What is the price of lobster per kilogram/pound in Somalia today?
The retail price range for Somalia lobster is between US$ 14.41 and US$ 24.34 per kilogram or between US$ 6.54 and US$ 11.04 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of lobster in Somalia
The retail price range in Somali Shilling for lobster is between SOS 8,235.31 and SOS 13,909.14 per kilogram or between SOS 3,734.84 and SOS 6,308.00 per pound(lb) in Mogadishu and Kismayo.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Somalia lobster is between US$ 10.09 and US$ 17.04 per kilogram or between US$ 4.58 and US$ 7.73 per pound(lb).
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Somalia Lobster Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Lobster from Somalia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 27.08 US dollars, the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2018 to 21.76 US dollars. In 2019, the price per kilogram was 20.77 US dollars and in 2020, it rose to 30.2 US dollars. The most recent year, 2021, saw a drastic drop in the export price to 0.0 US dollars. Based on this data, it is difficult to predict the export price of Lobster from Somalia for 2023 and 2024.Somalia Lobster Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Lobster into Somalia has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 21.20 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 8.47 US dollars per kg in 2015. The price then rose again in 2018 to 21.76 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 20.77 US dollars per kg in 2019. The most recent data shows that the price has risen again to 30.20 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Lobster into Somalia will be around 33.00 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 36.00 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Somalia lobster
The total values in export for lobster in Somalia were US$ 1,482, US$ 3,011, US$ 6,960 and US$ 7,876 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Seafood category in Somalia: Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Shrimps & Prawns, Crabs, Crustaceans, Oysters, Scallops, Blue Mussel, Cuttlefish & Squid & Octopus.
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Somalia lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Somalia exported 370 tonnes of lobster. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Somalia lobster (seafood category) has increased, changing by 2.21 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports increased by 43.97 percent netting the exporter US$7.88m for the year 2019. Somalia's lobster exports are classified as:
- 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)
- 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)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- 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)
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- 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)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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Somalia lobster export values
In 2019, Somalia supplied lobster valued at 7.88m USD, an increase of 13.22% from 2018's total lobster export of 6.96m USD. The annual change in value of Somalia lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 131.152 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Somalia's lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was 43.97 per cent compared to a variation of 2.21% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Somalia lobster ( in '000$ )
Somalia bought 0 tonnes of lobster in 2019.