What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya fish is between US$ 0.82 and US$ 1.18 per kilogram or between US$ 0.37 and US$ 0.54 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for fish is between KES 113.64 and KES 163.85 per kilogram or between KES 51.54 and KES 74.31 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya fish is between US$ 0.57 and US$ 0.83 per kilogram or between US$ 0.26 and US$ 0.37 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Kenya over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the export price was 2.66 US dollars per kilogram, but by 2021, it had dropped to 0.39 US dollars per kilogram. This represents a decrease of 85.3%. The lowest price was seen in 2020, when the export price was 0.4 US dollars per kilogram. Looking ahead, it is likely that the export price of Fish from Kenya will remain low, with an estimated price of 0.37 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 0.35 US dollars per kilogram in 2024.Kenya Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Kenya over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 2.66 US dollars per kg, but by 2020, it had dropped to 0.40 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 85% in just three years. The price has remained relatively stable since then, with the most recent figure being 0.39 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Kenya will remain around 0.40 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Kenya fish
The total values in export for fish in Kenya were US$ 1,530, US$ 2,763, US$ 2,149 and US$ 2,123 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fish category in Kenya: Live Ornamental Fish, Live Trout, Live Eels, Live Carp, Live Tuna, Live Fish, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish & Sole Fish.
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Kenya fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya shipped 2,466 tonnes of fish. In 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya fish (fish category) has climbed, recording a change of 42.708 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports went up by 137.57 pc bringing the country US$2.12m for the year 2019. Kenya's fish exports are classified as:
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- 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)
- 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, 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 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)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
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Kenya fish export values
In 2019, Kenya shipped fish valued at 2.12m USD, a reduction of -1.35% from 2018's total fish export of 2.149m USD. The annual change in value of Kenya fish between 2017 to 2018 was -22.222 pc.
The yearly variation in the amount of Kenya's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 137.57 per cent in comparison to a variation of 42.708% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's portion of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 59 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Kenya fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of fish. The annual growth of Kenya fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 36%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Kenya bought 8,656 tonnes of fish in 2019.