What is the price of lobster per kilogram/pound in Tunisia today?
The retail price range for Tunisia lobster is between US$ 6.54 and US$ 16.55 per kilogram or between US$ 2.97 and US$ 7.51 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of lobster in Tunisia
The retail price range in Tunisian Dinar for lobster is between TND 20.12 and TND 50.88 per kilogram or between TND 9.12 and TND 23.08 per pound(lb) in Tunis and Sfax.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tunisia lobster is between US$ 4.58 and US$ 11.59 per kilogram or between US$ 2.08 and US$ 5.25 per pound(lb).
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Tunisia Lobster Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Lobster from Tunisia over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 22.50 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2021, the price was 35.78 US dollars per kilogram. The highest price was in 2013, when it was 50.38 US dollars per kilogram. The lowest price was in 2016, when it was 24.00 US dollars per kilogram. Based on the current trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Lobster from Tunisia in 2023 will be around 28.50 US dollars and in 2024 will be around 26.00 US dollars.Tunisia Lobster Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Lobster into Tunisia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 24.00 US$ per kg, which was the lowest in the last five years. This was followed by a slight increase in 2017 to 22.50 US$ per kg. In 2018, the price rose to 30.75 US$ per kg, before dropping to 32.93 US$ per kg in 2019. The price then dropped again in 2020 to 30.65 US$ per kg, before rising to 35.78 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Lobster into Tunisia in 2023 will be around 37.50 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 39.25 US$ per kg.Export values for Tunisia lobster
The total values in export for lobster in Tunisia were US$ 1,584, US$ 810, US$ 984 and US$ 897 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Seafood category in Tunisia: Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Shrimps & Prawns, Crabs, Crustaceans, Oysters, Scallops, Blue Mussel, Cuttlefish & Squid & Octopus.
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Tunisia lobster - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tunisia sold 27 tonnes of lobster. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Tunisia lobster (seafood category) has reduced, flactuating by -15.625 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, lobster's exports reduced by -25 pc netting the country US$0.90m for the year 2019. Tunisia's lobster exports are classified as:
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030692)
- Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030611)
- Lobster (HS code 0306Xd)
- Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030615)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030631)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030691)
- Lobster, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160530)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030694)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030634)
- Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030612)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030622)
- Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030625)
- Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030632)
- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030621)
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Tunisia lobster export values
In 2019, Tunisia supplied lobster valued at 0.90m USD, a contraction of -8.54% from 2018's total lobster export of 0.984m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Tunisia lobster between 2017 to 2018 was 21.481 pc.
The per year variation in the volume of Tunisia's lobster exports between 2017 and 2019 was -25 per cent in comparison to a variation of -15.625% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tunisia lobster ( in '000$ )
Tunisia procured 9 tonnes of lobster in 2019.