What is the price of blue whiting in New Zealand?

As of January 2025, blue whiting in New Zealand is US$ 12.94 per kg (20.58 NZD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Blue Whiting Prices in New Zealand

US$ 12.94 / kg

20.58 NZD / kg

MoM ▲ 704.2% YoY ▲ 704.2%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (NZD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	12.94	20.58	▲ 704.2%	▲ 704.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the blue whiting price in New Zealand available is US$ 12.94 per kg (20.58 NZD), up 704.2% year-on-year.

New Zealand exported US$5,433 of Blue Whiting in 2025, with no recorded export volume, ranking #21 out of 28 exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. The country is a net exporter, with export value increasing by 744.5% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$12.9352 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - blue whiting in New Zealand

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, New Zealand exported $5.4K (0.4 t) of blue whiting▲ 744.5% YoY. That ranks #21 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$5.4K

Export value

0.4 t

Export volume

#21 / 28

World rank

Global share

$12.94

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top blue whiting exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Denmark $23.1M · 48.4%
#2 Spain $14.5M · 30.3%
#3 Portugal $3.7M · 7.8%
#4 Ireland $1.2M · 2.5%
#5 Chile $840.3K · 1.8%

Annual export data New Zealand · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$5.4K	0.4 t	$12.94
2024	$643	0.4 t	$1.61

HS Code

blue whiting is traded under Harmonized System code 0302.45. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

New Zealand blue whiting - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of blue whiting sold by New Zealand in 2020 was 10,994 tons. In 2019 New Zealand shipped 13,455 tonnes of blue whiting. For the year 2019 alone, the market for New Zealand blue whiting (fish category) has increased, with a change of 31.692 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, blue whiting's exports increased by 2.71% bringing New Zealand US$16.58m for the year 2019. New Zealand's blue whiting exports are classified as:

Frozen blue whiting "Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis" (HS code 030368)
Fresh or chilled blue whiting "Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis" (HS code 030256)

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New Zealand blue whiting export values

In 2019, New Zealand supplied blue whiting with a value of 16.58m USD, a growth of 40.01% from 2018's total blue whiting export of 11.842m USD. The annual growth in value of New Zealand blue whiting between 2017 to 2018 was -10.929 per cent.

The per year change in the amount of New Zealand's blue whiting exports between 2017 and 2019 was 2.71 per cent compared to a variation of 31.692% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

New Zealand's portion of the world's total blue whiting's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 37 in world exports of blue whiting.

Export markets for New Zealand blue whiting ( in '000$ )

New Zealand procured 0 tonnes of blue whiting in 2019.

Other Fish Prices in New Zealand

Latest prices for other fish in New Zealand:

Live Eels$11.14/kg Abalone$27.67/kg Catfish$4.13/kg Cobia Fish$2.90/kg Cod$8.01/kg Eels$11.14/kg Hake Fish$5.75/kg Live Fish$11.21/kg Tilapia$7.75/kg Tuna$9.92/kg Antarctic toothfish$2.90/kg Carp Fish$40.64/kg Fish meat$4.60/kg Haddock Fish$4.51/kg Sole Fish$4.25/kg

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