What is the price of sardines in Italy?

As of January 2025, sardines in Italy is US$ 7.14 per kg (6.60 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Italy's world export rank for sardines?

Italy ranks #25 out of 95 sardine exporters.

How much sardine did Italy export in 2024?

Italy exported 327 tonnes of sardines in 2024.

Sardines Price in Italy - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Sardines Prices in Italy

US$ 7.14 / kg

6.60 EUR / kg

MoM ▼ 33.8% YoY ▼ 33.8%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EUR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	7.14	6.60	▼ 33.8%	▼ 33.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sardines price in Italy available is US$ 7.14 per kg (6.60 EUR), down 33.8% year-on-year.

Italy exported sardines valued at US$3,525,106 in 2024, totaling 327 tonnes and ranking #25 out of 95 global exporters with a 0.2% share of world exports. Exports increased by 2.5% year-on-year, and Italy is a net exporter of sardines. The latest export unit value is US$7.1439 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - sardines in Italy

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $3.5M (326.7 t) of sardines▲ 2.5% YoY. That ranks #25 worldwide (0.2% of global exports).

$3.5M

Export value

326.7 t

Export volume

#25 / 95

World rank

0.2%

Global share

$10.79

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sardines exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Morocco $702M · 42.2%
#2 China $240.3M · 14.5%
#3 Thailand $143.8M · 8.6%
#4 Portugal $88.7M · 5.3%
#5 Indonesia $68.3M · 4.1%

Annual export data Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$3.5M	326.7 t	$10.79
2023	$3.4M	347.8 t	$9.89
2022	$2.5M	247.1 t	$10.2
2021	$2.5M	221.2 t	$11.28
2020	$2.6M	256.2 t	$10.32

HS Code

sardines is traded under Harmonized System code 1604.13. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Italy sardines - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of sardines exported by Italy in 2020 was 9,329 tons. In 2019 Italy sold 13,378 tonnes of sardines. In 2019 alone, the demand for Italy sardines (fish category) has gone down, flactuating by -5.006 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sardines' exports went up by 7.64 percent earning the nation US$17.52m for the year 2019. Italy's sardines exports are classified as:

Fresh or chilled sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) (HS code 030261)
Frozen sardines Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp." and brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030371)
Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160413)
Fresh or chilled sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030243)
Frozen sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030353)

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Italy sardines export values

In 2019, Italy shipped sardines valued at 17.52m USD, a drop of -14.93% from 2018's total sardines export of 20.595m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Italy sardines between 2017 to 2018 was 14.062%.

The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Italy's sardines exports between 2017 and 2019 was 7.64 per cent in comparison to a variation of -5.006% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's stake of the world's total sardines' exports in 2019 was 1.2%. The country is ranked number 12 in world exports of sardines.

Export markets for Italy sardines ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net exporter of sardines. The annual growth of Italy sardines in value between 2015 to 2019 was 47%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 44%, per annum.

Italy imported 7,326 tonnes of sardines in 2019.

Sardines Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest sardines prices in other Europe countries:

Spain$8.66/kg Russia$2.01/kg Netherlands$5.44/kg United Kingdom (UK)$7.73/kg Czech Republic$6.39/kg Finland$10.44/kg Croatia$7.79/kg Bosnia and Herzegovina$5.67/kg Estonia$1.79/kg Germany$4.22/kg Hungary$8.77/kg Belarus$1.63/kg Greece$7.32/kg Ireland$2.06/kg Sweden$10.58/kg

Other Fish Prices in Italy

Latest prices for other fish in Italy:

Sole Fish$15.54/kg Live Eels$17.67/kg Live Ornamental Fish$7.88/kg Tuna$11.81/kg Live Fish$13.76/kg Live Carp$7.88/kg Live Trout$7.88/kg Trout$5.10/kg Catfish$4.29/kg Cod Fish$8.44/kg Mackerel$6.84/kg Turbot Fish$5.17/kg

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Sardines Italy

US$ 7.1439 / kg

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