Fish prices today, 11-12-2024, in Egypt

Published Dec 11, 2024

Tridge summary

The article provides an overview of the current fish and food prices in Egypt, with a focus on Giza and Obour Market. It highlights the stability of sea bream prices, the variability of sea bass, tilapia, mullet, and other fish prices, and the range of prices for various food items like Swiss macaroni and squid. The article also notes the source of Egypt's fish production, which is predominantly from fish farms (79.7%), with significant contributions from lakes (10.8%) and other sources like seawater and freshwater. The article concludes by mentioning Egypt's achievement of 85% self-sufficiency in fish production and the efforts to further improve and develop the lakes to increase export rates.

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Traders in Giza confirmed to Al Mal that the price of a kilo of sea bream is stable and ranges between 160 and 300 pounds, and the production of fish from lakes reaches 183 thousand tons, and a kilo of sea bass recorded 230 pounds, and Swiss macaroni ranged between 140 and 200 pounds for the consumer. Tilapia fish prices Tilapia fish prices ranged between 90 and 100 pounds - depending on the region - and Egypt's production from natural fisheries is 400 thousand tons (lakes - Bahrain and the Nile), and Egypt produces 2 million tons annually, including 1.6 million tons from fish farming. Mullet fish prices Mullet fish prices stabilized at 150 and 190 pounds, and fish farms account for the lion's share of fish production in Egypt at 79.7%, followed by lakes at 10.8%, and shrimp production at Al-Diba farm is 102 tons. Then came the production of seawater at 4.9%, then freshwater at 3.8%, ending with rice fields at 0.8% of the total production, according to a statement issued by the ...

Source: Almalnews