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

The graphs provide information on the volume of

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imports

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in the United States from 2002 to 2022,

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predictions for 2032, and illustrate the distribution of

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imports

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among

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in 2022.

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, the US

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

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sourced from several

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. In the future,

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, import levels are forecast to shrink.

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what is shown, between the years 2002 and 2022,

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

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by approximately $2 billion in 2032 compared to the 2022 levels. Regarding the geographical split of

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in 2022, China, Thailand and Canada were the dominant

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

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

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, other

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such

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

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imports

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.