What is the price of crustaceans in Ecuador?

As of January 2024, crustaceans in Ecuador is US$ 5.76 per kg, sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Crustaceans Prices in Ecuador

US$ 5.76 / kg

MoM ▼ 15.9%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (USD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.76	-	▼ 15.9%	n/a	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of August 2026, the crustaceans price in Ecuador available is US$ 5.76 per kg.

Ecuador is the world's leading exporter of crustaceans, shipping US$6.35 billion (1,102,618 tonnes) in 2024 and accounting for 24.6% of global exports. The country holds the top position among 118 exporters, despite a 12.0% year-on-year decline in export value. The latest export unit value is US$5.7591 per kg. Ecuador is a net exporter of crustaceans.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - crustaceans in Ecuador

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Ecuador exported $6.35B (1.1 Mt) of crustaceans▼ 12% YoY. That ranks #1 worldwide (24.6% of global exports).

$6.35B

Export value

1.1 Mt

Export volume

#1 / 118

World rank

24.6%

Global share

$5.76

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top crustaceans exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ecuador $6.35B · 24.6%
#2 India $4.44B · 17.2%
#3 Canada $3.16B · 12.2%
#4 Indonesia $1.37B · 5.3%
#5 Argentina $967.7M · 3.7%

Annual export data Ecuador · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$6.35B	1.1 Mt	$5.76
2023	$7.21B	-	-
2022	$8.01B	1.17 Mt	$6.85
2021	$5.33B	848.3 kt	$6.28
2020	$3.83B	688.7 kt	$5.57

HS Code

crustaceans is traded under Harmonized System code 0306. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Ecuador crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Ecuador exported 51 tonnes of crustaceans. In 2019 alone, the interest in Ecuador crustaceans (seafood category) has climbed, recording a change of 27.5 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports decreased by -48.48 pc earning Ecuador US$0.62m for the year 2019. Ecuador's crustaceans exports are categorised as:

Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)

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Ecuador crustaceans export values

In 2019, Ecuador shipped crustaceans costing 0.62m USD, a surge of 10.71% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.56m USD. The yearly increase in value of Ecuador crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 6.262 percent.

The annual change in the amount of Ecuador's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -48.48 percent in comparison to a variation of 27.5% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Ecuador's stake of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Ecuador holds number 52 in world exports of crustaceans.

Export markets for Ecuador crustaceans ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Ecuador is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Ecuador crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was -31%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -24%, per annum.

Ecuador ordered 2 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.

Other Seafood Prices in Ecuador

Latest prices for other seafood in Ecuador:

Shrimps & Prawns$5.75/kg Molluscs$1.91/kg Oysters$7.50/kg Blue Mussel$4.47/kg Caviar$4.43/kg Scallops$4.47/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$1.59/kg Jellyfish$1.85/kg Crab$14.74/kg

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Crustaceans Ecuador

US$ 5.7591 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2024-01-01

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