What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Libya today?
The retail price range for Libya fish is between US$ 1.91 and US$ 66.77 per kilogram or between US$ 0.87 and US$ 30.28 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Libya
The retail price range in Libyan Dinar for fish is between LYD 9.15 and LYD 320.22 per kilogram or between LYD 4.15 and LYD 145.22 per pound(lb) in Tripoli and Misrata.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Libya fish is between US$ 1.34 and US$ 46.74 per kilogram or between US$ 0.61 and US$ 21.20 per pound(lb).
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Libya Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Libya over the last five years has seen a significant fluctuation. In 2015, the price was 0.61 US dollars per kg, which increased to 0.74 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price skyrocketed to 7.2 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 3.39 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price rose again to 5.39 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Fish from Libya in 2023 will be around 0.00 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be around 0.00 US dollars per kg.Libya Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Libya over the last five years has seen a significant fluctuation. In 2015, the price was 0.61 US dollars per kg, which increased to 0.74 US dollars per kg in 2016. This was followed by a sharp rise in 2017, when the price jumped to 7.2 US dollars per kg. In 2018, the price dropped to 3.39 US dollars per kg, before increasing again to 5.39 US dollars per kg in 2019. However, the import price per kg of Fish into Libya dropped to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 2021. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kg of Fish into Libya will remain at 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Libya fish
The total values in export for fish in Libya were US$ 1,685, US$ 1,428 and US$ 727 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fish category in Libya: Live Ornamental Fish, Live Trout, Live Eels, Live Carp, Live Tuna, Live Fish, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish & Sole Fish.
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Libya fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Libya exported 1,057 tonnes of fish. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Libya fish (fish category) has improved, changing by 151.069 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2016 and 2019, fish's exports grew by 351.71% bringing the nation US$0.73m for the year 2019. Libya's fish exports are categorised as:
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
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Libya fish export values
In 2019, Libya exported fish with a value of 0.73m USD, a drop of -48.88% from 2018's total fish export of 1.428m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Libya fish between 2016 to 2018 was -15.252 pc.
The per year change in the amount of Libya's fish exports between 2016 and 2019 was 351.71 per cent in comparison to a variation of 151.069% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Libya fish ( in '000$ )
Libya bought 6,392 tonnes of fish in 2019.