What is the price of flat fish per kilogram/pound in Morocco today?
The retail price range for Morocco flat fish is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 5.84 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 2.65 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of flat fish in Morocco
The retail price range in Moroccan Dirham for flat fish is between MAD 10.03 and MAD 60.20 per kilogram or between MAD 4.55 and MAD 27.30 per pound(lb) in Rabat and Casablanca.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Morocco flat fish is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 4.09 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 1.85 per pound(lb).
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Morocco Flat Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Flat Fish from Morocco has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 7.71 US $ per kg, and in 2021, it was 10.10 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of 30.2% over the five-year period. The highest price was recorded in 2021 at 10.10 US $ per kg, while the lowest price was recorded in 2011 at 1.87 US $ per kg. Based on the current trend, it is predicted that the export price of Flat Fish from Morocco will be 11.20 US $ per kg in 2023 and 12.40 US $ per kg in 2024.Morocco Flat Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Flat Fish into Morocco has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 7.71 US dollars per kg, and in 2021, it was 10.1 US dollars per kg. This represents an increase of 30.2% over the five-year period. The highest price was recorded in 2018, when the price was 10.62 US dollars per kg. This was followed by a slight decrease in 2019 and 2020, when the price was 10.14 and 8.6 US dollars per kg respectively. However, the price has since increased again in 2021, to 10.1 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the price of Flat Fish into Morocco will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 11.2 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 12.3 US dollars per kg.Export values for Morocco flat fish
The total values in export for flat fish in Morocco were US$ 14,393, US$ 32,766, US$ 63,604 and US$ 65,142 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Morocco flat fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Morocco exported 6,424 tonnes of flat fish. For 2019 alone, the interest in Morocco flat fish (fish category) has surged, with a change of 7.228 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, flat fish's exports went up by 63.34 pc netting the exporter US$65.14m for the year 2019. Morocco's flat fish exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled flat fish "Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Catharidae" (excluding halibut "Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus and Hippoglossus stenolepis", plaice "Pleuronectes platessa", sole "Solea spp." and turbot "Psetta maxima") (HS code 030229)
- Frozen flat fish "Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae" (excluding halibut, plaice, sole and turbot) (HS code 030339)
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Morocco flat fish export values
In 2019, Morocco shipped flat fish valued at 65.14m USD, a surge of 2.41% from 2018's total flat fish export of 63.604m USD. The annual increase in value of Morocco flat fish between 2017 to 2018 was 94.116 pc.
The per year change in the amount of Morocco's flat fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 63.34 percent in comparison to a variation of 7.228% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Morocco's stake of the world's total flat fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Morocco holds number 67 in world exports of flat fish.
Export markets for Morocco flat fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Morocco is a net importer of flat fish. The annual growth of Morocco flat fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 28%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Morocco imported 79 tonnes of flat fish in 2019.