What is the price of live eels per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan live eels is between US$ 7.67 and US$ 10.88 per kilogram or between US$ 3.48 and US$ 4.93 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live eels in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for live eels is between JPY 1,058.77 and JPY 1,502.35 per kilogram or between JPY 480.17 and JPY 681.34 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan live eels is between US$ 5.37 and US$ 7.61 per kilogram or between US$ 2.43 and US$ 3.45 per pound(lb).
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Japan Live Eels Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Eels from Japan over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 106.09 US$ per kg, dropping to 99.00 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price rose to 168.00 US$ per kg, before dropping again to 81.52 US$ per kg in 2020. The price then rose to 211.04 US$ per kg in 2021, before reaching a peak of 283.53 US$ per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Live Eels from Japan will remain relatively stable in 2023 and 2024, with prices likely to be around 250 US$ per kg.Japan Live Eels Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Eels into Japan has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2012, the price was $527.90, which dropped to $446.00 in 2013. This was followed by a sharp decrease to $162.15 in 2014. The price then dropped further to $81.52 in 2015, before increasing to $154.15 in 2016. In 2017, the price decreased to $106.09, and then dropped again to $99.00 in 2018. However, the price rose to $168.00 in 2019, and then increased further to $211.04 in 2020. The price then saw a sharp rise to $283.53 in 2021, before reaching its highest point of $1094.11 in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Live Eels into Japan will be $1245.25 in 2023 and $1406.40 in 2024.Export values for Japan live eels
The total values in export for live eels in Japan were US$ 4,008, US$ 4,880, US$ 693 and US$ 3,024 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan live eels - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of live eels sold by Japan in 2020 was 45 tons. In 2019 Japan sold 18 tonnes of live eels. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Japan live eels (fish category) has improved, recording a change of 157.143 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live eels' exports decreased by -60.87 pc netting the country US$3.02m for the year 2019. Japan's live eels exports are categorised as:
- Live eels "Anguilla spp." (HS code 030192)
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Japan live eels export values
In 2019, Japan shipped live eels valued at 3.02m USD, an improvement of 335.79% from 2018's total live eels export of 0.693m USD. The yearly increase in value of Japan live eels between 2017 to 2018 was -85.799 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Japan's live eels exports between 2017 and 2019 was -60.87 per cent compared to a variation of 157.143% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Japan's stake of the world's total live eels' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Japan holds position 33 in world exports of live eels.
Export markets for Japan live eels ( in '000$ )
Japan bought 6,745 tonnes of live eels in 2019.