What is the price of anchovies per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka anchovies is between US$ 0.93 and US$ 16.06 per kilogram or between US$ 0.42 and US$ 7.28 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of anchovies in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for anchovies is between LKR 285.33 and LKR 4,941.78 per kilogram or between LKR 129.40 and LKR 2,241.17 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka anchovies is between US$ 0.65 and US$ 11.24 per kilogram or between US$ 0.29 and US$ 5.10 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Anchovies Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Anchovies from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 6.11 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp drop to 2.49 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then slightly increased to 2.27 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 3.39 US dollars per kg in 2021. If the trend continues, we can expect the price of Anchovies from Sri Lanka to be around 3.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 3.60 US dollars per kg in 2024.Sri Lanka Anchovies Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Anchovies into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 6.11 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2019, when the price dropped to 2.49 US dollars per kg. The price then remained relatively stable in 2020 and 2021, at 2.27 and 3.39 US dollars per kg respectively. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price of Anchovies into Sri Lanka will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with a slight increase in 2023 to around 3.50 US dollars per kg, and a slight decrease in 2024 to around 3.25 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka anchovies
The total values in export for anchovies in Sri Lanka were US$ 198, US$ 116, US$ 52 and US$ 167 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka anchovies - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka shipped 104 tonnes of anchovies. In 2019 alone, the interest in Sri Lanka anchovies (fish category) has surged, with a change of 1055.556 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, anchovies' exports went up by 447.37% earning Sri Lanka US$0.17m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's anchovies exports are classified as:
- Prepared or preserved anchovies, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160416)
- Fresh or chilled anchovies "Engraulis spp." (HS code 030242)
- Anchovies "Engraulis spp.", salted or in brine only (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030563)
- Frozen anchovies "Engraulis spp.", Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae" (HS code 030359)
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Sri Lanka anchovies export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka exported anchovies costing 0.17m USD, an increment of 226.92% from 2018's total anchovies export of 0.052m USD. The annual increase in value of Sri Lanka anchovies between 2017 to 2018 was -55.172 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Sri Lanka's anchovies exports between 2017 and 2019 was 447.37 per cent in comparison to a variation of 1055.556% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sri Lanka anchovies ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka imported 3,978 tonnes of anchovies in 2019.