What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka fish is between US$ 0.58 and US$ 1.17 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 0.53 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for fish is between LKR 179.93 and LKR 359.85 per kilogram or between LKR 81.60 and LKR 163.20 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka fish is between US$ 0.41 and US$ 0.82 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.37 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Sri Lanka over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2012, the price was 8.37 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 4.3 US dollars per kg in 2013. The price then rose to 6.29 US dollars per kg in 2014, before increasing to 8.05 US dollars per kg in 2015. In 2016, the price dropped to 7.59 US dollars per kg, and then further decreased to 7.28 US dollars per kg in 2017. The price then dropped to 4.89 US dollars per kg in 2019, before increasing to 6.0 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to 4.79 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Fish from Sri Lanka in 2023 will be 4.59 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 4.39 US dollars per kg.Sri Lanka Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 7.28 US dollars per kg, followed by 7.59 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2015, the price was 8.05 US dollars per kg, and in 2014, it was 6.29 US dollars per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2013, at 4.3 US dollars per kg. The most recent price was 4.79 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Sri Lanka will remain relatively stable in the next few years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 4.80 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 4.90 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka fish
The total values in export for fish in Sri Lanka were US$ 2,627, US$ 3,035, US$ 22,107 and US$ 20,906 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka exported 3,934 tonnes of fish. Through 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka fish (fish category) has shrunk, recording a change of -2.888 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports increased by 843.41% netting the nation US$20.91m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's fish exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
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Sri Lanka fish export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka sold fish valued at 20.91m USD, a drop of -5.41% from 2018's total fish export of 22.107m USD. The annual reduction in value of Sri Lanka fish between 2017 to 2018 was 628.402 percent.
The per year change in the volume of Sri Lanka's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 843.41% compared to a variation of -2.888% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's stake of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 65 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Sri Lanka fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Sri Lanka is a net importer of fish. The annual growth of Sri Lanka fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was -34%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Sri Lanka brought in 51,818 tonnes of fish in 2019.