What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Jamaica today?
The retail price range for Jamaica shrimps & prawns is between US$ 9.62 and US$ 24.05 per kilogram or between US$ 4.36 and US$ 10.91 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Jamaica
The retail price range in Jamaican Dollar for shrimps & prawns is between JMD 1,498.29 and JMD 3,745.72 per kilogram or between JMD 679.50 and JMD 1,698.74 per pound(lb) in Kingston and Montego Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Jamaica shrimps & prawns is between US$ 6.73 and US$ 16.83 per kilogram or between US$ 3.05 and US$ 7.63 per pound(lb).
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Jamaica Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Jamaica over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 7.19 US $ per kg, followed by a slight increase to 10.35 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 7.8 US $ per kg, before rising again to 8.39 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then increased to 11.0 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Jamaica in 2023 will be around 11.50 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be around 12.00 US $ per kg.Jamaica Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Jamaica over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 12.51 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2017 to 7.19 US dollars per kg. In 2018, the price rose to 10.35 US dollars per kg, before dropping again to 7.8 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then rose to 8.39 US dollars per kg in 2020 and further to 11.0 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Jamaica will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 10.00 US dollars per kg and in 2024 it will be around 10.50 US dollars per kg.Export values for Jamaica shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Jamaica were US$ 588, US$ 151, US$ 176 and US$ 152 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Jamaica shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Jamaica shipped 19 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Jamaica shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has gone up, with a change of 11.765 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports decreased by -9.52% netting the nation US$0.15m for the year 2019. Jamaica's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- 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)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- 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)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- 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)
- 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)
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Jamaica shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Jamaica shipped shrimps & prawns costing 0.15m USD, a reduction of -14.77% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 0.176m USD. The annual reduction in value of Jamaica shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 16.556 per cent.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Jamaica's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -9.52 per cent in comparison to a variation of 11.765% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Jamaica shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Jamaica purchased 1,472 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.