What is the price of live fish per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya live fish is between US$ 1.01 and US$ 1.20 per kilogram or between US$ 0.46 and US$ 0.55 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live fish in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for live fish is between KES 140.41 and KES 167.15 per kilogram or between KES 63.68 and KES 75.81 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya live fish is between US$ 0.71 and US$ 0.84 per kilogram or between US$ 0.32 and US$ 0.38 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Live Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Fish from Kenya over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 0.73 US$ per kg, which dropped to 0.46 US$ per kg in 2016. The lowest price was recorded in 2014, at 0.49 US$ per kg. Since then, the price has been on the rise, reaching 1.25 US$ per kg in 2018 and 1.07 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Live Fish from Kenya in 2023 will be around 1.14 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be around 1.21 US$ per kg.Kenya Live Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Fish into Kenya over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 0.73 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 0.46 US dollars per kg in 2016. This trend continued in 2015, when the price was 0.52 US dollars per kg, and in 2014, when the price was 0.49 US dollars per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2013, when the import price was 0.57 US dollars per kg. However, in the last two years, the import price has seen an increase. In 2018, the price was 1.25 US dollars per kg, and in 2019, the price was 1.05 US dollars per kg. The current price is 1.00 US dollars per kg, and is expected to increase to 1.07 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Live Fish into Kenya will be 1.10 US dollars per kg in 2023, and 1.15 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Kenya live fish
The total values in export for live fish in Kenya were US$ 154, US$ 221, US$ 359 and US$ 198 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, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish, Sole Fish & Turbot Fish.
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Kenya live fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya shipped 189 tonnes of live fish. For 2019 alone, the demand for Kenya live fish (fish category) has gone down, with a change of -34.146 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live fish's exports reduced by -37.62 percent bringing Kenya US$0.20m for the year 2019. Kenya's live fish exports are categorised as:
- Live fish (excluding ornamental fish, trout [Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster], eels [Anguilla spp.], carp [Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus], Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna [Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis] and southern bluefin tuna [Thunnus maccoyii]) (HS code 030199)
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Kenya live fish export values
In 2019, Kenya supplied live fish worth 0.20m USD, a drop of -44.29% from 2018's total live fish export of 0.359m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Kenya live fish between 2017 to 2018 was 62.443 percent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Kenya's live fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -37.62 pc compared to a variation of -34.146% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's stake of the world's total live fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 22 in world exports of live fish.
Export markets for Kenya live fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of live fish. The annual growth of Kenya live fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 73%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 76%, per annum.
Kenya brought in 0 tonnes of live fish in 2019.