What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Malaysia today?
The retail price range for Malaysia fish is between US$ 2.15 and US$ 2.23 per kilogram or between US$ 0.98 and US$ 1.01 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Malaysia
The retail price range in Malaysian Ringgit for fish is between MYR 9.78 and MYR 10.13 per kilogram or between MYR 4.43 and MYR 4.59 per pound(lb) in Kuala Lumpur and George Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Malaysia fish is between US$ 1.51 and US$ 1.56 per kilogram or between US$ 0.68 and US$ 0.71 per pound(lb).
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Malaysia Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2016, the export price was 47.57 per Kg. In 2017, the export price was 41.52 per Kg. In 2018, the export price was 41.41 per Kg. In 2019, the export price was 42.41 per Kg. In 2020, the export price was 43.52 per Kg. For 2021, the export price is estimated to be 47.99 per Kg. For 2023, the export price is estimated to be around 50.00 per Kg.Malaysia Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Malaysia has seen a fluctuating trend over the past five years. In 2017, the price was at its highest at $2.36, followed by 2019 at $2.73. In 2020, the price dropped to its lowest at $1.85, before rising again to $2.29 in 2021. The current price stands at $2.29. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Malaysia will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price in 2023 will be around $2.29, and in 2024 it will be around $2.36.Export values for Malaysia fish
The total values in export for fish in Malaysia were US$ 175,573, US$ 173,185, US$ 181,150 and US$ 199,327 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Malaysia fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of fish sold by Malaysia in 2020 was 128,489 tons. In 2019 Malaysia sold 87,099 tonnes of fish. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia fish (fish category) has surged, recording a change of 6.08 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports grew by 13.33 percent earning the nation US$199.33m for the year 2019. Malaysia's fish exports are categorised as:
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- 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)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- 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)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- 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)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
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Malaysia fish export values
In 2019, Malaysia sold fish with a value of 199.33m USD, a surge of 10.04% from 2018's total fish export of 181.15m USD. The yearly growth in value of Malaysia fish between 2017 to 2018 was 4.599 pc.
The yearly variation in the amount of Malaysia's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 13.33 percent compared to a variation of 6.08% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Malaysia's stake of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 54 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Malaysia fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Malaysia is a net importer of fish. The annual growth of Malaysia fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was -27%, per annum.
Malaysia purchased 160,406 tonnes of fish in 2019.