By Ai Heping and Hong Xiao in New York | China Daily USA | Updated: 2018-07-18 10:51A Maine lobster company had been preparing for a big year of sales to China this year. That's because China's tariff on live lobsters is at 40 percent, and at 35 percent on processed lobster. The Maine Lobster Dealers' Association says that lobster is the state's second-largest export to China. Tom Adams, CEO of lobster distribution company Maine Coast, told NBC that 20 percent of his exports previously went to China. So this will be a huge hit to the lobster industry," Annie Tselikis, executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers' Association, told Portland, Maine-based TV station WGME.