3 18.5 9.1 8.5 2.2 1.0 3.0 10.4 4.0 2.0 36.6 214.5

Country

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total

41.5 33.8 31.7 2.0 7.6 7.3 6.1 17.0 9.1 9.7 2.8 1.8 3.2 9.8 3.8 2.2 37.6 227.0

40.5 33.4 33.3 2.9 7.8 10.7 7.9 16.5 10.8 9.4 2.3 1.5 3.6 10.3 4.7 2.3 35.3 233.0

39.4 36.3 30.3 2.5 7.9 14.2 5.8 15.7 8.0 9.4 4.5 1.1 4.2 9.1 3.9 2.6 36.7 231.4

40.1 41.4 33.3 4.0 7.8 19.3 7.6 16.0 7.5 9.0 4.2 8.3 4.3 7.6 6.2 2.6 34.9 254.0

41.0 38.8 30.7 2.4 7.6 22.0 7.6 16.6 6.0 9.4 3.8 3.1 5.0 7.0 3.7 2.2 34.3 241.3

43.4 42.7 33.2 3.2 8.2 20.0 9.1 18.4 6.3 9.9 5.3 1.2 5.5 6.3 3.8 2.0 34.2 252.7

45.3 40.7 29.6 3.6 9.0 16.2 8.4 19.9 6.5 7.5 6.5 1.9 5.1 7.1 3.9 2.8 32.4 246.3

51.4 34.2 29.6 4.5 7.0 4.0 7.9 16.5 7.1 6.8 4.2 1.7 4.8 7.5 3.7 2.5 32.6 226.1

45.1 39.7 29.7 4.8 10.0 4.2 7.8 14.0 6.8 8.0 4.5 0.2 5.5 8.0 3.5 3.0 35.2 229.8

48.8 34.7 29.1 5.3 10.4 3.7 7.5 17.1 6.3 5.3 4.0 1.9 4.9 8.0 3.4 3.0 35.7 229.0

47.4 36.8 31.9 5.4 9.3 3.3 7.7 19.9 8.7 7.6 4.4 1.9 5.2 6.7 2.9 2.6 34.0 235.9

43.8 41.8 28.5 6.6 9.3 4.3 7.3 18.1 6.9 5.8 3.9 2.5 5.3 7.1 3.4 2.5 39.1 236.2

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

Country

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Canada UK USA Australia Ireland Bahamas Brazil Cuba Indonesia France Nicaragua Denmark Italy New Zealand Honduras Mexico Others Total

55.0 44.6 43.7 5.3 8.3 5.3 7.0 15.7 6.7 4.4 4.1 2.9 4.5 6.6 3.4 2.6 36.9 257.0

48.9 36.0 47.3 4.7 7.0 5.8 9.5 13.9 6.5 4.8 6.4 1.6 4.3 6.0 3.4 2.2 36.9 245.2

59.0 39.0 46.2 10.2 6.9 7.1 9.7 14.0 6.6 5.7 7.2 2.3 4.3 4.9 3.4 2.6 34.1 263.2

58.3 46.1 45.7 6.2 7.1 9.1 7.6 11.8 7.3 4.1 10.8 3.1 4.5 6.2 3.1 2.3 33.5 266.9

67.3 55.3 41.4 8.0 9.7 9.4 8.3 11.6 6.9 4.5 8.2 4.4 4.4 5.8 3.7 3.3 45.2 297.0

67.0 60.2 37.7 10.8 8.5 9.8 8.7 11.2 6.9 5.0 4.1 3.7 3.8 5.5 3.5 3.2 44.8 294.3

71.5 70.0 35.8 14.0 12.1 11.0 10.7 9.3 7.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.0 35.3 304.0

* Excluding Norway lobster Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total

19.9 5.2 2.7 8.4 2.4 2.6 0.6 0.1 5.7 0.4 2.1 50.1

22.1 5.6 3.0 10.3 2.5 2.7 0.8 0.1 4.0 0.4 2.7 54.0

22.3 4.0 3.6 9.6 2.7 2.5 1.2 4.3 0.4 2.9 53.5

24.9 4.7 3.0 9.7 4.1 2.4 1.1 8.2 0.5 3.1 61.7

25.5 6.2 3.0 8.4 5.1 2.6 1.2 1.8 0.6 4.6 58.8

24.6 6.5 3.3 9.4 4.5 2.7 1.2 2.3 0.8 5.4 60.8

27.5 4.6 3.3 9.8 5.1 2.2 1.1 2.3 0.7 5.1 61.6

27.1 4.6 3.5 9.0 4.1 1.9 0.8 1.8 0.6 3.2 56.7

25.5 3.9 3.8 9.4 4.8 1.7 1.1 0.0 1.3 0.6 4.0 56.2

27.0 5.6 3.7 7.6 5.8 2.2 1.3 0.0 1.6 0.5 2.5 57.7

25.2 4.5 2.6 10.2 5.9 2.2 0.8 0.1 1.6 0.5 2.2 55.8

28.8 4.8 2.9 9.8 4.9 2.4 0.9 0.1 1.6 0.5 2.5 59.2

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

Country

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total

30.5 5.3 3.2 9.3 5.3 2.2 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.5 2.8 61.5

31.9 7.2 3.6 9.8 4.3 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.8 63.8

29.2 5.2 4.2 8.6 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.1 59.0

31.7 7.0 4.3 7.1 4.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.4 2.0 61.6

29.2 7.0 5.0 6.6 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.2 57.4

31.3 8.5 5.5 5.8 3.0 1.4 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4 2.9 61.8

28.4 7.7 5.1 6.6 2.5 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 2.0 56.6

28.5 7.1 4.8 7.0 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.7 56.3

28.5 7.0 5.4 7.6 2.1 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 1.6 57.2

27.8 6.8 4.9 7.6 2.6 1.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.7 56.3

30.6 6.8 5.2 6.3 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.7 57.5

27.1 7.1 5.3 6.8 4.5 2.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.9 58.2

Country

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

UK Ireland Denmark France Italy Iceland Sweden Netherlands Spain Spain Others Total

41.3 6.3 4.5 6.2 4.6 1.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.8 70.4

44.5 9.3 4.3 5.5 4.3 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 2.3 76.0

43.5 9.2 4.3 4.5 3.6 2.1 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 2.0 72.5

42.9 7.2 4.5 5.6 3.7 2.5 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 2.3 72.2

38.7 7.8 4.3 4.8 3.4 2.5 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.9 66.5

34.5 7.9 3.8 4.6 2.7 2.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.7 2.2 61.0

32.7 10.4 3.7 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 2.0 59.3

Source: FAO Fishstat Plus

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

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V

39.4 90.9 6.4 16.2

44.2 106.8 5.2 13.7

44.0 114.3 6.3 17.3

46.2 114.9 5.3 14.3

46.1 120.6 6.8 19.2

45.6 133.6 5.8 21.3

48.6 145.2 7.2 23.0

52.9 149.1 8.1 26.4

61.0 154.7 7.1 23.2

63.3 165.0 7.1 32.1

55.8 161.0 4.9 20.2

Species

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V

56.5 151.7 6.1 21.0

66.4 196.2 8.1 33.4

66.4 214.8 7.1 34.2

71.6 241.8 8.3 35.2

83.9 267.2 7.2 33.4

79.6 253.6 5.9 24.4

87.5 323.0 6.7 29.8

83.2 301.3 6.5 32.9

73.6 254.3 4.1 21.4

82.3 293.3 5.2 25.6

73.7 292.1 4.9 23.4

Species

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

AMERICAN LOBSTER Q AMERICAN LOBSTER V SPINY LOBSTER Q SPINY LOBSTER V

75.3 315.6 5.8 28.7

88.0 416.6 4.1 22.8

75.2 349.1 5.7 35.5

92.6 395.2 4.3 32.8

81.8 375.6 4.2 30.7

96.9 299.5 4.7 20.4

115.4 396.8 6.4 46.0

126.3 423.5 6.4 50.0

149.6 429.3 4.8 36.5

149.3 460.1 6.2 57.9

Q=million pounds; V=million USD. Source: NMFS

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