What is the price of fish fins per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa fish fins is between US$ 3.90 and US$ 8.77 per kilogram or between US$ 1.77 and US$ 3.98 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish fins in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for fish fins is between ZAR 75.73 and ZAR 170.40 per kilogram or between ZAR 34.35 and ZAR 77.28 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa fish fins is between US$ 2.73 and US$ 6.14 per kilogram or between US$ 1.24 and US$ 2.78 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Fish Fins Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish Fins from South Africa has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 10.92 US $ per kg, and by 2021, it had dropped to 4.94 US $ per kg. This represents a decrease of 54.6%. The price has remained relatively stable since then, with the latest figure being 6.58 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Fish Fins from South Africa will continue to decrease in the next two years, with an estimated price of 4.50 US $ per kg in 2023 and 4.00 US $ per kg in 2024.South Africa Fish Fins Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price of Fish Fins into South Africa has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2016, the price per kilogram was 19.07 US dollars, while in 2021 it was 4.94 US dollars, a decrease of 74.2%. The price has been below 10 US dollars since 2018, and the lowest price was recorded in 2019 at 4.93 US dollars. The price has been increasing since then, with the latest price in 2022 being 6.58 US dollars. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price of Fish Fins into South Africa in 2023 will be around 7.50 US dollars, and in 2024 it will be around 8.50 US dollars.Export values for South Africa fish fins
The total values in export for fish fins in South Africa were US$ 267, US$ 863, US$ 1,371 and US$ 1,276 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Africa fish fins - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa sold 19,602 tonnes of fish fins. For 2019 alone, the interest in South Africa fish fins (fish category) has shrunk, recording a change of -1.413 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish fins' exports grew by 38.18 percent earning South Africa US$1.28m for the year 2019. South Africa's fish fins exports are categorised as:
- Fish fins and other edible fish offal, smoked, dried, salted or in brine (excluding heads, tails, maws and shark fins) (HS code 030579)
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South Africa fish fins export values
In 2019, South Africa supplied fish fins costing 1.28m USD, a decrease of -6.64% from 2018's total fish fins export of 1.371m USD. The yearly reduction in value of South Africa fish fins between 2017 to 2018 was 58.864 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the amount of South Africa's fish fins exports between 2017 and 2019 was 38.18 percent compared to a variation of -1.413% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Africa's stake of the world's total fish fins' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa holds number 38 in world exports of fish fins.
Export markets for South Africa fish fins ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
South Africa is a net importer of fish fins. The annual growth of South Africa fish fins in value between 2015 to 2019 was -11%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -19%, per annum.
South Africa brought in 32 tonnes of fish fins in 2019.