What is the price of tilapia per kilogram/pound in Rwanda today?
The retail price range for Rwanda tilapia is between US$ 3.41 and US$ 8.29 per kilogram or between US$ 1.55 and US$ 3.76 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tilapia in Rwanda
The retail price range in Rwanda Franc for tilapia is between RWF 3,837.02 and RWF 9,318.48 per kilogram or between RWF 1,740.15 and RWF 4,226.07 per pound(lb) in Kigali and Musanze.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Rwanda tilapia is between US$ 2.39 and US$ 5.81 per kilogram or between US$ 1.08 and US$ 2.63 per pound(lb).
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Rwanda Tilapia Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Tilapia from Rwanda has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2021, the price was 1.05 US$ per kg, down from 1.49 US$ per kg in 2017. The lowest price was recorded in 2020, when it was 0.97 US$ per kg. This is a decrease of 0.58 US$ per kg from the price in 2016. Looking ahead, we can predict that the export price of Tilapia from Rwanda in 2023 will be around 0.90 US$ per kg and in 2024 it will be around 0.85 US$ per kg.Rwanda Tilapia Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tilapia into Rwanda over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 1.49 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 1.2 US dollars per kg in 2018. This downward trend continued in 2019, when the price was 1.14 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, when it was 0.97 US dollars per kg. In 2021, the price increased slightly to 1.05 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Tilapia into Rwanda in 2023 will be 0.90 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 0.83 US dollars per kg.Export values for Rwanda tilapia
The total values in export for tilapia in Rwanda were US$ 496, US$ 4,528, US$ 20,944 and US$ 47,104 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Rwanda tilapia - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Rwanda exported 41,104 tonnes of tilapia. In 2019 alone, the market for Rwanda tilapia (fish category) has improved, changing by 135.904 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tilapia's exports increased by 1252.11 pc bringing the country US$47.10m for the year 2019. Rwanda's tilapia exports are classified as:
- 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)
- Fresh or chilled tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030271)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030431)
- 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)
- Frozen fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030461)
- Frozen tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030323)
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Rwanda tilapia export values
In 2019, Rwanda supplied tilapia valued at 47.10m USD, an increase of 124.89% from 2018's total tilapia export of 20.944m USD. The annual increase in value of Rwanda tilapia between 2017 to 2018 was 362.544%.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Rwanda's tilapia exports between 2017 and 2019 was 1252.11 percent in comparison to a variation of 135.904% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Rwanda tilapia ( in '000$ )
Rwanda purchased 69,840 tonnes of tilapia in 2019.