What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Botswana today?
The retail price range for Botswana fish is between US$ 3.85 and US$ 8.65 per kilogram or between US$ 1.74 and US$ 3.92 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Botswana
The retail price range in Pula for fish is between BWP 51.98 and BWP 116.95 per kilogram or between BWP 23.57 and BWP 53.04 per pound(lb) in Gaborone and Francistown.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Botswana fish is between US$ 2.69 and US$ 6.06 per kilogram or between US$ 1.22 and US$ 2.75 per pound(lb).
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Botswana Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Botswana has seen a significant fluctuation over the last five years. In 2016, the price was at its lowest point of 0.31 US $ per kg, before increasing to 2.75 US $ per kg in 2018. The price then rose to its highest point of 6.00 US $ per kg in 2019, before dropping to 1.00 US $ per kg in 2020. The current export price is 3.50 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Fish from Botswana will be 4.25 US $ per kg in 2023 and 4.00 US $ per kg in 2024.Botswana Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Botswana over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was at its lowest at 0.16 US $ per kg, before increasing to 2.75 US $ per kg in 2018. This was followed by a sharp rise to 6.00 US $ per kg in 2019, before dropping back to 1.00 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then increased again to 3.50 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Botswana will continue to increase in the coming years, with an estimated price of 4.25 US $ per kg in 2023 and 5.00 US $ per kg in 2024.Export values for Botswana fish
The total values in export for fish in Botswana were US$ 416, US$ 48, US$ 176 and US$ 96 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Botswana fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Botswana sold 16 tonnes of fish. For 2019 alone, the interest in Botswana fish (fish category) has gone down, flactuating by -75 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports reduced by -94.74 percent bringing the exporter US$0.10m for the year 2019. Botswana's fish exports are categorised as:
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
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Botswana fish export values
In 2019, Botswana supplied fish worth 0.10m USD, a reduction of -43.18% from 2018's total fish export of 0.176m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Botswana fish between 2017 to 2018 was 266.667 per cent.
The yearly variation in the amount of Botswana's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -94.74 per cent when compared to a variation of -75% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Botswana fish ( in '000$ )
Botswana brought in 2,732 tonnes of fish in 2019.