What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania shrimps & prawns is between US$ 10.85 and US$ 19.73 per kilogram or between US$ 4.92 and US$ 8.95 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for shrimps & prawns is between TZS 25,831.73 and TZS 46,986.02 per kilogram or between TZS 11,715.07 and TZS 21,308.85 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania shrimps & prawns is between US$ 7.59 and US$ 13.81 per kilogram or between US$ 3.44 and US$ 6.26 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Tanzania has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 9.07 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it was 3.67 US $ per kg. This represents a decrease of 59.7% in the export price. The highest price in the last five years was 8.91 US $ per kg in 2015. The lowest price was 3.67 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on the data, it is predicted that the export price of Shrimps & Prawns from Tanzania will remain steady in 2023 and 2024, with prices of around 6.80 US $ per kg.Tanzania Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Tanzania has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 9.07 US dollars per kilogram, and it has since decreased to 6.15 US dollars per kilogram in 2019. The most recent data shows that the price has increased slightly to 6.80 US dollars per kilogram in 2020. This is still lower than the 2016 price, but it is a slight increase from the 2019 price. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Tanzania will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 6.80 US dollars per kilogram, and the price in 2024 will be around 6.90 US dollars per kilogram.Export values for Tanzania shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Tanzania were US$ 4,397, US$ 2,595, US$ 2,603 and US$ 2,069 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Tanzania shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania exported 221 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Tanzania shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has shrunk, recording a change of -43.041 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports reduced by -39.95 percent bringing the nation US$2.07m for the year 2019. Tanzania's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
- Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
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Tanzania shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Tanzania supplied shrimps & prawns with a value of 2.07m USD, a drop of -20.48% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 2.603m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Tanzania shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 0.30828516%.
The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of Tanzania's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -39.95% compared to a variation of -43.041% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Tanzania procured 0 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.