South Africa Spiny Dogfish Market Insights
South Africa spiny dogfish export quantities
In 2019 South Africa sold 98,562 tonnes of spiny dogfish. In 2019 alone, the interest in South Africa spiny dogfish (fish category) has gone down, with a change of -18.265 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, spiny dogfish's exports decreased by -5.8% earning the exporter US$4.98m for the year 2019. South Africa's spiny dogfish exports are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030281)
- Frozen dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030381)
- Frozen meat, whether or not minced, of dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030496)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030447)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of dogfish and other sharks (excl. fillets) (HS code 030456)
- Frozen dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030375)
- Fresh or chilled dogfish and other sharks (HS code 030265)
- Frozen fillets of dogfish, other sharks, rays and skates "Rajidae" (HS code 030488)
- Frozen toothfish "Dissostichus spp." (HS code 030383)
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South Africa spiny dogfish export values
In 2019, South Africa shipped spiny dogfish with a value of 4.98m USD, a drop of -53.38% from 2018's total spiny dogfish export of 10.683m USD. The yearly reduction in value of South Africa spiny dogfish between 2017 to 2018 was 62.553 per cent.
The per year change in the volume of South Africa's spiny dogfish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -5.8 percent in comparison to a variation of -18.265% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Africa's stake of the world's total spiny dogfish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 18 in world exports of spiny dogfish.
Export markets for South Africa spiny dogfish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
South Africa is a net exporter of spiny dogfish. The annual growth of South Africa spiny dogfish in value between 2015 to 2019 was -39%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -46%, per annum.
South Africa imported 93 tonnes of spiny dogfish in 2019.