What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Mauritius today?
The retail price range for Mauritius fish is between US$ 8.78 and US$ 11.71 per kilogram or between US$ 3.98 and US$ 5.31 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Mauritius
The retail price range in Mauritius Rupee for fish is between MUR 401.38 and MUR 535.17 per kilogram or between MUR 182.03 and MUR 242.71 per pound(lb) in Port Louis and Beau Bassin-Rose Hill.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Mauritius fish is between US$ 6.15 and US$ 8.20 per kilogram or between US$ 2.79 and US$ 3.72 per pound(lb).
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Mauritius Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Mauritius over the last five years has seen a steady increase. In 2017, the export price was 1.61 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it was 2.32 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of 44.1% over the five year period. The highest export price was in 2019, at 2.48 US $ per kg, and the lowest was in 2015, at 1.54 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price for 2023 will be 2.45 US $ per kg, and for 2024 it will be 2.60 US $ per kg.Mauritius Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Mauritius over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was $1.45, followed by $1.61 in 2017, $2.27 in 2018, $2.48 in 2019 and $2.23 in 2020. The highest price was recorded in 2018, while the lowest was in 2015 at $1.54. Overall, the prices have been increasing, with the average price for the last five years being $2.02. If this trend continues, we can expect the import price per kilogram of Fish into Mauritius to be around $2.41 in 2023 and $2.60 in 2024.Export values for Mauritius fish
The total values in export for fish in Mauritius were US$ 90,824, US$ 88,110, US$ 78,523 and US$ 87,138 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Mauritius fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Mauritius sold 35,114 tonnes of fish. Across 2019 alone, the market for Mauritius fish (fish category) has improved, changing by 1.401 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports reduced by -35.7% earning Mauritius US$87.14m for the year 2019. Mauritius' fish exports are categorised as:
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
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Mauritius fish export values
In 2019, Mauritius sold fish costing 87.14m USD, an improvement of 10.97% from 2018's total fish export of 78.523m USD. The yearly change in value of Mauritius fish between 2017 to 2018 was -10.881 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Mauritius' fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -35.7 pc compared to a variation of 1.401% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Mauritius fish ( in '000$ )
Mauritius imported 41,303 tonnes of fish in 2019.