What is the price of crustaceans in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, crustaceans in Malaysia is US$ 5.28 per kg (23.97 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world export rank for crustaceans?

Malaysia ranks 19th out of 118 exporters of crustaceans.

How much crustaceans did Malaysia export in 2024?

Malaysia exported 36,826 tonnes of crustaceans in 2024.

Is Malaysia a net exporter or importer of crustaceans?

Malaysia is a net exporter of crustaceans.

What was the year-on-year change in Malaysia's crustacean export value?

Malaysia's crustacean export value declined by 21.9% year-on-year.

Crustaceans Price in Malaysia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Crustaceans Prices in Malaysia

US$ 5.28 / kg

23.97 MYR / kg

MoM ▼ 2.5% YoY ▼ 2.5%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.28	23.97	▼ 2.5%	▼ 2.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the crustaceans price in Malaysia available is US$ 5.28 per kg (23.97 MYR), down 2.5% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported US$199.54 million worth of crustaceans in 2024, totaling 36,826 tonnes. The country ranks 19th out of 118 exporters, accounting for 0.8% of global exports, and is a net exporter. Export value declined by 21.9% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$5.2835 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - crustaceans in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $199.5M (36.8 kt) of crustaceans▼ 21.9% YoY. That ranks #19 worldwide (0.8% of global exports).

$199.5M

Export value

36.8 kt

Export volume

#19 / 118

World rank

0.8%

Global share

$5.42

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top crustaceans exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ecuador $6.35B · 24.6%
#2 India $4.44B · 17.2%
#3 Canada $3.16B · 12.2%
#4 Indonesia $1.37B · 5.3%
#5 Argentina $967.7M · 3.7%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$199.5M	36.8 kt	$5.42
2023	$255.5M	43 kt	$5.94
2022	$285.2M	45.8 kt	$6.23
2021	$304.3M	55.7 kt	$5.47
2020	$249.3M	45.9 kt	$5.43

HS Code

crustaceans is traded under Harmonized System code 0306. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Malaysia crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of crustaceans shipped by Malaysia in 2020 was 2,943 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia exported 3,061 tonnes of crustaceans. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia crustaceans (seafood category) has improved, recording a change of 16.787 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports went down by -9.22 pc netting the country US$6.88m for the year 2019. Malaysia's crustaceans exports are classified as:

Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)

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Malaysia crustaceans export values

In 2019, Malaysia exported crustaceans with a value of 6.88m USD, an improvement of 18.62% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 5.8m USD. The annual increase in value of Malaysia crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was -17.532%.

The yearly change in the amount of Malaysia's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -9.22 per cent in comparison to a variation of 16.787% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's stake of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 1 percent. Malaysia holds position 16 in world exports of crustaceans.

Export markets for Malaysia crustaceans ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Malaysia is a net importer of crustaceans. The annual growth of Malaysia crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was -6%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -14%, per annum.

Malaysia purchased 902 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.

Crustaceans Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest crustaceans prices in other Asia countries:

Kazakhstan$5.39/kg Uzbekistan$3.72/kg Sri Lanka$9.12/kg China$8.53/kg India$6.52/kg Myanmar$4.25/kg Singapore$13.61/kg Kyrgyzstan$7.49/kg Philippines$4.77/kg

Other Seafood Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other seafood in Malaysia:

Shrimps & Prawns$7.91/kg Lobster$7.87/kg Sea Cucumber$17.77/kg Conch Snails$29.89/kg Caviar$3.01/kg Sea Bass$1.33/kg Blue Mussel$0.47/kg Snails$0.66/kg Crab$4.95/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$4.12/kg Jellyfish$1.52/kg Mussels$0.47/kg Octopus$0.47/kg Scallops$0.47/kg Sea Bream$1.33/kg

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Crustaceans Malaysia

US$ 5.2835 / kg

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