What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Mauritania today?
The retail price range for Mauritania fish is between US$ 6.66 and US$ 7.61 per kilogram or between US$ 3.02 and US$ 3.45 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Mauritania
The retail price range in Ouguiya for fish is between MRU 229.59 and MRU 262.38 per kilogram or between MRU 104.12 and MRU 119.00 per pound(lb) in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Mauritania fish is between US$ 4.66 and US$ 5.33 per kilogram or between US$ 2.12 and US$ 2.42 per pound(lb).
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Mauritania Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Mauritania over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 2.89 US$ per kg, followed by a peak of 3.44 US$ per kg in 2018. However, the price dropped to 1.31 US$ per kg in 2019 and then increased to 2.17 US$ per kg in 2020. The price has been relatively stable in 2021, with 2.02 US$ per kg. It is expected that the price will remain stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 2.02 US$ per kg in 2023 and 2024.Mauritania Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Mauritania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 0.50 US$ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 2.89 US$ per kg in 2017. The price then decreased to 1.31 US$ per kg in 2019, before increasing again to 2.17 US$ per kg in 2020 and 2.02 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Mauritania will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 2.02 US$ per kg, and the price in 2024 will be around 2.17 US$ per kg.Export values for Mauritania fish
The total values in export for fish in Mauritania were US$ 5,775, US$ 4,511, US$ 5,459 and US$ 8,921 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Mauritania fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Mauritania exported 6,830 tonnes of fish. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Mauritania fish (fish category) has surged, flactuating by 329.83 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports increased by 338.1 percent earning the country US$8.92m for the year 2019. Mauritania's fish exports are categorised as:
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
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Mauritania fish export values
In 2019, Mauritania supplied fish with a value of 8.92m USD, an increment of 63.40% from 2018's total fish export of 5.459m USD. The yearly growth in value of Mauritania fish between 2017 to 2018 was 21.015 percent.
The annual variation in the quantity of Mauritania's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 338.1 per cent in comparison to a variation of 329.83% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Mauritania fish ( in '000$ )
Mauritania imported 2 tonnes of fish in 2019.