What is the price of lobster per kilogram/pound in Ecuador today?
The retail price range for Ecuador lobster is between US$ 8.61 and US$ 23.93 per kilogram or between US$ 3.90 and US$ 10.85 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of lobster in Ecuador
The retail price range in US Dollar for lobster is between USD 8.61 and USD 23.93 per kilogram or between USD 3.90 and USD 10.85 per pound(lb) in Quito and Guayaquil.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Ecuador lobster is between US$ 6.02 and US$ 16.75 per kilogram or between US$ 2.73 and US$ 7.60 per pound(lb).
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Ecuador lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Ecuador shipped 235 tonnes of lobster. Across 2019 alone, the market for Ecuador lobster (seafood category) has climbed, changing by 92.623 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports increased by 85.04 percent bringing the nation US$3.16m for the year 2019. Ecuador's lobster exports are classified as:
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030631)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030622)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030621)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030694)
- Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030611)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030691)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030625)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030692)
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030612)
- Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030615)
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Ecuador lobster export values
In 2019, Ecuador exported lobster with a value of 3.16m USD, an increment of 112.94% from 2018's total lobster export of 1.484m USD. The annual increase in value of Ecuador lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 8.957 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Ecuador's lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was 85.04 pc in comparison to a variation of 92.623% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Ecuador lobster ( in '000$ )
Ecuador imported 4 tonnes of lobster in 2019.