Ambassador Ashe hosted a reception on November 20 offering American lobsters in Poland, a new item available for purchase here, Agricultural Counselor Eric Wenberg announced. The Ambassador said, "Polish consumers are becoming more interested in high quality goods from abroad and have many topline choices they can make for restaurants and high-end shops". The United States is a major exporter of seafood and sold $350 million worth of lobster last year to international markets. The United States is also a major importer of seafood, buying billions of dollars of products from abroad each year. If an American seafood company is selling to Europe they should be looking at Poland. The event began the kickoff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to organize a delegation of importers to attend the Boston seafood show in March 15-17, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts.