Global Fish and Seafood Imports by Country, 1976-2018

Fisheries and Oceans Canada provides a dataset on global imports of fish and seafood products by principal importing countries from 1976 to 2018. The data includes both quantity and value terms and is based on information collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It was last updated on the platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling global seafood trade flows based on the time-series data from 1976 to 2018
• Analyzing import value trends for major economies based on the country-level data
• Forecasting commodity-specific trade patterns based on the fish and seafood product categories
• Assessing market dependencies and supply chains based on the principal importing countries data

Strengths

• Covers a 42-year time range from 1976 to 2018
• Sourced from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Includes both quantity and value metrics for trade analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic or reporting bias inherent to the FAO collection methodology

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, based on FAO data

Collection Method

Collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Time Range

1976 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 02:12:24.362336; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global, by principal importing countries