What is the price of cuttlefish & squid per kilogram/pound in Somalia today?
The retail price range for Somalia cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 8.58 and US$ 19.62 per kilogram or between US$ 3.89 and US$ 8.90 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cuttlefish & squid in Somalia
The retail price range in Somali Shilling for cuttlefish & squid is between SOS 4,904.50 and SOS 11,210.29 per kilogram or between SOS 2,224.26 and SOS 5,084.03 per pound(lb) in Mogadishu and Kismayo.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Somalia cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 6.01 and US$ 13.73 per kilogram or between US$ 2.72 and US$ 6.23 per pound(lb).
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Somalia Cuttlefish & Squid Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
Export prices of Cuttlefish & Squid from Somalia have seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2017, the export price per kilogram was 8.78 US dollars, which was the highest in the past five years. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2018, when the export price per kilogram dropped to 5.89 US dollars. In 2019, the export price per kilogram further decreased to 4.04 US dollars. However, in 2020, the export price per kilogram increased to 4.63 US dollars. The latest data from 2021 shows that the export price per kilogram has dropped to 0.00 US dollars. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram for 2023 and 2024 will be around 3.00 US dollars and 4.00 US dollars respectively.Somalia Cuttlefish & Squid Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid into Somalia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 15.39 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 8.78 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a further decrease to 5.89 US dollars per kg in 2018 and 4.04 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then increased slightly to 4.63 US dollars per kg in 2020. For 2021, the import price was 0.00 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price for Cuttlefish & Squid into Somalia in 2023 will be around 4.50 US dollars per kg and in 2024 will be around 4.75 US dollars per kg.Export values for Somalia cuttlefish & squid
The total values in export for cuttlefish & squid in Somalia were US$ 16,932, US$ 21,017 and US$ 15,908 in US dollar thousand for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Somalia cuttlefish & squid - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Somalia exported 2,055 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Somalia cuttlefish & squid (seafood category) has shrunk, changing by -24.058 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cuttlefish & squid's exports went down by -14.16 percent earning the country US$15.91m for the year 2019. Somalia's cuttlefish & squid exports are classified as:
- Cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, with or without shell (HS code 030749)
- Cuttle fish and squid, frozen, with or without shell (HS code 030743)
- Live, fresh or chilled, not smoked, cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", with or without shell (HS code 030741)
- Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled, with or without shell (HS code 030742)
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Somalia cuttlefish & squid export values
In 2019, Somalia shipped cuttlefish & squid costing 15.91m USD, a contraction of -24.30% from 2018's total cuttlefish & squid export of 21.017m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Somalia cuttlefish & squid between 2017 to 2018 was 24.126 per cent.
The yearly change in the amount of Somalia's cuttlefish & squid exports between 2017 and 2019 was -14.16 percent when compared to a variation of -24.058% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Somalia cuttlefish & squid ( in '000$ )
Somalia procured 0 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid in 2019.