What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Morocco today?
The retail price range for Morocco shrimps & prawns is between US$ 5.77 and US$ 16.35 per kilogram or between US$ 2.62 and US$ 7.42 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Morocco
The retail price range in Moroccan Dirham for shrimps & prawns is between MAD 59.51 and MAD 168.60 per kilogram or between MAD 26.99 and MAD 76.46 per pound(lb) in Rabat and Casablanca.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Morocco shrimps & prawns is between US$ 4.04 and US$ 11.45 per kilogram or between US$ 1.83 and US$ 5.19 per pound(lb).
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Morocco Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Morocco over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2016, the price was 11.58 US $ per kg, but by 2021, it had dropped to 7.88 US $ per kg. This represents a decrease of 32.2%. The lowest price was seen in 2020, when it was 7.28 US $ per kg. Looking ahead, we can predict that the export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Morocco in 2023 will be around 7.50 US $ per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 7.75 US $ per kg.Morocco Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Morocco over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 11.58 US $ per kg, before dropping to 8.79 US $ per kg in 2018. The price then continued to decline to 7.92 US $ per kg in 2019 and 7.28 US $ per kg in 2020. However, the price has seen an increase in 2021, reaching 7.88 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Morocco will be 8.20 US $ per kg in 2023 and 8.62 US $ per kg in 2024.Export values for Morocco shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Morocco were US$ 171,107, US$ 130,027, US$ 126,382 and US$ 145,390 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Morocco shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Morocco shipped 18,358 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Morocco shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has climbed, changing by 27.628 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports increased by 77.92 pc bringing the nation US$145.39m for the year 2019. Morocco's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
- Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
- Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
- Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
- Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
- Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
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Morocco shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Morocco supplied shrimps & prawns worth 145.39m USD, an improvement of 15.04% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 126.382m USD. The annual increase in value of Morocco shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was -2.803 percent.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Morocco's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 77.92 pc in comparison to a variation of 27.628% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Morocco shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Morocco imported 37,523 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.