In 2019 Kenya shipped 2,466 tonnes of fish. In 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya fish (fish category) has climbed, recording a change of 42.708 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, fish's exports went up by 137.57 pc bringing the country US$2.12m for the year 2019. Kenya's fish exports are classified as:
- Fish, salted or in brine only (excluding fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads) (HS code 030569)
- Dried fish, even salted but not smoked (excluding fillets, offal and cod) (HS code 030559)
- Fresh or chilled fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030289)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Prepared or preserved fish (excluding whole or in pieces) (HS code 160420)
- Frozen fish, n.e.s. (HS code 030389)
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Kenya fish export values
In 2019, Kenya shipped fish valued at 2.12m USD, a reduction of -1.35% from 2018's total fish export of 2.149m USD. The annual change in value of Kenya fish between 2017 to 2018 was -22.222 pc.
The yearly variation in the amount of Kenya's fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was 137.57 per cent in comparison to a variation of 42.708% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's portion of the world's total fish's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 59 in world exports of fish.
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Export markets for Kenya fish ( in '000$ )
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Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of fish. The annual growth of Kenya fish in value between 2015 to 2019 was 36%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Kenya bought 8,656 tonnes of fish in 2019.
