The graphs provide information that on the volume of seafood imports in the United States the years 1986 and 2016 with the prediction for 2026 and illustrates from which countries the seafood was imported in 2016.
Overall, seafood imports tripled over that twenty-year period with the top three countries controlling more than two-third of the market in the United States. In the future, however, seafood levels are foreseen to shrink.
The United States seafood imports increased from 6 billion dollars in 1986 to over 10 billion dollars in 1996. Over the following ten years, that amount doubled and crossed the 20 billion dollars mark in 2016.
Despite the past growth, it is predicted that the trend will change and in 2026 the United States will receive approximately 2 billion dollars fewer seafood product from abroad than it did it in 2016.
In regard to geographical split of imports, the three countries that dominated the market in 2016 were China, Thailand and Canada which respectively imported 28 percent, 23 percent and 16 percent of the seafood. The imports from the other countries – including Indonesia, Vietnam and Ecuador- constituted one-third of the total annual seafood imports.
The graphs provide information that on the volume of seafood
imports
in the
United
States
the years 1986 and 2016 with the prediction for 2026 and illustrates from which
countries
the seafood
was imported
in 2016.
Overall
, seafood
imports
tripled over that twenty-year period with the top three
countries
controlling more than two-third of the market in the
United
States
. In the future,
however
, seafood levels are foreseen to shrink.
The
United
States
seafood
imports
increased from 6
billion
dollars
in 1986 to over 10
billion
dollars
in 1996. Over the following ten years, that amount doubled and crossed the 20
billion
dollars
mark in 2016.
Despite the past growth, it
is predicted
that the trend will
change
and in 2026 the
United
States
will receive approximately 2
billion
dollars
fewer seafood product from abroad than it did it in 2016.
In regard to geographical split of
imports
, the three
countries
that dominated the market in 2016 were China, Thailand and Canada which
respectively
imported 28 percent, 23 percent and 16 percent of the seafood. The
imports
from the other
countries
–
including Indonesia, Vietnam and Ecuador- constituted one-third of the total annual seafood
imports
.