What is the price of jellyfish per kilogram/pound in South Korea today?
The retail price range for South Korea jellyfish is between US$ 5.33 and US$ 15.02 per kilogram or between US$ 2.42 and US$ 6.81 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of jellyfish in South Korea
The retail price range in South Korean won for jellyfish is between KRW 7,105.27 and KRW 20,023.93 per kilogram or between KRW 3,222.34 and KRW 9,081.15 per pound(lb) in Seoul and Busan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Korea jellyfish is between US$ 3.73 and US$ 10.51 per kilogram or between US$ 1.69 and US$ 4.77 per pound(lb).
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South Korea Jellyfish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Jellyfish from South Korea over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 3.21 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 2.65 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2015, the price was 2.78 US dollars per kg, and in 2014, it was 3.7 US dollars per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2018, at 1.43 US dollars per kg, and the price has since increased to 1.71 US dollars per kg in 2020. The current price is 1.39 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Jellyfish from South Korea in 2023 will be around 1.25 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 1.20 US dollars per kg.South Korea Jellyfish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Jellyfish into South Korea has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 3.21 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 1.43 US dollars per kg in 2018. This downward trend continued in 2019, when the price was 1.29 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, when the price was 1.71 US dollars per kg. The price then dropped to 1.39 US dollars per kg in 2021, and further to 1.35 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Jellyfish into South Korea will continue to decrease in 2023, to around 1.30 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, to around 1.25 US dollars per kg.Export values for South Korea jellyfish
The total values in export for jellyfish in South Korea were US$ 1,619, US$ 895, US$ 2,101 and US$ 2,666 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Korea jellyfish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of jellyfish sold by South Korea in 2020 was 1,492 tons. In 2019 South Korea shipped 2,066 tonnes of jellyfish. For the year 2019 alone, the market for South Korea jellyfish (seafood category) has climbed, flactuating by 40.544 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, jellyfish's exports went up by 640.5% netting South Korea US$2.67m for the year 2019. South Korea's jellyfish exports are categorised as:
- Jellyfish, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160563)
- Live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, jellyfish "Rhopilema spp." (HS code 030830)
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South Korea jellyfish export values
In 2019, South Korea exported jellyfish worth 2.67m USD, a surge of 27.08% from 2018's total jellyfish export of 2.101m USD. The yearly change in value of South Korea jellyfish between 2017 to 2018 was 134.749 pc.
The annual variation in the amount of South Korea's jellyfish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 640.5% compared to a variation of 40.544% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Korea's stake of the world's total jellyfish's exports in 2019 was 2 pc. The country is ranked position 8 in world exports of jellyfish.
Export markets for South Korea jellyfish ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
South Korea is a net exporter of jellyfish. The annual growth of South Korea jellyfish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 10%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 19%, per annum.
South Korea ordered 6,838 tonnes of jellyfish in 2019.