What is the price of cuttlefish & squid per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 8.29 and US$ 23.41 per kilogram or between US$ 3.76 and US$ 10.62 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cuttlefish & squid in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for cuttlefish & squid is between TZS 19,742.26 and TZS 55,742.86 per kilogram or between TZS 8,953.41 and TZS 25,280.21 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania cuttlefish & squid is between US$ 5.80 and US$ 16.39 per kilogram or between US$ 2.63 and US$ 7.43 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Cuttlefish & Squid Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid from Tanzania has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 3.85 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it was 8.00 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of over 4 US $ per kg. The highest price was seen in 2019, when it was 4.53 US $ per kg. The lowest price was in 2013, when it was 3.00 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid from Tanzania will continue to increase in the coming years, with a predicted price of 8.25 US $ per kg in 2023 and 8.50 US $ per kg in 2024.Tanzania Cuttlefish & Squid Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cuttlefish & Squid into Tanzania has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 3.88 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2021, it had risen to 8.00 US dollars per kilogram. This represents an increase of 107.3%. The highest price was seen in 2021, when the price was 8.00 US dollars per kilogram. The lowest price was seen in 2013, when the price was 3.00 US dollars per kilogram. The average price over the last five years was 5.02 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the price of Cuttlefish & Squid in Tanzania will continue to rise in the coming years, with an estimated price of 8.50 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 9.00 US dollars per kilogram in 2024.Export values for Tanzania cuttlefish & squid
The total values in export for cuttlefish & squid in Tanzania were US$ 31, US$ 104, US$ 106 and US$ 112 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Tanzania cuttlefish & squid - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania exported 26 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Tanzania cuttlefish & squid (seafood category) has remained constant, flactuating by 0 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cuttlefish & squid's exports went down by -3.7 percent bringing Tanzania US$0.11m for the year 2019. Tanzania's cuttlefish & squid exports are classified as:
- Live, fresh or chilled, not smoked, cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", with or without shell (HS code 030741)
- Cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp." and squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, with or without shell (HS code 030749)
- Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled, with or without shell (HS code 030742)
- Cuttle fish and squid, frozen, with or without shell (HS code 030743)
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Tanzania cuttlefish & squid export values
In 2019, Tanzania exported cuttlefish & squid costing 0.11m USD, an increment of 3.77% from 2018's total cuttlefish & squid export of 0.106m USD. The annual change in value of Tanzania cuttlefish & squid between 2017 to 2018 was 1.923 percent.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Tanzania's cuttlefish & squid exports between 2017 and 2019 was -3.7 per cent compared to a variation of 0% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania cuttlefish & squid ( in '000$ )
Tanzania bought 0 tonnes of cuttlefish & squid in 2019.