What is the price of lobster per kilogram/pound in Saudi Arabia today?
The retail price range for Saudi Arabia lobster is between US$ 1.76 and US$ 2.93 per kilogram or between US$ 0.80 and US$ 1.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of lobster in Saudi Arabia
The retail price range in Saudi Riyal for lobster is between SAR 6.62 and SAR 11.00 per kilogram or between SAR 3.00 and SAR 4.99 per pound(lb) in Riyadh and Jeddah.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Saudi Arabia lobster is between US$ 1.23 and US$ 2.05 per kilogram or between US$ 0.56 and US$ 0.93 per pound(lb).
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Saudi Arabia Lobster Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2020, the export price of Lobster from Saudi Arabia was US$ 0.02 per Kg. In 2019, the export price was US$ 7.02 per Kg, in 2018 it was US$ 7.14 per Kg, in 2017 it was US$ 1.77 per Kg, and in 2016 it was US$ 0.88 per Kg. For 2023, the export price is predicted to be US$ 0.02 per Kg.Saudi Arabia Lobster Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Lobster into Saudi Arabia has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 12.76 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 1.8 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a slight increase to 3.06 US dollars per kg in 2018, before dropping again to 1.84 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price has since stabilized at 3.00 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Lobster into Saudi Arabia will remain at 3.00 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Saudi Arabia lobster
The total values in export for lobster in Saudi Arabia were US$ 217, US$ 558, US$ 1,371 and US$ 812 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Seafood category in Saudi Arabia: Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Shrimps & Prawns, Crabs, Crustaceans, Oysters, Scallops, Blue Mussel, Cuttlefish & Squid & Octopus.
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Saudi Arabia lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Saudi Arabia shipped 441 tonnes of lobster. In 2019 alone, the demand for Saudi Arabia lobster (seafood category) has gone down, with a change of -1.562 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports grew by 42.26 percent netting the country US$0.81m for the year 2019. Saudi Arabia's lobster exports are classified as:
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030611)
- Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030615)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030625)
- Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030612)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030631)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030691)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030621)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030694)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030692)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030622)
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Saudi Arabia lobster export values
In 2019, Saudi Arabia sold lobster worth 0.81m USD, a decrease of -40.92% from 2018's total lobster export of 1.371m USD. The annual change in value of Saudi Arabia lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 145.699%.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Saudi Arabia's lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was 42.26% in comparison to a variation of -1.562% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Saudi Arabia lobster ( in '000$ )
Saudi Arabia bought 1,113 tonnes of lobster in 2019.