What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Mozambique today?
The retail price range for Mozambique fish is between US$ 10.84 and US$ 19.71 per kilogram or between US$ 4.92 and US$ 8.94 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Mozambique
The retail price range in Mozambique Metical for fish is between MZN 692.82 and MZN 1,259.68 per kilogram or between MZN 314.21 and MZN 571.28 per pound(lb) in Maputo and Beira.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Mozambique fish is between US$ 7.59 and US$ 13.80 per kilogram or between US$ 3.44 and US$ 6.26 per pound(lb).
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Mozambique Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Mozambique has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2010, the export price was 3.16 US $ per kg, but by 2015, it had dropped to 0.78 US $ per kg. Since then, the export price has remained at 0.00 US $ per kg. This trend is likely to continue in the coming years, with the export price predicted to remain at 0.00 US $ per kg in 2023 and 2024.Mozambique Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Mozambique over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2012, the price was $1.02, increasing to $1.11 in 2013. In 2014, the price dropped to $0.85, and then further decreased to $0.78 in 2015. Since then, the price has remained at $0.00 for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Mozambique will remain at $0.00 for the years 2021 and 2022. However, it is difficult to predict the prices for 2023 and 2024 without further data.Export values for Mozambique fish
The total values in export for fish in Mozambique were US$ 3,012, US$ 2,972, US$ 2,455 and US$ 2,337 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Mozambique fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of fish shipped by Mozambique in 2020 was 2,070,013 tonnes. In 2019 Mozambique sold 172,351 tonnes of fish. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Mozambique fish (fish category) has reduced, flactuating by -48.8 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports went down by -79.19 pc earning the exporter US$2.34m for the year 2019. Mozambique's fish exports are classified as:
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- 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)
- 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)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- 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)
- 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)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
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Mozambique fish export values
In 2019, Mozambique supplied fish valued at 2.34m USD, a reduction of -4.68% from 2018's total fish export of 2.455m USD. The yearly change in value of Mozambique fish between 2017 to 2018 was -17.396 percent.
The per year variation in the amount of Mozambique's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -79.19 per cent when compared to a variation of -48.8% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Mozambique's portion of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 66 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Mozambique fish ( in '000$ )
Mozambique brought in 1,022 tonnes of fish in 2019.