What is the price of salmon per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka salmon is between US$ 1.25 and US$ 2.92 per kilogram or between US$ 0.57 and US$ 1.32 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of salmon in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for salmon is between LKR 384.55 and LKR 898.29 per kilogram or between LKR 174.40 and LKR 407.39 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka salmon is between US$ 0.87 and US$ 2.04 per kilogram or between US$ 0.40 and US$ 0.93 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Salmon Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Salmon from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 6.94 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 4.22 US dollars per kg in 2013. The price then rose to 6.17 US dollars per kg in 2014, before dropping to 4.03 US dollars per kg in 2015. In 2016, the price dropped further to 3.66 US dollars per kg. However, in 2017, the price rose sharply to 10.29 US dollars per kg. The price then dropped to 8.28 US dollars per kg in 2019, before rising again to 9.48 US dollars per kg in 2020. The latest data shows that the export price per kilogram of Salmon from Sri Lanka is 10.65 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Salmon from Sri Lanka will be 11.83 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 13.01 US dollars per kg in 2024.Sri Lanka Salmon Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Salmon into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was at its highest at 10.29 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 3.66 US dollars per kg in 2016. Prices then rose again in 2019 to 8.28 US dollars per kg, before reaching 9.48 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 10.65 US dollars per kg in 2021. This indicates that the import price of Salmon into Sri Lanka is on an upward trend. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price of Salmon into Sri Lanka in 2023 will be around 11.87 US dollars per kg and in 2024 will be around 13.09 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka salmon
The total values in export for salmon in Sri Lanka were US$ 373, US$ 463, US$ 2,039 and US$ 1,610 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka salmon - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka shipped 221 tonnes of salmon. For 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka salmon (fish category) has reduced, flactuating by -36.494 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, salmon's exports went up by 391.11 percent earning the country US$1.61m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's salmon exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- Salmon, fresh (HS code 0302Xa)
- Frozen sockeye salmon [red salmon] "Oncorhynchus nerka" (HS code 030311)
- Frozen Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) (HS code 030322)
- Frozen, Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030313)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 Atlantic salmon "Salmo salar" and Danube salmon "Hucho hucho" (HS code 030214)
- Frozen Pacific salmon (excluding sockeye salmon "red salmon") (HS code 030312)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of salmonidae (excluding fillets) (HS code 030452)
- Frozen salmonidae (excluding trout and Pacific, Atlantic and Danube salmon) (HS code 030319)
- Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160411)
- 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)
- Frozen Pacific salmon "Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus" (HS code 030310)
- 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)
- 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)
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Sri Lanka salmon export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied salmon costing 1.61m USD, a reduction of -21.04% from 2018's total salmon export of 2.039m USD. The annual reduction in value of Sri Lanka salmon between 2017 to 2018 was 340.389%.
The per year variation in the volume of Sri Lanka's salmon exports between 2017 and 2019 was 391.11 pc compared to a variation of -36.494% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sri Lanka salmon ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka purchased 1,576 tonnes of salmon in 2019.