What is the price of tuna per kilogram/pound in Senegal today?
The retail price range for Senegal tuna is between US$ 3.42 and US$ 5.37 per kilogram or between US$ 1.55 and US$ 2.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tuna in Senegal
The retail price range in CFA Franc BCEAO for tuna is between XOF 2,085.06 and XOF 3,276.52 per kilogram or between XOF 945.61 and XOF 1,485.95 per pound(lb) in Dakar and Touba.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Senegal tuna is between US$ 2.39 and US$ 3.76 per kilogram or between US$ 1.09 and US$ 1.71 per pound(lb).
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Senegal Tuna Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Tuna from Senegal over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 1.49 US dollars, followed by 1.52 US dollars in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 1.23 US dollars, and then further decreased to 1.11 US dollars in 2020. The price then remained steady at 1.08 US dollars in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Tuna from Senegal in 2023 will be around 1.05 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2024 it will be around 1.02 US dollars per kilogram.Senegal Tuna Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tuna into Senegal over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 1.30 US$ per kg, followed by a slight increase to 1.49 US$ per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose to 1.52 US$ per kg, before dropping to 1.23 US$ per kg in 2019. The price then decreased further to 1.11 US$ per kg in 2020 and 1.08 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Tuna into Senegal in 2023 will be 1.05 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be 1.02 US$ per kg.Export values for Senegal tuna
The total values in export for tuna in Senegal were US$ 30,301, US$ 33,612, US$ 52,750 and US$ 33,265 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Senegal tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Senegal shipped 26,949 tonnes of tuna. In 2019 alone, the market for Senegal tuna (fish category) has gone down, changing by -22.611 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports went up by 18.34 percent bringing the country US$33.26m for the year 2019. Senegal's tuna exports are classified as:
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
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Senegal tuna export values
In 2019, Senegal supplied tuna costing 33.26m USD, a contraction of -36.95% from 2018's total tuna export of 52.75m USD. The yearly change in value of Senegal tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 56.938%.
The annual variation in the volume of Senegal's tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was 18.34 pc compared to a variation of -22.611% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Senegal's stake of the world's total tuna's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 50 in world exports of tuna.
Export markets for Senegal tuna ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Senegal is a net importer of tuna. The annual growth of Senegal tuna in value between 2015 to 2019 was -10%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -16%, per annum.
Senegal brought in 3,568 tonnes of tuna in 2019.