What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan crustaceans is between US$ 7.91 and US$ 19.77 per kilogram or between US$ 3.59 and US$ 8.97 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for crustaceans is between JPY 1,092.15 and JPY 2,730.39 per kilogram or between JPY 495.31 and JPY 1,238.27 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan crustaceans is between US$ 5.54 and US$ 13.84 per kilogram or between US$ 2.51 and US$ 6.28 per pound(lb).
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Japan Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Japan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 18.17 US dollars, followed by a decrease to 13.91 US dollars in 2018. In 2019, the price rose to 15.85 US dollars, and then increased significantly to 21.36 US dollars in 2020. The price then remained steady at 21.67 US dollars in 2021, before dropping to 13.57 US dollars in 2022. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Japan in 2023 will be around 16.90 US dollars, and in 2024 it will be around 18.20 US dollars.Japan Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Japan over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 14.24 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 6.75 US dollars per kg in 2015. This was followed by a sharp increase to 18.17 US dollars per kg in 2017, before dropping again to 13.91 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then rose to 15.85 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 21.36 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has risen again to 21.67 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Japan in 2023 will be around 16.14 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 18.71 US dollars per kg.Export values for Japan crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in Japan were US$ 5,626, US$ 5,888, US$ 6,595 and US$ 5,786 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of crustaceans sold by Japan in 2020 was 245 tons. In 2019 Japan exported 365 tonnes of crustaceans. For 2019 alone, the demand for Japan crustaceans (seafood category) has gone down, changing by -22.996 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports grew by 12.65 percent earning the exporter US$5.79m for the year 2019. Japan's crustaceans exports are classified as:
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
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Japan crustaceans export values
In 2019, Japan supplied crustaceans with a value of 5.79m USD, a reduction of -12.21% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 6.595m USD. The annual reduction in value of Japan crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 12.007 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Japan's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was 12.65 per cent compared to a variation of -22.996% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Japan's share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 32 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Japan crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Japan is a net importer of crustaceans. The annual growth of Japan crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was -21%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -30%, per annum.
Japan brought in 1,220 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.