In 2008, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada reached a record $16.2 billion (€11.4 billion), with seafood exports totaling $708 million (€497 million), says the annual export guide for Canada put out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Overall, Canada imported $1.9 billion (€1.3 billion) in edible fishery products, same as in 2007, with the U.S. accounting for 37 percent of sales in both years, down from 41 percent in 2006 when Canadian imports were $1.7 billion (€1.2