What is the price of seaweed in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, seaweed in Malaysia is US$ 5.17 per kg (23.45 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in seaweed exports?

Malaysia ranks #17 among 83 seaweed exporters.

What was the export value of seaweed from Malaysia in 2024?

The export value was US$2,526,321.

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

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Seaweed Prices in Malaysia

US$ 5.17 / kg

23.45 MYR / kg

MoM ▼ 26.6% YoY ▼ 26.6%

Checked: Jun 9, 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)	5.17	23.45	▼ 26.6%	▼ 26.6%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the seaweed price in Malaysia available is US$ 5.17 per kg (23.45 MYR), down 26.6% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 359 tonnes of seaweed in 2024, valued at US$2,526,321, ranking #17 among 83 global exporters and accounting for 0.3% of world exports. Export volumes increased by 112.2% year-on-year, and Malaysia is a net exporter of seaweed. The latest export price is US$5.1688 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $2.5M (358.8 t) of seaweed▲ 112.2% YoY. That ranks #17 worldwide (0.3% of global exports).

$2.5M

Export value

358.8 t

Export volume

#17 / 83

World rank

0.3%

Global share

$7.04

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top seaweed exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 South Korea $476.6M · 53.6%
#2 Indonesia $184.1M · 20.7%
#3 China $99M · 11.1%
#4 Japan $20.9M · 2.4%
#5 Philippines $13.1M · 1.5%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$2.5M	358.8 t	$7.04
2023	$1.2M	149.9 t	$7.94
2022	$1.5M	411.6 t	$3.55
2021	$2.5M	902 t	$2.82
2020	$3.6M	1.6 kt	$2.31

HS Code

seaweed is traded under Harmonized System code 1212.21. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

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

The amount of seaweed sold by Malaysia in 2020 was 1,574 metric tons. In 2019 Malaysia shipped 1,521 tonnes of seaweed. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia seaweed (agro commodities category) has improved, flactuating by 38.273 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, seaweed's exports reduced by -43.12 percent earning the nation US$4.01m for the year 2019. Malaysia's seaweed exports are categorised as:

Seaweeds & other algae (HS code 1212Xa)
Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground (HS code 121220)
Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, unfit for human consumption (HS code 121229)
Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fit for human consumption (HS code 121221)

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Malaysia seaweed export values

In 2019, Malaysia supplied seaweed worth 4.01m USD, a surge of 56.52% from 2018's total seaweed export of 2.562m USD. The yearly change in value of Malaysia seaweed between 2017 to 2018 was -12.17 per cent.

The annual change in the quantity of Malaysia's seaweed exports between 2017 and 2019 was -43.12 pc in comparison to a variation of 38.273% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Malaysia seaweed ( in '000$ )

Malaysia procured 698 tonnes of seaweed in 2019.

Seaweed Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest seaweed prices in other Asia countries:

Philippines$1.30/kg Indonesia$0.89/kg Hong Kong$6.22/kg Japan$23.27/kg Sri Lanka$1.09/kg China$5.45/kg Vietnam$13.45/kg Cambodia$8.41/kg Macao$45.14/kg South Korea$18.09/kg Kyrgyzstan$56.71/kg Thailand$19.90/kg India$17.48/kg Brunei Darussalam$14.20/kg Lao (Laos)$0.67/kg

Other Agro Commodities Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other agro commodities in Malaysia:

Eggs$1.22/dozen Bamboo$1.15/kg Piassava$0.10/kg Sugarcane$0.22/kg Coffee Husks & Skins$3.14/kg Wood Ear$1.88/kg Sugar Beet$0.46/kg Bulgur wheat$8.23/kg

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