The bar chart below shows US seafood imports between 2002 and 2022 and the forcast for 2032. The pie chart shows the geographical structure of these imports in 2022.

The graph illustrates information on the volume of

seafood

imports

in the United States from 2002 to 2022,

along with

the prediction for 2032, and illustrates the distribution of

seafood

imports

among

countries

in 2022.

Overall

, the US

seafood

import market grew substantially in the past two decades, with the majority of the

imports

sourced from serval

countries

. In the future,

however

, import levels are forecast to shrink. Between the years 2002 and 2022,

seafood

imports

in the United States tripled from approximately 6 billion at the beginning of the period to well over 20 billion in 2022. Despite the past growth, the graph forecasts a decline in

seafood

imports

by approximately 2 billion in 2023 compared to the 2022 levels. Regarding the geographical spirit of import in 2022, China, Thailand and Canada were the dominant

countries

, controlling two-thirds of the market. China had to largest share of

seafood

imports

to the United States(28%), followed by Thailand (23%), and Canada (16%).

In contrast

, other

countries

-

such

as Indonesia, Vietnam, and Ecuador- each contributed less than 10% of the

seafood

imports

.