Band 6+: The bar chart below shows US seafood imports between 2002 and 2022 and the forecast for 2032. The pie chart shows the geographical structures of these imports in 2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The data provides information about seafood consumption in the US at 4 different times. In addition, it demonstrates the major countries that exports seafood to the US.

Overall, the consumption of seafood recorded an increase from 2002 to 2022. However, it is predicted that it will have a slight decrease in the next ten years.

The import of seafood doubled from ten billion US dollars in 2012 to above twenty billion US dollars in 2022. Meanwhile, the forecast expects that it will decline from about 21 billion US dollars to 18 billion US dollars.

China and Thailand hold the half percentage of seafood exporters to the US in combine, with 28 percent for China and 23 percent for Thailand. Canada comes after with nearly one quarter. Indonesia, Vietnam, and Ecuador have about the percentage of seafood exportation, with just under ten percent for each. Other countries hold the rest with only nine percent.