What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in China today?
The retail price range for China fish is between US$ 4.30 and US$ 8.60 per kilogram or between US$ 1.95 and US$ 3.90 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in China
The retail price range in Yuan Renminbi for fish is between CNY 30.17 and CNY 60.33 per kilogram or between CNY 13.68 and CNY 27.36 per pound(lb) in Beijing and Shanghai.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for China fish is between US$ 3.01 and US$ 6.02 per kilogram or between US$ 1.37 and US$ 2.73 per pound(lb).
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China Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from China over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 3.34 US$ per kg, followed by 3.50 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 3.46 US$ per kg, before increasing to 3.83 US$ per kg in 2020. The highest price was recorded in 2021, at 4.26 US$ per kg, which was maintained in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Fish from China will remain around 4.26 US$ per kg in 2023 and 2024.China Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into China over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 3.34 US dollars per kg, followed by 3.50 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped slightly to 3.46 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 3.83 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose to 4.26 US dollars per kg in 2021 and 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into China will remain around 4.26 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for China fish
The total values in export for fish in China were US$ 2,881,624, US$ 2,810,372, US$ 3,203,205 and US$ 3,250,973 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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China fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 China exported 938,910 tonnes of fish. Across 2019 alone, the interest in China fish (fish category) has gone up, with a change of 2.636 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports grew by 11.43 pc netting the exporter US$3,250.97m for the year 2019. China's fish exports are classified as:
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
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China fish export values
In 2019, China shipped fish with a value of 3,250.97m USD, an improvement of 1.49% from 2018's total fish export of 3203.205m USD. The yearly change in value of China fish between 2017 to 2018 was 13.978 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of China's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.43 percent when compared to a variation of 2.636% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for China fish ( in '000$ )
China purchased 557,921 tonnes of fish in 2019.