What is the price of live trout per kilogram/pound in Malawi today?
The retail price range for Malawi live trout is between US$ 10.73 and US$ 32.19 per kilogram or between US$ 4.87 and US$ 14.60 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live trout in Malawi
The retail price range in Malawi Kwacha for live trout is between MWK 11,063.51 and MWK 33,190.52 per kilogram or between MWK 5,017.46 and MWK 15,052.39 per pound(lb) in Lilongwe and Blantyre.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Malawi live trout is between US$ 7.51 and US$ 22.54 per kilogram or between US$ 3.41 and US$ 10.22 per pound(lb).
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Malawi Live Trout Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Trout from Malawi has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2014, the price was 10.00 US dollars per kg, dropping to 8.00 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price rose to 15.00 US dollars per kg, before dropping again to 7.33 US dollars per kg in 2018 and 6.67 US dollars per kg in 2019. The most recent data shows the price at 9.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Live Trout from Malawi will be 8.33 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 7.67 US dollars per kg in 2024.Malawi Live Trout Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Trout into Malawi over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2014, the price was 10.00 US dollars per kg, which then dropped to 8.00 US dollars per kg in 2016. This was followed by a sharp increase to 15.00 US dollars per kg in 2017. The price then dropped again to 7.33 US dollars per kg in 2018 and further to 6.67 US dollars per kg in 2019. The most recent data shows that the price has increased to 9.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Live Trout into Malawi in 2023 will be 8.00 US dollars per kg and in 2024 it will be 9.50 US dollars per kg.Export values for Malawi live trout
The total values in export for live trout in Malawi were US$ 32, US$ 15, US$ 22 and US$ 40 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Malawi live trout - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Malawi exported 6 tonnes of live trout. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Malawi live trout (fish category) has improved, changing by 100 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live trout's exports went up by 500 pc earning the exporter US$0.04m for the year 2019. Malawi's live trout exports are categorised as:
- Live trout "Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster" (HS code 030191)
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Malawi live trout export values
In 2019, Malawi sold live trout costing 0.04m USD, a surge of 81.82% from 2018's total live trout export of 0.022m USD. The annual growth in value of Malawi live trout between 2017 to 2018 was 46.667%.
The yearly change in the amount of Malawi's live trout exports between 2017 and 2019 was 500 percent when compared to a variation of 100% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Malawi live trout ( in '000$ )
Malawi imported 0 tonnes of live trout in 2019.