What is the price of anchovies in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, anchovies in Malaysia is US$ 3.85 per kg (17.47 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world export rank for anchovies?

Malaysia ranks #32 among 81 anchovy exporters.

What was the year-on-year change in Malaysia's anchovy exports?

Exports decreased by 46.3% year-on-year.

Anchovies Price in Malaysia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Anchovies Prices in Malaysia

US$ 3.85 / kg

17.47 MYR / kg

MoM ▲ 36.5% YoY ▲ 36.5%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	3.85	17.47	▲ 36.5%	▲ 36.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the anchovies price in Malaysia available is US$ 3.85 per kg (17.47 MYR), up 36.5% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 83 tonnes of anchovies in 2024, valued at US$233,221, ranking #32 among 81 global exporters and accounting for 0.2% of world exports. Export volume declined by 46.3% year-on-year. Malaysia is a net exporter of anchovies. The latest export unit value is US$3.8508 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - anchovies in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $233.2K (82.6 t) of anchovies▼ 46.3% YoY. That ranks #32 worldwide (0.2% of global exports).

$233.2K

Export value

82.6 t

Export volume

#32 / 81

World rank

0.2%

Global share

$2.82

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top anchovies exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Poland $23.6M · 19.3%
#2 Albania $12.7M · 10.3%
#3 Norway $11.2M · 9.2%
#4 Morocco $9.7M · 7.9%
#5 Peru $9.5M · 7.7%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$233.2K	82.6 t	$2.82
2023	$434.3K	86.8 t	$5.01
2022	$376.5K	140.7 t	$2.68
2021	$2M	911.7 t	$2.21
2020	$3.8M	631.6 t	$6.06

HS Code

anchovies is traded under Harmonized System code 0305.39. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Malaysia anchovies - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of anchovies exported by Malaysia in 2020 was 4,621 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia sold 7,015 tonnes of anchovies. In 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia anchovies (fish category) has surged, flactuating by 110.093 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, anchovies' exports went up by 63.33% bringing the country US$6.64m for the year 2019. Malaysia's anchovies exports are categorised as:

Fresh or chilled anchovies "Engraulis spp." (HS code 030242)
Frozen anchovies "Engraulis spp.", Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae" (HS code 030359)
Prepared or preserved anchovies, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160416)
Anchovies "Engraulis spp.", salted or in brine only (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030563)

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Malaysia anchovies export values

In 2019, Malaysia sold anchovies worth 6.64m USD, an improvement of 35.57% from 2018's total anchovies export of 4.898m USD. The yearly increase in value of Malaysia anchovies between 2017 to 2018 was -14.52 pc.

The per year variation in the quantity of Malaysia's anchovies exports between 2017 and 2019 was 63.33 pc in comparison to a variation of 110.093% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Malaysia anchovies ( in '000$ )

Malaysia purchased 13,912 tonnes of anchovies in 2019.

Anchovies Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest anchovies prices in other Asia countries:

Bangladesh$3.42/kg India$5.11/kg South Korea$11.89/kg Japan$12.03/kg Singapore$7.00/kg Thailand$11.51/kg Uzbekistan$8.74/kg China$6.36/kg Hong Kong$11.79/kg Indonesia$3.73/kg Philippines$8.60/kg Sri Lanka$15.55/kg

Other Fish Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other fish in Malaysia:

Tilapia$1.33/kg Mackerel$1.52/kg Abalone$11.67/kg Halibut Fish$0.47/kg Bonito Fish$1.52/kg Trout$8.57/kg Cod$14.25/kg Live Ornamental Fish$151.24/kg Carp Fish$9.75/kg Hake Fish$3.22/kg Sardines$4.00/kg Fish meat$2.13/kg Shark Fins$30.37/kg Swordfish$0.47/kg Live Eels$2.21/kg

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