What is the price of crustaceans in Sri Lanka?

As of January 2024, crustaceans in Sri Lanka is US$ 9.12 per kg (2,805 LKR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Sri Lanka's world rank in crustacean exports?

Sri Lanka ranks #46 out of 118 exporters.

What was the year-on-year change in Sri Lanka's crustacean exports?

Exports declined by 24.8% year-on-year.

Crustaceans Price in Sri Lanka - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Crustaceans Prices in Sri Lanka

US$ 9.12 / kg

2,805 LKR / kg

MoM ▲ 3.4% YoY ▲ 3.4%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (LKR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	9.12	2,805	▲ 3.4%	▲ 3.4%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the crustaceans price in Sri Lanka available is US$ 9.12 per kg (2,805 LKR), up 3.4% year-on-year.

Sri Lanka exported 3,947 tonnes of crustaceans in 2024, valued at US$35.98 million, ranking #46 among 118 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. Export volume declined by 24.8% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$9.1164 per kg. Sri Lanka is a net exporter of crustaceans (HS code 0306).

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - crustaceans in Sri Lanka

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Sri Lanka exported $36M (3.9 kt) of crustaceans▼ 24.8% YoY. That ranks #46 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$36M

Export value

3.9 kt

Export volume

#46 / 118

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$9.12

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top crustaceans exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ecuador $6.35B · 24.6%
#2 India $4.44B · 17.2%
#3 Canada $3.16B · 12.2%
#4 Indonesia $1.37B · 5.3%
#5 Argentina $967.7M · 3.7%

Annual export data Sri Lanka · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$36M	3.9 kt	$9.12
2023	$47.9M	5.4 kt	$8.82
2022	$63M	7.3 kt	$8.6
2021	$62.7M	6.2 kt	$10.12
2020	$31.1M	3.2 kt	$9.81

HS Code

crustaceans is traded under Harmonized System code 0306. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Sri Lanka crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Sri Lanka exported 74 tonnes of crustaceans. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Sri Lanka crustaceans (seafood category) has climbed, changing by 4.225 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports decreased by -7.5% bringing the nation US$0.73m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's crustaceans exports are classified as:

Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)

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Sri Lanka crustaceans export values

In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied crustaceans with a value of 0.73m USD, a decrease of -1.48% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.741m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Sri Lanka crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was -37.31 percent.

The yearly variation in the quantity of Sri Lanka's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -7.5% in comparison to a variation of 4.225% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Sri Lanka's share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 4.1 per cent. Sri Lanka holds position 6 in world exports of crustaceans.

Export markets for Sri Lanka crustaceans ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Sri Lanka is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Sri Lanka crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.

Sri Lanka brought in 2 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.

Crustaceans Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest crustaceans prices in other Asia countries:

Kazakhstan$5.39/kg Uzbekistan$3.72/kg Malaysia$5.28/kg China$8.53/kg India$6.52/kg Myanmar$4.25/kg Singapore$13.61/kg Kyrgyzstan$7.49/kg Philippines$4.77/kg

Other Seafood Prices in Sri Lanka

Latest prices for other seafood in Sri Lanka:

Sea Cucumber$43.84/kg Lobster$6.08/kg Oysters$36.52/kg Shrimps & Prawns$8.85/kg Crab$7.59/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$5.76/kg Sea Bream$8.76/kg Scallops$5.91/kg Sea Bass$8.76/kg

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