What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia crustaceans is between US$ 11.80 and US$ 19.66 per kilogram or between US$ 5.35 and US$ 8.92 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for crustaceans is between AUD 17.75 and AUD 29.58 per kilogram or between AUD 8.05 and AUD 13.41 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia crustaceans is between US$ 8.26 and US$ 13.76 per kilogram or between US$ 3.75 and US$ 6.24 per pound(lb).
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Australia Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Australia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 9.64 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 15.44 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a slight increase to 16.25 US dollars per kg in 2018, and then a significant jump to 23.33 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then dropped to 10.71 US dollars per kg in 2020, before rising again to 13.61 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data point is 12.00 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Australia will be 13.17 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 13.73 US dollars per kg in 2024.Australia Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Australia has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was $9.64, and by 2021, it had risen to $13.61. The highest price was recorded in 2019, when it reached $23.33. This was followed by a decrease in 2020, when the price dropped to $10.71. In 2021, the price rose again to $13.61, and in 2022, it was $12.00. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Australia will be $14.41 in 2023 and $15.22 in 2024.Export values for Australia crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in Australia were US$ 318, US$ 247, US$ 861 and US$ 280 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Australia crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of crustaceans sold by Australia in 2020 was 63 tonnes. In 2019 Australia shipped 12 tonnes of crustaceans. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Australia crustaceans (seafood category) has shrunk, recording a change of -77.358 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports reduced by -25 percent bringing the exporter US$0.28m for the year 2019. Australia's crustaceans exports are categorised as:
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
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Australia crustaceans export values
In 2019, Australia exported crustaceans worth 0.28m USD, a reduction of -67.48% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.861m USD. The yearly change in value of Australia crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 248.583 per cent.
The yearly variation in the amount of Australia's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -25 percent in comparison to a variation of -77.358% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Australia's stake of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 1.7%. The country holds number 11 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Australia crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Australia is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Australia crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 10%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 2%, per annum.
Australia bought 515 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.