Crustaceans Prices in US
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Price (US$/lb) | Local (USD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Retail estimated | 41.67 | 18.90 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| — | Export (unit value) estimated | 25.75 | 11.68 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| — | Wholesale estimated | 12.63 | 5.73 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Blue Crab | Retail estimated | 49.54 | 22.47 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Dungeness | Retail estimated | 44.00 | 19.96 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| King Crab | Retail estimated | 39.66 | 17.99 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Snow Crab | Retail estimated | 66.04 | 29.95 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Stone Crab | Retail estimated | 88.14 | 39.98 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Crustaceans | Retail estimated | 13.07 | 5.93 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Dungeness Crab | Retail estimated | 33.06 | 14.99 | — | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
As of June 2026, the crustaceans price in US is US$ 41.67 per kg (US$ 18.90 / lb).
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Crustaceans Price History & Trend
Monthly crustaceans price tracked since June 2026, US$ per kg — the line grows each month as we record it. Source: Web sources (aggregated).
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US crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of crustaceans exported by US in 2020 was 872 metric tons. In 2019 US exported 1,412 tonnes of crustaceans. Through 2019 alone, the demand for US crustaceans (seafood category) has improved, with a change of 95.568 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports increased by 41.48% netting the exporter US$16.75m for the year 2019. US' crustaceans exports are classified as:
- 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)
- 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)
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US crustaceans export values
In 2019, US supplied crustaceans with a value of 16.75m USD, an improvement of 85.64% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 9.023m USD. The yearly increase in value of US crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 2.244 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of US' crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was 41.48% in comparison to a variation of 95.568% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
US' share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 5.1 per cent. The country is ranked number 5 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for US crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net importer of crustaceans. The annual growth of US crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 5%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
US bought 27,578 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.