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 figures provide information on the volume of

seafood

imports

in the United States from 2002 to 2022,

along with

a prediction for 2032, and illustrate the distribution of

seafood

imports

among various regions in 2022. All in all, the US

seafood

import market grew substantially in the past two decades, with the majority of the trade-ins sourced from several nations. In the future,

however

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

seafood

imports

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

seafood

imports

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

imports

in 2022, China, Thailand and Canada were the dominant countries, controlling two-thirds of the market. China had the 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

.