What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Italy today?
The retail price range for Italy shrimps & prawns is between US$ 4.38 and US$ 10.22 per kilogram or between US$ 1.99 and US$ 4.63 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Italy
The retail price range in Euro for shrimps & prawns is between EUR 4.05 and EUR 9.44 per kilogram or between EUR 1.83 and EUR 4.28 per pound(lb) in Rome and Milan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Italy shrimps & prawns is between US$ 3.06 and US$ 7.15 per kilogram or between US$ 1.39 and US$ 3.24 per pound(lb).
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Italy shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of shrimps & prawns shipped by Italy in 2020 was 2,976 metric tons. In 2019 Italy sold 2,527 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Italy shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has gone down, recording a change of -16.848 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went down by -3.81 pc earning the country US$27.38m for the year 2019. Italy's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- 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, 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, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- 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", 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 & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- 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)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
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Italy shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Italy supplied shrimps & prawns with a value of 27.38m USD, a contraction of -23.11% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 35.609m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Italy shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 26.21 per cent.
The per year variation in the volume of Italy's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -3.81 percent compared to a variation of -16.848% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Italy shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Italy purchased 72,166 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.