What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan fish is between US$ 8.38 and US$ 28.65 per kilogram or between US$ 3.80 and US$ 12.99 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for fish is between JPY 1,156.88 and JPY 3,957.07 per kilogram or between JPY 524.66 and JPY 1,794.59 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan fish is between US$ 5.86 and US$ 20.05 per kilogram or between US$ 2.66 and US$ 9.09 per pound(lb).
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Japan Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Japan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2012, the price was 3.06 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 2.55 US dollars per kg in 2013. Prices then rose to 2.91 US dollars per kg in 2014, before dropping again to 2.88 US dollars per kg in 2015. Prices then rose again to 3.8 US dollars per kg in 2016, before increasing further to 4.05 US dollars per kg in 2017. Prices then dropped to 3.81 US dollars per kg in 2018, before increasing again to 4.22 US dollars per kg in 2019. Prices then dropped to 3.66 US dollars per kg in 2020, before increasing again to 3.89 US dollars per kg in 2021. Prices then rose to 4.67 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Fish from Japan in 2023 will be 4.90 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 5.13 US dollars per kg.Japan Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Japan over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 3.80 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the five year period. This was followed by a decrease in 2017 to 4.05 US dollars per kg. In 2018, the price dropped further to 3.81 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 4.22 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then dropped to 3.66 US dollars per kg in 2020, before increasing again to 3.89 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows that the price has increased to 4.67 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Japan will continue to increase in the next two years. We predict that the price will be 4.90 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 5.15 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Japan fish
The total values in export for fish in Japan were US$ 252,946, US$ 249,803, US$ 262,983 and US$ 250,336 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of fish exported by Japan in 2020 was 65,725 tonnes. In 2019 Japan shipped 59,256 tonnes of fish. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Japan fish (fish category) has reduced, flactuating by -14.061 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports decreased by -4.01 percent bringing the exporter US$250.34m for the year 2019. Japan's fish exports are categorised as:
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
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Japan fish export values
In 2019, Japan sold fish with a value of 250.34m USD, a drop of -4.81% from 2018's total fish export of 262.983m USD. The yearly change in value of Japan fish between 2017 to 2018 was 5.276 per cent.
The per year variation in the volume of Japan's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -4.01 pc in comparison to a variation of -14.061% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Japan fish ( in '000$ )
Japan imported 192,180 tonnes of fish in 2019.