What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Egypt today?
The retail price range for Egypt shrimps & prawns is between US$ 1.95 and US$ 2.93 per kilogram or between US$ 0.88 and US$ 1.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Egypt
The retail price range in Egyptian Pound for shrimps & prawns is between EGP 60.96 and EGP 91.43 per kilogram or between EGP 27.64 and EGP 41.47 per pound(lb) in Cairo and Alexandria.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Egypt shrimps & prawns is between US$ 1.37 and US$ 2.05 per kilogram or between US$ 0.62 and US$ 0.93 per pound(lb).
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Egypt Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Egypt has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 6.67 US $ per kg, and in 2021, it was 7.04 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of 5.3%. The highest price was recorded in 2020, when it was 10.57 US $ per kg. We can expect the prices to continue to rise in the coming years, with an estimated price of 8.45 US $ per kg in 2023 and 9.18 US $ per kg in 2024.Egypt Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Egypt has seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 6.67 US dollars per kg, and in 2021, the price was 7.04 US dollars per kg. This represents an increase of 5.3% over the five-year period. The highest price was recorded in 2020, when the price was 10.57 US dollars per kg. This was a significant increase of 24.3% from the previous year. Looking ahead, we can expect the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Egypt to continue to increase in the coming years. We predict that the price in 2023 will be 8.25 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, the price will be 8.90 US dollars per kg.Export values for Egypt shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Egypt were US$ 88,630, US$ 71,358, US$ 138,793 and US$ 167,282 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Egypt shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Egypt sold 462 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Egypt shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has increased, changing by 48.077 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went up by 10.53% bringing the exporter US$167.28m for the year 2019. Egypt's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- 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)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- 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)
- 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)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- 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)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- 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, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- 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)
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Egypt shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Egypt supplied shrimps & prawns valued at 167.28m USD, a surge of 20.52% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 138.793m USD. The yearly change in value of Egypt shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 94.502 pc.
The per year variation in the amount of Egypt's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 10.53 percent when compared to a variation of 48.077% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Egypt shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Egypt brought in 18,400 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.