What is the price of fish per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania fish is between US$ 2.33 and US$ 4.07 per kilogram or between US$ 1.06 and US$ 1.85 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of fish in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for fish is between TZS 5,540.57 and TZS 9,696.00 per kilogram or between TZS 2,512.73 and TZS 4,397.28 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania fish is between US$ 1.63 and US$ 2.85 per kilogram or between US$ 0.74 and US$ 1.29 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Fish from Tanzania has seen a significant fluctuation over the last five years. In 2017, the price was at its highest at 3.25 US $ per kg, followed by a sharp decline to 1.59 US $ per kg in 2016. In 2018, the price rose to 2.56 US $ per kg and then increased again to 3.26 US $ per kg in 2019. The price dropped to 1.60 US $ per kg in 2020 and then further decreased to 0.88 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Fish from Tanzania will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 1.20 US $ per kg in 2023 and 1.10 US $ per kg in 2024.Tanzania Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Fish into Tanzania has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2012, the price was 0.75 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 0.69 US dollars per kg in 2013. However, in 2014, the price rose to 2.59 US dollars per kg, before peaking at 5.36 US dollars per kg in 2015. Since then, the price has been on a downward trend, with 1.59 US dollars per kg in 2016, 3.25 US dollars per kg in 2017, 2.56 US dollars per kg in 2018, 3.26 US dollars per kg in 2019, and 1.6 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to 0.88 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Fish into Tanzania will be 0.77 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.66 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Tanzania fish
The total values in export for fish in Tanzania were US$ 7,128, US$ 13,727, US$ 9,260 and US$ 32,667 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fish category in Tanzania: Live Ornamental Fish, Live Trout, Live Eels, Live Carp, Live Tuna, Live Fish, Trout, Salmon, Halibut Fish & Sole Fish.
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Tanzania fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania sold 17,016 tonnes of fish. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Tanzania fish (fish category) has climbed, recording a change of 370.575 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports increased by 302.27 pc earning the country US$32.67m for the year 2019. Tanzania's fish exports are classified as:
- Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excluding offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030549)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Fresh or chilled freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, sharks, eels, swordfish and toothfish) (HS code 030269)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Frozen freshwater and saltwater fish (excluding salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, swordfish, toothfish, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake) (HS code 030379)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
- Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excluding minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies and eels) (HS code 160419)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
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Tanzania fish export values
In 2019, Tanzania supplied fish valued at 32.67m USD, a surge of 252.81% from 2018's total fish export of 9.26m USD. The annual change in value of Tanzania fish between 2017 to 2018 was -32.542 percent.
The per year change in the amount of Tanzania's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 302.27 percent compared to a variation of 370.575% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania fish ( in '000$ )
Tanzania imported 638 tonnes of fish in 2019.