What is the price of cuttlefish & squid per kilogram/pound in Namibia today?
The retail price range for Namibia cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 2.86 and US$ 3.81 per kilogram or between US$ 1.30 and US$ 1.73 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cuttlefish & squid in Namibia
The retail price range in Rand for cuttlefish & squid is between NAD 55.51 and NAD 74.02 per kilogram or between NAD 25.18 and NAD 33.57 per pound(lb) in Windhoek and Walvis Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Namibia cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 2.00 and US$ 2.67 per kilogram or between US$ 0.91 and US$ 1.21 per pound(lb).
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Namibia Cuttlefish & Squid Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid from Namibia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 7.41 US $ per kg, followed by 4.8 US $ per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price spiked to 111.49 US $ per kg, before dropping back to 4.58 US $ per kg in 2019. The price then increased to 5.84 US $ per kg in 2020 and dropped to 0.00 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid from Namibia in 2023 will be around 4.00 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be around 5.00 US $ per kg.Namibia Cuttlefish & Squid Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid into Namibia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 7.41 US dollars per kg, the highest of the five year period. This was followed by a sharp drop in 2017 to 4.80 US dollars per kg. In 2018, the price spiked to 111.49 US dollars per kg, before dropping back to 4.58 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then increased to 5.84 US dollars per kg in 2020, before dropping to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the price of Cuttlefish & Squid into Namibia will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 4.90 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 5.00 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Namibia cuttlefish & squid
The total values in export for cuttlefish & squid in Namibia were US$ 10,306, US$ 14,590, US$ 13,379 and US$ 17,412 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Namibia cuttlefish & squid - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of cuttlefish & squid exported by Namibia in 2020 was 2,728 metric tons. In 2019 Namibia exported 3,804 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid. In 2019 alone, the market for Namibia cuttlefish & squid (seafood category) has improved, changing by 3070 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cuttlefish & squid's exports grew by 25.26% netting Namibia US$17.41m for the year 2019. Namibia's cuttlefish & squid exports are classified as:
- Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled, with or without shell (HS code 030742)
- Cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, with or without shell (HS code 030749)
- Cuttle fish and squid, frozen, with or without shell (HS code 030743)
- Live, fresh or chilled, not smoked, cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", with or without shell (HS code 030741)
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Namibia cuttlefish & squid export values
In 2019, Namibia supplied cuttlefish & squid with a value of 17.41m USD, an increment of 30.13% from 2018's total cuttlefish & squid export of 13.379m USD. The yearly increase in value of Namibia cuttlefish & squid between 2017 to 2018 was -8.3 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the amount of Namibia's cuttlefish & squid exports between 2017 and 2019 was 25.26 pc compared to a variation of 3070% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Namibia cuttlefish & squid ( in '000$ )
Namibia ordered 4,007 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid in 2019.