What is the price of shrimps & prawns in Egypt?

As of January 2025, shrimps & prawns in Egypt is US$ 8.20 per kg (256 EGP), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Shrimps & Prawns Prices in Egypt

US$ 8.20 / kg

256 EGP / kg

MoM ▼ 2.3% YoY ▼ 2.3%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EGP)	MoM	YoY	Source
Mexican	Global benchmark	8.60	269	▼ 1.3%	▼ 25.0%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	8.20	256	▼ 2.3%	▼ 2.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the shrimps & prawns price in Egypt available is US$ 8.20 per kg (256 EGP), down 2.3% year-on-year.

In 2024, Egypt exported US$1,717,586 worth of shrimps and prawns (205 tonnes), ranking #62 out of 103 exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. Exports grew by 195.8% year-on-year, and Egypt is a net exporter of this commodity. The latest export unit value is US$8.2 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - shrimps & prawns in Egypt

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Egypt exported $1.7M (204.7 t) of shrimps & prawns▲ 195.8% YoY. That ranks #62 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$1.7M

Export value

204.7 t

Export volume

#62 / 103

World rank

Global share

$8.39

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top shrimps & prawns exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ecuador $6.23B · 38.1%
#2 India $4.31B · 26.4%
#3 Indonesia $1.08B · 6.6%
#4 Argentina $939M · 5.7%
#5 Thailand $540.6M · 3.3%

Annual export data Egypt · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$1.7M	204.7 t	$8.39
2023	$580.6K	-	-
2022	$1.1M	128.7 t	$8.8
2021	$312.4K	36.8 t	$8.49

HS Code

shrimps & prawns is traded under Harmonized System code 0306.17. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Egypt shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Egypt sold 462 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Egypt shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has increased, changing by 48.077 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went up by 10.53% bringing the exporter US$167.28m for the year 2019. Egypt's shrimps & prawns exports are categorised as:

Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)
Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)

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Egypt shrimps & prawns export values

In 2019, Egypt supplied shrimps & prawns valued at 167.28m USD, a surge of 20.52% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 138.793m USD. The yearly change in value of Egypt shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was 94.502 pc.

The per year variation in the amount of Egypt's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was 10.53 percent when compared to a variation of 48.077% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Egypt shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )

Egypt brought in 18,400 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.

Shrimps & Prawns Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest shrimps & prawns prices in other Africa countries:

Kenya$29.34/kg Mozambique$7.96/kg Ghana$8.60/kg Botswana$5.02/kg Senegal$9.43/kg South Africa$6.53/kg Nigeria$11.64/kg Cape Verde$9.21/kg Gabon$33.45/kg Tanzania$9.92/kg Tunisia$7.92/kg Uganda$8.60/kg Algeria$7.92/kg Angola$10.80/kg Benin$1.99/kg

Other Seafood Prices in Egypt

Latest prices for other seafood in Egypt:

Crustaceans$20.85/kg Oysters$9.70/kg Blue Mussel$19.89/kg Scallops$19.89/kg Caviar$583.14/kg Lobster$44.18/kg Sea Cucumber$59.03/kg

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