Top Imports
- The United States mainly imports seafood from China, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Ecuador.
- Our top imports (by volume) include shrimp, freshwater fish, tuna, salmon, groundfish, crab, and squid. Check out U.S. foreign trade statistics.
- Trade tracking programs monitor the international trade of some species such as bluefin tuna, swordfish, bigeye tuna, and Chilean sea bass by requiring that imports include documentation of details on catch—such as what gear was used and when and where the fish was caught.