What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Jamaica today?
The retail price range for Jamaica fish is between US$ 5.43 and US$ 13.16 per kilogram or between US$ 2.46 and US$ 5.97 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Jamaica
The retail price range in Jamaican Dollar for fish is between JMD 845.82 and JMD 2,050.02 per kilogram or between JMD 383.59 and JMD 929.72 per pound(lb) in Kingston and Montego Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Jamaica fish is between US$ 3.80 and US$ 9.21 per kilogram or between US$ 1.72 and US$ 4.18 per pound(lb).
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Jamaica Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Fish from Jamaica over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 4.40 US dollars, followed by 4.99 US dollars in 2018, 5.10 US dollars in 2019, 5.20 US dollars in 2020, and 5.09 US dollars in 2021. There was a notable increase in 2015, when the price per kilogram was 6.48 US dollars. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Fish from Jamaica in 2023 will be 5.30 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2024 it will be 5.40 US dollars per kilogram.Jamaica Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Jamaica over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.40 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.99 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased to 5.10 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, it further increased to 5.20 US dollars per kg. The price then decreased slightly to 5.09 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Jamaica in 2023 will be around 5.30 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 5.40 US dollars per kg.Export values for Jamaica fish
The total values in export for fish in Jamaica were US$ 474, US$ 453, US$ 683 and US$ 899 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Jamaica fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Jamaica exported 176 tonnes of fish. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Jamaica fish (fish category) has increased, changing by 28.467 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports grew by 70.87% bringing the exporter US$0.90m for the year 2019. Jamaica's fish exports are categorised as:
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
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Jamaica fish export values
In 2019, Jamaica shipped fish worth 0.90m USD, an increment of 31.77% from 2018's total fish export of 0.683m USD. The annual increase in value of Jamaica fish between 2017 to 2018 was 50.773 pc.
The annual variation in the quantity of Jamaica's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 70.87 pc in comparison to a variation of 28.467% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Jamaica fish ( in '000$ )
Jamaica brought in 14,070 tonnes of fish in 2019.