What is the price of tilapia per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya tilapia is between US$ 0.27 and US$ 1.39 per kilogram or between US$ 0.12 and US$ 0.63 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tilapia in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for tilapia is between KES 37.07 and KES 193.60 per kilogram or between KES 16.81 and KES 87.80 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya tilapia is between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.98 per kilogram or between US$ 0.08 and US$ 0.44 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Tilapia Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Tilapia from Kenya has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 4.98 US dollars per kg, and in 2021 it was 0.59 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 88.2% over the five year period. The lowest price was in 2020, when it was 0.2 US dollars per kg. Looking ahead, it is likely that the price of Tilapia from Kenya will remain low, with an estimated price of 0.45 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.3 US dollars per kg in 2024.Kenya Tilapia Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tilapia into Kenya has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 4.98 US dollars per kg, and in 2017 it dropped to 2.4 US dollars per kg. This trend continued in 2018, when the price decreased to 1.41 US dollars per kg, and in 2019 it dropped even further to 0.27 US dollars per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2020, when the import price per kilogram of Tilapia was 0.2 US dollars. In 2021, the price increased slightly to 0.59 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Tilapia into Kenya in 2023 will be 0.45 US dollars, and in 2024 it will be 0.32 US dollars.Export values for Kenya tilapia
The total values in export for tilapia in Kenya were US$ 234, US$ 84, US$ 38 and US$ 15 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Kenya tilapia - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya exported 56 tonnes of tilapia. Through 2019 alone, the market for Kenya tilapia (fish category) has escalated, with a change of 107.407 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tilapia's exports increased by 60 pc bringing the exporter US$0.02m for the year 2019. Kenya's tilapia exports are classified as:
- Dried tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", even salted but not smoked (excl. fillets and offal) (HS code 030552)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030431)
- Fresh or chilled tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030271)
- Smoked tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", incl. fillets (excluding offal) (HS code 030544)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030451)
- Fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (HS code 030531)
- Frozen fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030461)
- Tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", salted or in brine only (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030564)
- Frozen meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030493)
- Frozen tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030323)
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Kenya tilapia export values
In 2019, Kenya shipped tilapia costing 0.02m USD, a contraction of -47.37% from 2018's total tilapia export of 0.038m USD. The yearly change in value of Kenya tilapia between 2017 to 2018 was -54.762 per cent.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Kenya's tilapia exports between 2017 and 2019 was 60 percent in comparison to a variation of 107.407% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Kenya tilapia ( in '000$ )
Kenya brought in 3,016 tonnes of tilapia in 2019.