What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns is between US$ 8.49 and US$ 12.02 per kilogram or between US$ 3.85 and US$ 5.45 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for shrimps & prawns is between LKR 2,612.77 and LKR 3,698.97 per kilogram or between LKR 1,184.93 and LKR 1,677.54 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns is between US$ 5.94 and US$ 8.42 per kilogram or between US$ 2.70 and US$ 3.82 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 12.05 US $ per kg, which dropped to 7.66 US $ per kg in 2013. However, the price rose again in 2014 to 12.87 US $ per kg. In 2015, the price dropped to 10.57 US $ per kg and further decreased to 10.15 US $ per kg in 2016. The price then increased to 11.46 US $ per kg in 2017 and dropped again to 9.31 US $ per kg in 2019. The price has been relatively stable in the last two years, with 9.71 US $ per kg in 2020 and 9.61 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Sri Lanka will remain stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 9.61 US $ per kg in 2023 and 9.71 US $ per kg in 2024.Sri Lanka Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 12.05 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 7.66 US dollars per kg in 2013. This was followed by a sharp increase to 12.87 US dollars per kg in 2014. The price then dropped to 10.57 US dollars per kg in 2015 and further to 10.15 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price rose to 11.46 US dollars per kg and then dropped to 9.31 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price has been relatively stable since then, with it being 9.71 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 9.61 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Sri Lanka will remain relatively stable in the next few years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 9.50 US dollars per kg and in 2024 it will be around 9.40 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Sri Lanka were US$ 16,917, US$ 21,031, US$ 24,056 and US$ 21,886 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka sold 2,644 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. In 2019 alone, the market for Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has climbed, flactuating by 22.068 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went up by 44.09 pc netting the exporter US$21.89m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
- Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
- Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
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Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied shrimps & prawns worth 21.89m USD, a reduction of -9.00% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 24.056m USD. The yearly change in value of Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 14.384 percent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Sri Lanka's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 44.09 pc when compared to a variation of 22.068% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sri Lanka shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Sri Lanka bought 693 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.