Fish and Seafood

Statistics

Canadian Seafood Trade Monitor - 2008

Fish and Seafood exports for January to December 2007:
$3.862 Billion, 5.3% down from the same period 2006

Fish and Seafood imports for January to December 2007:
$2.178 Billion, 3.9% down from the same period 2006

Fish and Seafood trade balance for January to December 2007:
$1.684 Billion, 15.2% down from the same period 2006

Top Seafood Markets (Million $)

	2006	2007	% change
United States	2,516	2,393	-4.9%
Japan	342	298	-12.9%
China, P. Rep.	276	238	-13.8%
Denmark	125	130	4.0%
United Kingdom	111	127	14.4%
Hong Kong	82	71	-13.4%
France	65	71	9.2%
Russia	44	62	40.9%
Germany	45	42	-6.7%
Korea, South	47	40	-14.9%

Top Seafood Export Products (Million $)

	2006	2007	% change
Crabs, snow (Queen), frozen	418	514	23.1%
Lobsters, (Homarus spp), live	413	423	2.3%
Atlantic salmon, farmed, fresh or chilled	455	418	-8.1%
Lobsters, (Homarus spp), nes, frozen, in shelll	364	297	-18.4%
Shrimps and prawns, frozen, in shell	249	226	-9.2%
Lobster meat, frozen	161	111	-31.1%
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved	120	110	-8.3%
Scallops, frozen, dried, salted or in brine	68	83	22.1%
Shrimps and prawns, frozen, peeled	50	62	24.0%
Lobsters in brine, frozen	49	59	20.4%