What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Dominican Republic today?
The retail price range for Dominican Republic crustaceans is between US$ 5.91 and US$ 12.32 per kilogram or between US$ 2.68 and US$ 5.59 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Dominican Republic
The retail price range in Dominican peso for crustaceans is between DOP 322.49 and DOP 671.85 per kilogram or between DOP 146.25 and DOP 304.69 per pound(lb) in Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Dominican Republic crustaceans is between US$ 4.14 and US$ 8.62 per kilogram or between US$ 1.88 and US$ 3.91 per pound(lb).
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Dominican Republic Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Dominican Republic over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 2.83 US$ per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 28.4 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 8.17 US$ per kg, and then decreased further to 4.5 US$ per kg in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw a further decrease to 3.6 US$ per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Dominican Republic in 2023 will be around 3.2 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 3.0 US$ per kg.Dominican Republic Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Dominican Republic over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 33.14 US $ per kg, before dropping to 2.83 US $ per kg in 2017. Prices then rose again in 2018 to 28.4 US $ per kg, before dropping to 8.17 US $ per kg in 2019. The price then dropped further to 4.5 US $ per kg in 2020, and is currently at 3.6 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Dominican Republic will be 2.9 US $ per kg in 2023 and 2.8 US $ per kg in 2024.Export values for Dominican Republic crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in the Dominican Republic were US$ 51, US$ 201, US$ 426 and US$ 98 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Dominican Republic crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 The Dominican Republic exported 12 tonnes of crustaceans. Across 2019 alone, the market for the Dominican Republic crustaceans (seafood category) has gone down, changing by -20 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports reduced by -83.1 pc netting the country US$0.10m for the year 2019. the Dominican Republic'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, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- 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, 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, 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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Dominican Republic crustaceans export values
In 2019, the Dominican Republic supplied crustaceans worth 0.10m USD, a drop of -76.53% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.426m USD. The yearly reduction in value of the Dominican Republic crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 111.94 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of the Dominican Republic's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -83.1 pc in comparison to a variation of -20% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Dominican Republic crustaceans ( in '000$ )
the Dominican Republic brought in 1,793 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.