Maine turns to Canada after losing China lobster market

Last year, the US state Maine exported goods of all types valued at $204 million to China, making it second only to neighboring Canada's exports of $1.4 billion, Census Bureau statistics show. But tariffs have cut off China, the fastest growing market for Maine's live lobster industry by 84 percent this year while exports of wood products are down 51 percent.

The Maine lobster industry is switching to other markets - as far away as Thailand and Vietnam and as close as Canada.

Maine-based lobster companies are opening operations in Canada and shipping lobsters from Nova Scotia because Canada isn't affected by the US-China trade dispute.