What is the price of tilapia per kilogram/pound in Namibia today?
The retail price range for Namibia tilapia is between US$ 2.90 and US$ 8.71 per kilogram or between US$ 1.32 and US$ 3.95 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tilapia in Namibia
The retail price range in Rand for tilapia is between NAD 56.41 and NAD 169.23 per kilogram or between NAD 25.58 and NAD 76.75 per pound(lb) in Windhoek and Walvis Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Namibia tilapia is between US$ 2.03 and US$ 6.10 per kilogram or between US$ 0.92 and US$ 2.77 per pound(lb).
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Namibia Tilapia Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Tilapia from Namibia has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2012, the export price was 1.76 US dollars per kg, and by 2021, it had dropped to 0.84 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of over 50% in the export price. The most significant drop was seen between 2018 and 2019, when the price dropped from 1.19 US dollars per kg to 0.8 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of Tilapia from Namibia will continue to decrease in the coming years, and we can predict that the export price in 2023 will be around 0.64 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 0.48 US dollars per kg.Namibia Tilapia Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tilapia into Namibia over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2016, the price was $1.02, and in 2021 it was $0.84. This represents a decrease of 17.6% over the five year period. The lowest price was in 2019, when the price was $0.80. This was a decrease of 20.6% from the 2016 price. Looking ahead, it is likely that the price of Tilapia will remain around the $0.84 mark in 2022 and 2023, before increasing slightly to $0.86 in 2024.Export values for Namibia tilapia
The total values in export for tilapia in Namibia were US$ 2,230, US$ 3,508, US$ 3,583 and US$ 2,947 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Namibia tilapia - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of tilapia exported by Namibia in 2020 was 8,344 metric tons. In 2019 Namibia exported 3,663 tonnes of tilapia. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Namibia tilapia (fish category) has surged, changing by 122000 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tilapia's exports went down by -11.95% netting the nation US$2.95m for the year 2019. Namibia's tilapia exports are classified as:
- Frozen meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030493)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030431)
- Smoked tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", incl. fillets (excluding offal) (HS code 030544)
- Fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (HS code 030531)
- Tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", salted or in brine only (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030564)
- Frozen fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030461)
- Frozen tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030323)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030451)
- Dried tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", even salted but not smoked (excl. fillets and offal) (HS code 030552)
- Fresh or chilled tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030271)
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Namibia tilapia export values
In 2019, Namibia supplied tilapia valued at 2.95m USD, a reduction of -17.67% from 2018's total tilapia export of 3.583m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Namibia tilapia between 2017 to 2018 was 2.138 per cent.
The per year variation in the amount of Namibia's tilapia exports between 2017 and 2019 was -11.95% in comparison to a variation of 122000% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Namibia tilapia ( in '000$ )
Namibia ordered 3,999 tonnes of tilapia in 2019.