they've got around $500.00 of the cross stations today in portland harbor part of the catch and up with a distributor that packs the animals for transport around the world. last year the u.s. exported around 5 and a half 1000000 kilos of lobster to china this year it looks like it will only be around a 1000000. not long ago china raised the tariff on them from 25 percent to 35 percent bad news for business owners like tom adams. we need all markets it's a big industry it's a big business because they know there to be kind of secluded from 2 major market places due to tariffs just a bit it just is really makes it that much harder for our business to thrive the. canadian competitors have now seized around 90 percent of the law. trade with china to make up for collapsing exports means lobster industry has to unlock new markets fortunately other asian countries like singapore and malaysia have begun to develop a taste for the product. as the trade war between the us and china drags on michael libby is now also seeking to sell as many of his lobster as possible to local restaurants. he doesn