What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Namibia today?
The retail price range for Namibia fish is between US$ 3.94 and US$ 7.89 per kilogram or between US$ 1.79 and US$ 3.58 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Namibia
The retail price range in Rand for fish is between NAD 76.61 and NAD 153.22 per kilogram or between NAD 34.74 and NAD 69.49 per pound(lb) in Windhoek and Walvis Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Namibia fish is between US$ 2.76 and US$ 5.52 per kilogram or between US$ 1.25 and US$ 2.50 per pound(lb).
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Namibia Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Namibia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 2.35 US$ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 324.87 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019 and 2020, the price dropped to 4.76 US$ and 4.01 US$ per kg respectively. The most recent year, 2021, saw a drastic decrease to 0.00 US$ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price of Fish from Namibia will remain relatively low in the next two years, with an estimated price of 0.00 US$ per kg in 2023 and 2024.Namibia Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Namibia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2015, the price was $0.97, followed by $1.84 in 2016, $2.35 in 2017, $324.87 in 2018, and $4.76 in 2019. The most recent year, 2020, saw a slight decrease in the price to $4.01. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Namibia will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with a slight decrease in price. We can therefore predict that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Namibia in 2023 will be around $3.90, and in 2024 will be around $3.80.Export values for Namibia fish
The total values in export for fish in Namibia were US$ 100,904, US$ 65,714, US$ 44,182 and US$ 38,368 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Namibia fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of fish exported by Namibia in 2020 was 9,300 tons. In 2019 Namibia exported 8,053 tonnes of fish. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Namibia fish (fish category) has climbed, recording a change of 5821.324 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports went down by -71.21 pc bringing the exporter US$38.37m for the year 2019. Namibia's fish exports are classified as:
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
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Namibia fish export values
In 2019, Namibia sold fish with a value of 38.37m USD, a drop of -13.15% from 2018's total fish export of 44.182m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Namibia fish between 2017 to 2018 was -32.766 percent.
The annual variation in the volume of Namibia's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -71.21 per cent in comparison to a variation of 5821.324% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Namibia's share of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Namibia holds number 40 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Namibia fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Namibia is a net importer of fish. The annual growth of Namibia fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 98%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 57%, per annum.
Namibia imported 1,508 tonnes of fish in 2019.