The overall value for globally exported shrimp results from an 18% increase from $17.9 billion five years earlier in 2020 but a -3.8% slowdown from $21.9 billion during 2023.
Values by Type of Exported Shrimps
Frozen shrimps represent 99.9999% of all shrimp exports for 2023. Fresh, live, dried, salted or smoked shrimps represent a miniscule 0.0001% of the overall total.
The value of exported frozen shrimps grew by 18.2% from $17.85 billion in 2020 to $21.1 billion during 2024. Year over year, exports for frozen shrimps fell by -3.7% compared to $21.9 billion during 2023.
In contrast exports of fresh, live, dried, salted and smoked shrimps shrank by -99.9% from $27.7 million in 2020 to $16,000 in 2024. Year over year, the retreat was also dramatic down by -99.9% from $31.3 million in 2023.
There are six different Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for shrimps and prawns: 030613 and 030617 for frozen seawater shrimps and prawns; 030616 for frozen freshwater shrimps and prawns; 030623 and 030627 for fresh, salted or smoked seawater shrimps and prawns; and 030626 for fresh, salted or smoked freshwater shrimps and prawns.
Note that codes 030623, 030626 and 030627 were obsolete with null values for 2024.
Frozen Shrimp Exports by Country (Seawater)
Frozen seawater shrimps generated $19.5 billion in export sales during 2024, increasing by 19.9% from $16.3 billion in 2020 but slowed by -3% from $20.1 billion during 2023.
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of globally exported frozen seawater shrimps.
- Ecuador: US$6.9 billion (35.3% of exported frozen seawater shrimps)
- India: $4.4 billion (22.5%)
- Vietnam: $1.6 billion (8.4%)
- Indonesia: $1.1 billion (5.6%)
- Argentina: $920.6 million (4.7%)
- Thailand: $536.8 million (2.8%)
- mainland China: $382.3 million (2%)
- Spain: $366.2 million (1.9%)
- Netherlands: $342.7 million (1.8%)
- Belgium: $292.3 million (1.50%)
- Venezuela: $253.9 million (1.30%)
- Honduras: $240.2 million (1.2%)
- Bangladesh: $215.2 million (1.1%)
- Peru: $179.5 million (0.9%)
- Malaysia: $156.3 million (0.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.7% of all frozen seawater shrimps exported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing frozen seawater shrimps exporters since 2020 were: Ecuador (up 89.6%), Venezuela (up 87.1%), Netherlands (up 39.3%) and Spain (up 28%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported frozen seawater shrimps sales were led by: Bangladesh (down -36.6% from 2020), Indonesia (down -23.3%), Peru (down -17.5%) and mainland China (down -17%).
Frozen Shrimp Exports by Country (Freshwater)
Frozen freshwater shrimps generated $1.59 billion in export sales during 2024, growing by 1.6% from $1.56 billion 2020 but down by -11.7% from $1.8 billion for 2023.
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of frozen freshwater shrimps.
- Greenland: US$453 million (28.6% of exported frozen cold water shrimps)
- Denmark: $328.3 million (20.7%)
- Canada: $209.3 million (13.2%)
- Ecuador: $115.1 million (7.3%)
- Russia: $109.6 million (6.9%)
- Netherlands: $93.1 million (5.9%)
- Norway: $68.1 million (4.3%)
- mainland China: $58.7 million (3.7%)
- Faroe Islands: $28.8 million (1.8%)
- United States: $14.4 million (0.9%)
- Angola: $14 million (0.9%)
- Germany: $11.9 million (0.8%)
- Mexico: $10.1 million (0.6%)
- Spain: $6.9 million (0.4%)
- Vietnam: $6.8 million (0.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.3% of all exports for frozen cold water shrimps in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of frozen cold water shrimps since 2020 were: Norway (up 843.2%), Mexico (up 448.8%), Angola (up 237.7%) and Spain (up 210.6%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported frozen cold water shrimps sales were led by: Ecuador (down -41.6% from 2020), Germany (down -17.1%), Netherlands (down -12.8%) and Canada (down -11.7%).
Fresh, Salted or Smoked Shrimp Exports by Country (Freshwater)
Exports of freshwater fresh, live, salted or smoked freshwater shrimps amounted to just $16,000 for 2024.
Suriname in South America was the lone exporter of freshwater fresh, live, salted or smoked freshwater shrimps.
See also Top Salmon Exports & Imports by Country, Frozen Fish Exports by Country, Top Beef Exporting Countries, Chicken Exports by Country and Pork Exports by Country
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