What is the price of tuna per kilogram/pound in New Zealand today?
The retail price range for New Zealand tuna is between US$ 9.68 and US$ 38.70 per kilogram or between US$ 4.39 and US$ 17.55 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tuna in New Zealand
The retail price range in New Zealand Dollar for tuna is between NZD 15.39 and NZD 61.57 per kilogram or between NZD 6.98 and NZD 27.92 per pound(lb) in Wellington and Auckland.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for New Zealand tuna is between US$ 6.77 and US$ 27.09 per kilogram or between US$ 3.07 and US$ 12.29 per pound(lb).
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New Zealand Tuna Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Tuna from New Zealand over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2011, the price was 7.35 US dollars per kg, dropping to 5.57 US dollars per kg in 2012. The price then rose slightly to 5.83 US dollars per kg in 2013, before dropping to 5.37 US dollars per kg in 2014 and 4.85 US dollars per kg in 2015. The price then rose to 5.32 US dollars per kg in 2016, before dropping to 4.77 US dollars per kg in 2017 and 5.1 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then dropped to 4.57 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 4.85 US dollars per kg in 2020, before dropping to 4.24 US dollars per kg in 2021 and 4.53 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this data, we can predict that the export price per kilogram of Tuna from New Zealand in 2023 will be around 4.22 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be around 4.50 US dollars per kg.New Zealand Tuna Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tuna into New Zealand over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.77 US dollars per kg, followed by 5.10 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 4.57 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 4.85 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then decreased to 4.24 US dollars per kg in 2021, before rising again to 4.53 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Tuna into New Zealand in 2023 will be around 4.80 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be around 4.65 US dollars per kg.Export values for New Zealand tuna
The total values in export for tuna in New Zealand were US$ 17,945, US$ 16,052, US$ 19,314 and US$ 19,204 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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New Zealand tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of tuna shipped by New Zealand in 2020 was 5,418 tons. In 2019 New Zealand shipped 4,205 tonnes of tuna. In 2019 alone, the interest in New Zealand tuna (fish category) has increased, flactuating by 11.096 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports grew by 25.07 percent netting the country US$19.20m for the year 2019. New Zealand's tuna exports are categorised as:
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
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New Zealand tuna export values
In 2019, New Zealand exported tuna valued at 19.20m USD, a reduction of -0.59% from 2018's total tuna export of 19.314m USD. The yearly change in value of New Zealand tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 20.321%.
The yearly change in the quantity of New Zealand's tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was 25.07% compared to a variation of 11.096% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
New Zealand's share of the world's total tuna's exports in 2019 was 31.4%. The country holds number 2 in world exports of tuna.
Export markets for New Zealand tuna ( in '000$ )
New Zealand imported 413 tonnes of tuna in 2019.