What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Saudi Arabia today?
The retail price range for Saudi Arabia fish is between US$ 1.16 and US$ 3.24 per kilogram or between US$ 0.53 and US$ 1.47 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Saudi Arabia
The retail price range in Saudi Riyal for fish is between SAR 4.35 and SAR 12.16 per kilogram or between SAR 1.97 and SAR 5.51 per pound(lb) in Riyadh and Jeddah.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Saudi Arabia fish is between US$ 0.81 and US$ 2.27 per kilogram or between US$ 0.37 and US$ 1.03 per pound(lb).
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Saudi Arabia Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2016, the export price of Fish from Saudi Arabia was US$ 0.21 per Kg. In 2017, the export price was US$ 0.31 per Kg. In 2018, the export price was US$ 0.35 per Kg. In 2019, the export price was US$ 0.44 per Kg. In 2020, the export price was US$ 0.26 per Kg. For 2021, the export price is estimated to be US$ 0.11 per Kg. For 2023, the export price is predicted to be US$ 0.11 per Kg.Saudi Arabia Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Saudi Arabia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 3.15 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp drop to 1.18 US dollars per kg in 2018. This was followed by a slight increase to 3.30 US dollars per kg in 2019 and then a further increase to 2.96 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose again to 3.71 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Saudi Arabia in 2023 will be around 3.90 US dollars per kg and in 2024 will be around 4.10 US dollars per kg.Export values for Saudi Arabia fish
The total values in export for fish in Saudi Arabia were US$ 853, US$ 1,233, US$ 964 and US$ 1,882 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fish category in Saudi Arabia: Live Ornamental Fish, Live Trout, Live Eels, Live Carp, Live Tuna, Live Fish, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish & Sole Fish.
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Saudi Arabia fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Saudi Arabia sold 570 tonnes of fish. In 2019 alone, the interest in Saudi Arabia fish (fish category) has gone down, with a change of -29.975 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports went up by 45.78 pc earning the exporter US$1.88m for the year 2019. Saudi Arabia's fish exports are classified as:
- 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)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- 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)
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Saudi Arabia fish export values
In 2019, Saudi Arabia shipped fish worth 1.88m USD, a growth of 95.02% from 2018's total fish export of 0.964m USD. The annual change in value of Saudi Arabia fish between 2017 to 2018 was -21.817%.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Saudi Arabia's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 45.78% in comparison to a variation of -29.975% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Saudi Arabia's stake of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Saudi Arabia is ranked number 50 in world exports of fish.
Export markets for Saudi Arabia fish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Saudi Arabia is a net importer of fish. The annual growth of Saudi Arabia fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 2%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -5%, per annum.
Saudi Arabia procured 17,242 tonnes of fish in 2019.