US seafood imports reached record levels in 2017, fueling continued growth in the nation's seafood trade deficit at a time when the Trump administration is seeking ways to narrow the trade gap.

The United States imported more than 6 billion pounds of seafood valued at more than $21.5 billion (€18.3 billion) in 2017, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration cited by the Associated Press. The country exported more than 3.6