What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Benin today?
The retail price range for Benin shrimps & prawns is between US$ 2.85 and US$ 7.61 per kilogram or between US$ 1.29 and US$ 3.45 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Benin
The retail price range in CFA Franc BCEAO for shrimps & prawns is between XOF 1,739.82 and XOF 4,639.51 per kilogram or between XOF 789.03 and XOF 2,104.09 per pound(lb) in Porto-Novo and Cotonou.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Benin shrimps & prawns is between US$ 2.00 and US$ 5.33 per kilogram or between US$ 0.91 and US$ 2.42 per pound(lb).
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Benin Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export prices of Shrimps & Prawns from Benin have seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2019, the export price per kilogram was $2.90, which was a slight increase from the previous year. In 2020, the export price per kilogram rose to $3.10, a 6.9% increase from the previous year. 2021 saw a further increase to $3.20, a 3.2% increase from the previous year. 2022 saw a slight decrease to $3.15, a 1.6% decrease from the previous year. The latest data for 2023 shows an increase to $3.25, a 3.2% increase from the previous year. Based on the data, it is likely that the export prices of Shrimps & Prawns from Benin will continue to increase in the coming years. It is predicted that the export price per kilogram for 2024 will be around $3.35, a 3.1% increase from the previous year.Benin Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import prices of Shrimps & Prawns into Benin have seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2019, the import price per kilogram was $2.45, which was a slight increase from the previous year's price of $2.41. In 2020, the price rose to $2.50, and then to $2.60 in 2021. This year, the import price per kilogram has reached $2.70, which is the highest price in the past five years. This trend suggests that the import prices of Shrimps & Prawns into Benin will continue to increase in the coming years. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram for 2023 and 2024 will be around $2.80 and $2.90 respectively.Export values for Benin shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Benin were US$ 9, US$ 7 and US$ 2 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in that order.
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Benin shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Benin shipped 0 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Benin shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has , with a change of percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports decreased by -100% bringing the exporter US$0.00m for the year 2019. Benin's shrimps & prawns exports are classified as:
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
- Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
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Benin shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Benin exported shrimps & prawns valued at 0.00m USD, a reduction of -100.00% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 0.002m USD. The annual change in value of Benin shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was -71.429 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Benin's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -100 per cent between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Benin shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Benin purchased 4 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.