What is the price of shrimps & prawns per kilogram/pound in Namibia today?
The retail price range for Namibia shrimps & prawns is between US$ 7.70 and US$ 12.52 per kilogram or between US$ 3.49 and US$ 5.68 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of shrimps & prawns in Namibia
The retail price range in Rand for shrimps & prawns is between NAD 149.65 and NAD 243.18 per kilogram or between NAD 67.87 and NAD 110.29 per pound(lb) in Windhoek and Walvis Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Namibia shrimps & prawns is between US$ 5.39 and US$ 8.76 per kilogram or between US$ 2.45 and US$ 3.97 per pound(lb).
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Namibia Shrimps & Prawns Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns from Namibia has seen a significant fluctuation over the last five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 3.87 US $ per kg, followed by a sharp decline to 0.00 US $ per kg in 2021. The average export price for the last five years was 7.45 US $ per kg. In 2020, the export price was 4.74 US $ per kg, while in 2019 it was 5.63 US $ per kg. In 2018, the export price was 15.54 US $ per kg, which was the highest in the last five years. Looking ahead, it is predicted that the export price of Shrimps & Prawns from Namibia will remain around 4.74 US $ per kg in 2023 and 2024.Namibia Shrimps & Prawns Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Shrimps & Prawns into Namibia has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its lowest point of 3.87 US $ per kg, before increasing to 7.34 US $ per kg in 2017. This was followed by a sharp rise to 15.54 US $ per kg in 2018, before dropping back to 5.63 US $ per kg in 2019. The price then decreased further to 4.74 US $ per kg in 2020. It is difficult to predict the exact prices for 2023 and 2024, however, based on the data, it is likely that the prices will remain relatively stable in the near future.Export values for Namibia shrimps & prawns
The total values in export for shrimps & prawns in Namibia were US$ 178, US$ 1,879, US$ 1,989 and US$ 2,439 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Namibia shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of shrimps & prawns shipped by Namibia in 2020 was 308 tonnes. In 2019 Namibia sold 433 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Through 2019 alone, the market for Namibia shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has surged, with a change of 238.281 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went up by 69.14 pc earning the exporter US$2.44m for the year 2019. Namibia's shrimps & prawns exports are classified as:
- 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)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
- Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
- 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)
- 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, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
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Namibia shrimps & prawns export values
In 2019, Namibia supplied shrimps & prawns costing 2.44m USD, an increase of 22.67% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 1.989m USD. The yearly change in value of Namibia shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 5.854 percent.
The annual variation in the quantity of Namibia's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 69.14 percent in comparison to a variation of 238.281% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Namibia shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )
Namibia procured 804 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.