What is the price of live fish in Kenya?

As of January 2024, live fish in Kenya is US$ 2.40 per kg (333 KES), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Live Fish Prices in Kenya

US$ 2.40 / kg

333 KES / kg

MoM ▲ 20.7% YoY ▲ 20.7%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KES)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	2.40	333	▲ 20.7%	▲ 20.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the live fish price in Kenya available is US$ 2.40 per kg (333 KES), up 20.7% year-on-year.

Kenya exported US$859,135 worth of live fish in 2024, totaling 358 tonnes and ranking #57 out of 102 exporters, with a 2.9% year-on-year increase. The country holds a net exporter position, accounting for 0.0% of global exports. The latest export unit value is US$2.3967 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - live fish in Kenya

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Kenya exported $859.1K (358.5 t) of live fish▲ 2.9% YoY. That ranks #57 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$859.1K

Export value

358.5 t

Export volume

#57 / 102

World rank

Global share

$2.4

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top live fish exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $653.2M · 33.2%
#2 Japan $146.1M · 7.4%
#4 France $112.4M · 5.7%
#5 Philippines $83.7M · 4.3%
#6 Indonesia $72.2M · 3.7%

Annual export data Kenya · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$859.1K	358.5 t	$2.4
2023	$835.3K	420.7 t	$1.99
2022	$686.9K	461.2 t	$1.49
2021	$580.3K	536.6 t	$1.08
2020	$318.5K	455.7 t	$0.7

HS Code

live fish is traded under Harmonized System code 0301. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Kenya live fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Kenya shipped 189 tonnes of live fish. For 2019 alone, the demand for Kenya live fish (fish category) has gone down, with a change of -34.146 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live fish's exports reduced by -37.62 percent bringing Kenya US$0.20m for the year 2019. Kenya's live fish exports are categorised as:

Live fish (excluding ornamental fish, trout [Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster], eels [Anguilla spp.], carp [Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus], Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna [Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis] and southern bluefin tuna [Thunnus maccoyii]) (HS code 030199)

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Kenya live fish export values

In 2019, Kenya supplied live fish worth 0.20m USD, a drop of -44.29% from 2018's total live fish export of 0.359m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Kenya live fish between 2017 to 2018 was 62.443 percent.

The yearly variation in the quantity of Kenya's live fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -37.62 pc compared to a variation of -34.146% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Kenya's stake of the world's total live fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 22 in world exports of live fish.

Export markets for Kenya live fish ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Kenya is a net exporter of live fish. The annual growth of Kenya live fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 73%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 76%, per annum.

Kenya brought in 0 tonnes of live fish in 2019.

Live Fish Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest live fish prices in other Africa countries:

Zambia$0.17/kg DRC Congo$0.47/kg Gabon$0.24/kg Morocco$11.34/kg Cameroon$1.00/kg South Africa$11.78/kg Uganda$2.79/kg Angola$3,386.04/kg Rwanda$10.99/kg Ghana$3.43/kg Tanzania$4.32/kg Botswana$1.14/kg Burundi$2.02/kg Republic of the Congo$4.37/kg Swaziland (Eswatini)$1.61/kg

Other Fish Prices in Kenya

Latest prices for other fish in Kenya:

Salmon$18.36/kg Tilapia$3.80/kg Fish$2.04/kg Sardines$1,476.00/kg Hake Fish$0.80/kg Sole Fish$0.45/kg Tuna$2.65/kg Antarctic toothfish$18.50/kg Cobia Fish$10.44/kg Haddock Fish$0.09/kg Live Carp$3.08/kg Trout$14.76/kg Turbot Fish$29.70/kg Live Ornamental Fish$3.08/kg Anchovies$4.78/kg

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Live Fish Kenya

US$ 2.3967 / kg

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

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