What is the price of lobster per kilogram/pound in Norway today?
The retail price range for Norway lobster is between US$ 25.30 and US$ 28.08 per kilogram or between US$ 11.47 and US$ 12.73 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of lobster in Norway
The retail price range in Norwegian Krone for lobster is between NOK 277.03 and NOK 307.44 per kilogram or between NOK 125.64 and NOK 139.43 per pound(lb) in Oslo and Bergen.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Norway lobster is between US$ 17.71 and US$ 19.65 per kilogram or between US$ 8.03 and US$ 8.91 per pound(lb).
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Norway Lobster Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Lobster from Norway over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 31.09 US$/kg, followed by a sharp increase to 33.57 US$/kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 23.41 US$/kg, before rising again to 39.47 US$/kg in 2020. The highest price was recorded in 2021, at 48.87 US$/kg. The most recent data point is 0.00 US$/kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is difficult to predict the prices for 2023 and 2024.Norway Lobster Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
Export values for Norway lobster
The total values in export for lobster in Norway were US$ 2,018, US$ 2,377, US$ 2,985 and US$ 3,860 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Norway lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of lobster shipped by Norway in 2020 was 113 metric tons. In 2019 Norway sold 134 tonnes of lobster. Across 2019 alone, the market for Norway lobster (seafood category) has surged, flactuating by 16.522 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports went up by 39.58% bringing the country US$3.86m for the year 2019. Norway's lobster exports are classified as:
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030694)
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030691)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030631)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030622)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030615)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030621)
- Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030612)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030625)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030692)
- Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030611)
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Norway lobster export values
In 2019, Norway sold lobster worth 3.86m USD, an increase of 29.31% from 2018's total lobster export of 2.985m USD. The yearly increase in value of Norway lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 25.578 percent.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Norway's lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was 39.58 pc in comparison to a variation of 16.522% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Norway's portion of the world's total lobster's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Norway is ranked position 30 in world exports of lobster.
Export markets for Norway lobster ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Norway is a net importer of lobster. The annual growth of Norway lobster in value between 2015 to 2019 was 42%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 57%, per annum.
Norway brought in 360 tonnes of lobster in 2019.