What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Vietnam today?
The retail price range for Vietnam crustaceans is between US$ 3.34 and US$ 5.25 per kilogram or between US$ 1.51 and US$ 2.38 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Vietnam
The retail price range in Dong for crustaceans is between VND 83,466.25 and VND 131,161.25 per kilogram or between VND 37,853.17 and VND 59,483.56 per pound(lb) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Vietnam crustaceans is between US$ 2.34 and US$ 3.67 per kilogram or between US$ 1.06 and US$ 1.67 per pound(lb).
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Vietnam Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Vietnam over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2013, the price was 11.35 US dollars per kg, which decreased to 10.84 US dollars per kg in 2014. The price then dropped to 10.37 US dollars per kg in 2015, before increasing to 12.17 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price dropped significantly to 3.33 US dollars per kg, before increasing again to 13.24 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then decreased to 12.36 US dollars per kg in 2019, before dropping slightly to 12.15 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Vietnam will be 12.09 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 12.03 US dollars per kg in 2024.Vietnam Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Vietnam over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was at its highest at $12.17, before dropping to its lowest in 2017 at $3.33. Prices then began to rise again, reaching $13.24 in 2018 before settling at $12.15 in 2020. This suggests that the import price of Crustaceans into Vietnam is likely to remain relatively stable in the near future. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Vietnam in 2023 will be around $12.50 and in 2024 will be around $12.75.Export values for Vietnam crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in Vietnam were US$ 11,924, US$ 2,140, US$ 6,688 and US$ 4,128 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Vietnam crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Vietnam sold 334 tonnes of crustaceans. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Vietnam crustaceans (seafood category) has decreased, with a change of -33.861 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports decreased by -47.98 percent bringing the country US$4.13m for the year 2019. Vietnam's crustaceans exports are classified as:
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
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Vietnam crustaceans export values
In 2019, Vietnam supplied crustaceans costing 4.13m USD, a decrease of -38.25% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 6.688m USD. The annual reduction in value of Vietnam crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 212.523 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of Vietnam's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -47.98 percent compared to a variation of -33.861% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Vietnam's share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 1.3 per cent. The country is ranked number 14 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Vietnam crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Vietnam is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Vietnam crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 73%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 299%, per annum.
Vietnam imported 35 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.