What is the price of sea cucumber per kilogram/pound in Hong Kong today?
The retail price range for Hong Kong sea cucumber is between US$ 202.95 and US$ 3,413.88 per kilogram or between US$ 92.04 and US$ 1,548.25 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of sea cucumber in Hong Kong
The retail price range in Hong Kong Dollar for sea cucumber is between HKD 1,586.26 and HKD 26,683.46 per kilogram or between HKD 719.39 and HKD 12,101.34 per pound(lb) in Kowloon and Tsuen Wan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Hong Kong sea cucumber is between US$ 142.06 and US$ 2,389.72 per kilogram or between US$ 64.43 and US$ 1,083.77 per pound(lb).
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Hong Kong Sea Cucumber Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Sea Cucumber from Hong Kong has seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2019, the export price per kilogram was $7.90, which increased to $8.20 in 2020. This trend continued in 2021, with the export price per kilogram reaching $8.50. In 2022, the export price per kilogram rose to $8.80, and is expected to continue to increase in the coming years. Based on the data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Sea Cucumber from Hong Kong will reach $9.10 in 2023 and $9.40 in 2024.Hong Kong Sea Cucumber Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price of Sea Cucumber into Hong Kong has seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2018, the import price per kilogram was $2.50, which increased to $2.90 in 2019. In 2020, the price rose to $3.20, and in 2021 it further increased to $3.50. The most recent data shows that the import price per kilogram of Sea Cucumber into Hong Kong was $3.80 in 2022. Overall, the import price of Sea Cucumber into Hong Kong has seen a steady increase of $0.30 per kilogram each year over the past five years. This trend is likely to continue in the coming years, and it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Sea Cucumber into Hong Kong will reach $4.10 in 2023 and $4.40 in 2024.Export values for Hong Kong sea cucumber
The total values in export for sea cucumber in Hong Kong were US$ 74,440, US$ 86,874, US$ 80,857 and US$ 71,889 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Hong Kong sea cucumber - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Hong Kong sold 3,992 tonnes of sea cucumber. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Hong Kong sea cucumber (seafood category) has surged, changing by 53.185 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sea cucumber's exports decreased by -50.37 pc bringing the nation US$71.89m for the year 2019. Hong Kong's sea cucumber exports are classified as:
- Live, fresh or chilled, sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothurioidea" (HS code 030811)
- Smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothurioidea" (HS code 030819)
- Frozen sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea" (HS code 030812)
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Hong Kong sea cucumber export values
In 2019, Hong Kong supplied sea cucumber valued at 71.89m USD, a reduction of -11.09% from 2018's total sea cucumber export of 80.857m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Hong Kong sea cucumber between 2017 to 2018 was -6.926 pc.
The yearly change in the quantity of Hong Kong's sea cucumber exports between 2017 and 2019 was -50.37% when compared to a variation of 53.185% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Hong Kong's share of the world's total sea cucumber's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Hong Kong is ranked number 21 in world exports of sea cucumber.
Export markets for Hong Kong sea cucumber ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Hong Kong is a net importer of sea cucumber. The annual growth of Hong Kong sea cucumber in value between 2015 to 2019 was -4%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -6%, per annum.
Hong Kong purchased 4,720 tonnes of sea cucumber in 2019.