Lobster Prices in US
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Price (US$/lb) | Local (USD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Retail estimated | 23.13 | 10.49 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
As of June 2026, the lobster price in US is US$ 23.13 per kg (US$ 10.49 / lb). Every figure is sourced and dated — no estimates are presented as observed prices.
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Lobster Price History & Trend
Monthly lobster price tracked since June 2026, US$ per kg — the line grows each month as we record it. Source: Web sources (aggregated).
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List your produceUS lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of lobster sold by US in 2020 was 34,500 metric tons. In 2019 US sold 42,402 tonnes of lobster. Through 2019 alone, the demand for US lobster (seafood category) has shrunk, with a change of -20.648 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports went down by -16.11 pc earning the nation US$636.14m for the year 2019. US' lobster exports are classified as:
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030631)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030622)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030621)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030692)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030691)
- Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030615)
- Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030612)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030625)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030694)
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030611)
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US lobster export values
In 2019, US sold lobster worth 636.14m USD, a contraction of -12.83% from 2018's total lobster export of 729.785m USD. The annual change in value of US lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 4.969 per cent.
The per year change in the amount of US' lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was -16.11 pc in comparison to a variation of -20.648% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
US' stake of the world's total lobster's exports in 2019 was 1.7 pc. The country holds number 10 in world exports of lobster.
Export markets for US lobster ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net importer of lobster. The annual growth of US lobster in value between 2015 to 2019 was -7%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -28%, per annum.
US brought in 55,414 tonnes of lobster in 2019.