What is the price of herring per kilogram/pound in Iceland today?
The retail price range for Iceland herring is between US$ 4.30 and US$ 8.41 per kilogram or between US$ 1.95 and US$ 3.81 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of herring in Iceland
The retail price range in Iceland Krona for herring is between ISK 602.66 and ISK 1,177.62 per kilogram or between ISK 273.32 and ISK 534.07 per pound(lb) in Reykjavík and Akureyri.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Iceland herring is between US$ 3.01 and US$ 5.89 per kilogram or between US$ 1.37 and US$ 2.67 per pound(lb).
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Iceland herring - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of herring exported by Iceland in 2020 was 13,234 metric tonnes. In 2019 Iceland shipped 15,073 tonnes of herring. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Iceland herring (fish category) has surged, flactuating by 267.365 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, herring's exports went up by 637.07 percent earning the nation US$14.92m for the year 2019. Iceland's herring exports are categorised as:
- Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), only salted or in brine (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030561)
- Fresh or chilled herrings (Clupea harengus, clupea pallasii) (HS code 030240)
- Fresh or chilled herring "Clupea harengus, clupea pallasii" (HS code 030241)
- Frozen fillets of herring "Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii" (HS code 030486)
- Smoked herring "Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii", incl. fillets (excluding offal) (HS code 030542)
- Dried herrings "Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii", anchovies "Engraulis spp.", sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus", mackerel "Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus", Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", cobia "Rachycentron canadum", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", swordfish "Xiphias gladius", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae", even salted but not smoked (excl. fillets and offal) (HS code 030554)
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Iceland herring export values
In 2019, Iceland supplied herring worth 14.92m USD, an increment of 127.72% from 2018's total herring export of 6.552m USD. The yearly change in value of Iceland herring between 2017 to 2018 was 79.753 percent.
The annual variation in the volume of Iceland's herring exports between 2017 and 2019 was 637.07% in comparison to a variation of 267.365% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Iceland's stake of the world's total herring's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Iceland is ranked number 25 in world exports of herring.
Export markets for Iceland herring ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Iceland is a net exporter of herring. The annual growth of Iceland herring in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was 2%, per annum.
Iceland ordered 77 tonnes of herring in 2019.