What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya shrimps & prawns is between US$ 10.95 and US$ 11.27 per kilogram or between US$ 4.96 and US$ 5.11 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for shrimps & prawns is between KES 1,520.47 and KES 1,565.07 per kilogram or between KES 689.55 and KES 709.78 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya shrimps & prawns is between US$ 7.66 and US$ 7.89 per kilogram or between US$ 3.48 and US$ 3.58 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Kenya has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 8.50 US dollars per kilogram, which rose to 12.41 US dollars per kilogram in 2017. The price then dropped slightly to 11.45 US dollars per kilogram in 2018, before increasing again to 11.58 US dollars per kilogram in 2019. The most recent year, 2020, saw the highest price of 12.20 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Kenya will be 12.45 US dollars in 2023 and 12.60 US dollars in 2024.Kenya Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Kenya has seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 8.5 US dollars, which rose to 12.41 US dollars in 2017. This was followed by a slight decrease to 11.25 US dollars in 2018, before increasing again to 11.58 US dollars in 2019. The price then rose to 12.2 US dollars in 2020 and 12.12 US dollars in 2021. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Kenya will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the price will be around 12.50 US dollars in 2023 and 13.00 US dollars in 2024.Export values for Kenya shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Kenya were US$ 782, US$ 813, US$ 1,170 and US$ 1,077 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Kenya shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya exported 93 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Kenya shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has decreased, with a change of -10.577 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports grew by 30.99% earning the exporter US$1.08m for the year 2019. Kenya's shrimps & prawns exports are classified as:
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
- Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
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Kenya shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Kenya exported shrimps & prawns valued at 1.08m USD, a decrease of -7.69% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 1.17m USD. The annual reduction in value of Kenya shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 43.911 percent.
The per year variation in the quantity of Kenya's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 30.99 per cent in comparison to a variation of -10.577% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Kenya shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Kenya bought 57 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.