What is the price of sardines in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, sardines in Malaysia is US$ 4.00 per kg (18.16 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in sardine exports?

Malaysia ranks 15th among 95 sardine exporters.

Is Malaysia a net exporter or importer of sardines?

Malaysia is a net exporter of sardines.

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

Sardine exports increased by 4.0% year-on-year.

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

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Sardines Prices in Malaysia

US$ 4.00 / kg

18.16 MYR / kg

MoM ▼ 4.5% YoY ▼ 4.5%

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)	4.00	18.16	▼ 4.5%	▼ 4.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sardines price in Malaysia available is US$ 4.00 per kg (18.16 MYR), down 4.5% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 2,591 tonnes of sardines in 2024, valued at US$10.85 million, ranking 15th among 95 global exporters and accounting for 0.7% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with sardine exports increasing by 4.0% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$4.003 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $10.9M (2.6 kt) of sardines▲ 4% YoY. That ranks #15 worldwide (0.7% of global exports).

$10.9M

Export value

2.6 kt

Export volume

#15 / 95

World rank

0.7%

Global share

$4.19

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sardines exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Morocco $702M · 42.2%
#2 China $240.3M · 14.5%
#3 Thailand $143.8M · 8.6%
#4 Portugal $88.7M · 5.3%
#5 Indonesia $68.3M · 4.1%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$10.9M	2.6 kt	$4.19
2023	$10.4M	2.7 kt	$3.82
2022	$12M	3 kt	$4.01
2021	$12.1M	3.3 kt	$3.7
2020	$15.2M	4 kt	$3.8

HS Code

sardines is traded under Harmonized System code 1604.13. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

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

The quantity of sardines sold by Malaysia in 2020 was 4,397 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia shipped 3,966 tonnes of sardines. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia sardines (fish category) has climbed, recording a change of 0.5833122 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sardines' exports decreased by -50.39 percent earning the nation US$11.66m for the year 2019. Malaysia's sardines exports are categorised as:

Frozen sardines Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp." and brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030371)
Fresh or chilled sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030243)
Frozen sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030353)
Fresh or chilled sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) (HS code 030261)
Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160413)

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Malaysia sardines export values

In 2019, Malaysia sold sardines valued at 11.66m USD, a decrease of -0.92% from 2018's total sardines export of 11.768m USD. The annual reduction in value of Malaysia sardines between 2017 to 2018 was -1.745%.

The annual variation in the amount of Malaysia's sardines exports between 2017 and 2019 was -50.39% in comparison to a variation of 0.5833122% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Malaysia sardines ( in '000$ )

Malaysia bought 26,018 tonnes of sardines in 2019.

Sardines Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest sardines prices in other Asia countries:

China$2.16/kg Bangladesh$3.26/kg Macao$13.00/kg India$2.29/kg Kazakhstan$3.54/kg Indonesia$2.34/kg Hong Kong$8.72/kg Maldives$41.67/kg Philippines$2.11/kg Singapore$2.17/kg Cambodia$3.46/kg Thailand$2.56/kg

Other Fish Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other fish in Malaysia:

Tilapia$1.33/kg Mackerel$1.52/kg Anchovies$3.85/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 Fish meat$2.13/kg Shark Fins$30.37/kg Swordfish$0.47/kg Live Eels$2.21/kg

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