What is the price of live fish per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia live fish is between US$ 2.91 and US$ 29.07 per kilogram or between US$ 1.32 and US$ 13.18 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live fish in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for live fish is between AUD 4.37 and AUD 43.73 per kilogram or between AUD 1.98 and AUD 19.83 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia live fish is between US$ 2.03 and US$ 20.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.92 and US$ 9.23 per pound(lb).
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Australia Live Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Fish from Australia has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2011, the export price was 17.53 US dollars per kg, while in 2021 it was 32.46 US dollars per kg. The most recent year, 2022, saw the lowest export price of 30.37 US dollars per kg. This trend is expected to continue, with the predicted export price for 2023 being 30.17 US dollars per kg and for 2024 being 29.97 US dollars per kg.Australia Live Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Fish into Australia over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2012, the price was 47.56 US dollars per kg, dropping to 39.48 US dollars per kg in 2013. This trend continued in 2014, with the price falling to 39.76 US dollars per kg. In 2015, the price dropped further to 30.83 US dollars per kg, and in 2016, it decreased to 30.80 US dollars per kg. The price then rose slightly in 2017 to 32.98 US dollars per kg, before dropping again in 2018 to 30.60 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose slightly to 30.89 US dollars per kg, before increasing again in 2020 to 33.09 US dollars per kg. The price then dropped in 2021 to 32.46 US dollars per kg, and in 2022, it decreased to 30.37 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Live Fish into Australia will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price in 2023 will be around 31.50 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 31.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for Australia live fish
The total values in export for live fish in Australia were US$ 9,116, US$ 9,333, US$ 10,221 and US$ 10,779 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fish category in Australia: Live Ornamental Fish, Live Trout, Live Eels, Live Carp, Live Tuna, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish, Sole Fish & Turbot Fish.
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Australia live fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of live fish shipped by Australia in 2020 was 285 metric tonnes. In 2019 Australia sold 349 tonnes of live fish. Through 2019 alone, the market for Australia live fish (fish category) has improved, changing by 4.491 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live fish's exports increased by 23.32 percent earning Australia US$10.78m for the year 2019. Australia's live fish exports are classified as:
- Live fish (excluding ornamental fish, trout [Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster], eels [Anguilla spp.], carp [Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus], Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna [Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis] and southern bluefin tuna [Thunnus maccoyii]) (HS code 030199)
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Australia live fish export values
In 2019, Australia supplied live fish with a value of 10.78m USD, a surge of 5.47% from 2018's total live fish export of 10.221m USD. The annual change in value of Australia live fish between 2017 to 2018 was 9.515 per cent.
The per year change in the amount of Australia's live fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 23.32% in comparison to a variation of 4.491% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Australia's stake of the world's total live fish's exports in 2019 was 28.4 per cent. Australia holds position 1 in world exports of live fish.
Export markets for Australia live fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Australia is a net exporter of live fish. The annual growth of Australia live fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 14%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 7%, per annum.
Australia ordered 0 tonnes of live fish in 2019.