What is the price of salmon per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa salmon is between US$ 4.90 and US$ 8.82 per kilogram or between US$ 2.22 and US$ 4.00 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of salmon in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for salmon is between ZAR 95.17 and ZAR 171.31 per kilogram or between ZAR 43.16 and ZAR 77.69 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa salmon is between US$ 3.43 and US$ 6.17 per kilogram or between US$ 1.56 and US$ 2.80 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Salmon Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Salmon from South Africa over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 4.68 US$ per kg, followed by 5.10 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price rose to 5.26 US$ per kg, before dropping to 4.07 US$ per kg in 2020. 2021 saw a significant increase to 6.71 US$ per kg, and in 2022 the price was 6.25 US$ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Salmon from South Africa will remain around the 6 US$ mark in 2023 and 2024.South Africa Salmon Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Salmon into South Africa over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 4.68 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the five year period. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2018 to 5.10 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose slightly to 5.26 US dollars per kg, before dropping again in 2020 to 4.07 US dollars per kg. The price then rose again in 2021 to 6.71 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 6.25 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Salmon into South Africa will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price in 2023 will be around 5.90 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 5.50 US dollars per kg.Export values for South Africa salmon
The total values in export for salmon in South Africa were US$ 2,534, US$ 2,586, US$ 2,951 and US$ 2,628 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Africa salmon - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa sold 4,337,080 tonnes of salmon. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa salmon (fish category) has climbed, with a change of 9.349 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, salmon's exports grew by 21.28 pc bringing the exporter US$2.63m for the year 2019. South Africa's salmon exports are classified as:
- Frozen Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) (HS code 030322)
- Frozen sockeye salmon [red salmon] "Oncorhynchus nerka" (HS code 030311)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of salmonidae (excluding fillets) (HS code 030452)
- Frozen Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus" (HS code 030310)
- Frozen Pacific salmon (excluding sockeye salmon "red salmon") (HS code 030312)
- Frozen, Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030313)
- Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked (excluding tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, snakeheads and fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae) (HS code 030539)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus", Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030441)
- Fresh or chilled Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus", Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030212)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030214)
- Fresh or chilled Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus" (HS code 030213)
- Fresh or chilled salmonidae (excluding trout "Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster", Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus", Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho") (HS code 030219)
- Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160411)
- Frozen salmonidae (excluding trout and Pacific, Atlantic and Danube salmon) (HS code 030319)
- Frozen fillets of Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus", Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030481)
- Salmon, fresh (HS code 0302Xa)
- Smoked Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus", Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho", incl. fillets (excluding offal) (HS code 030541)
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South Africa salmon export values
In 2019, South Africa supplied salmon worth 2.63m USD, a contraction of -10.88% from 2018's total salmon export of 2.951m USD. The annual reduction in value of South Africa salmon between 2017 to 2018 was 14.114 percent.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of South Africa's salmon exports between 2017 and 2019 was 21.28 percent when compared to a variation of 9.349% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
South Africa's portion of the world's total salmon's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa is ranked number 16 in world exports of salmon.
Export markets for South Africa salmon ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
South Africa is a net exporter of salmon. The annual growth of South Africa salmon in value between 2015 to 2019 was -4%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was -11%, per annum.
South Africa bought 5,352 tonnes of salmon in 2019.