What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Cameroon today?
The retail price range for Cameroon shrimps & prawns is between US$ 5.89 and US$ 9.82 per kilogram or between US$ 2.67 and US$ 4.46 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Cameroon
The retail price range in CFA Franc BEAC for shrimps & prawns is between XAF 3,684.00 and XAF 6,140.00 per kilogram or between XAF 1,670.75 and XAF 2,784.58 per pound(lb) in Yaoundé and Douala.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Cameroon shrimps & prawns is between US$ 4.13 and US$ 6.88 per kilogram or between US$ 1.87 and US$ 3.12 per pound(lb).
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Cameroon Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Cameroon has seen a lot of fluctuation over the past five years. In 2015, the price was at its lowest at 0.50 US $ per kg, before increasing to 7.00 US $ per kg in 2016. Since then, the price has been steadily decreasing, with the latest figure being 1.52 US $ per kg in 2021. Looking ahead, we can predict that the export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Cameroon will remain relatively stable, with prices of 1.48 US $ per kg in 2023 and 1.44 US $ per kg in 2024.Cameroon Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Cameroon has seen a few fluctuations over the past five years. In 2015, the price was at its lowest at 0.50 US $ per kg, before increasing to 7.00 US $ per kg in 2016. This was followed by a decrease to 2.15 US $ per kg in 2017 and then a slight increase to 2.56 US $ per kg in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the price dropped to 1.66 US $ per kg and then further decreased to 1.52 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Cameroon will remain around the same level in 2023 and 2024, with a slight decrease to 1.50 US $ per kg.Export values for Cameroon shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Cameroon were US$ 7, US$ 396, US$ 198 and US$ 952 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Cameroon shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Cameroon sold 143 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. For 2019 alone, the market for Cameroon shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has climbed, with a change of 217.778 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports decreased by -18.75 percent netting the exporter US$0.95m for the year 2019. Cameroon's shrimps & prawns exports are classified as:
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- 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, 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)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
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Cameroon shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Cameroon supplied shrimps & prawns worth 0.95m USD, an improvement of 379.80% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 0.198m USD. The yearly growth in value of Cameroon shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was -50 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the amount of Cameroon's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -18.75% compared to a variation of 217.778% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Cameroon shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Cameroon bought 19 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.