Shrimp price history, 1960 to 2023

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on averaged $8.6/kg in October 2023, -25% over twelve months and -48% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $19.25/kg in August 2014; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $54.82/kg in January 1979. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

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Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on

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Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on $/kg, since 1960	8.6 October 2023	-1%	-25%	-25%	-48%	-16%	19.25 August 2014	54.82 January 1979

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-10-02, fetched 6 October 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how shrimp is priced.

Monthly shrimp prices by decade

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Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on ($/kg)

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	1.43	1.5	1.5	1.68	1.76	1.76	1.74	1.59	1.52	1.63	1.63	1.52	1.6
1961	1.52	1.54	1.52	1.52	1.5	1.52	1.57	1.81	1.9	1.94	1.96	2.03	1.69
1962	2.03	2.07	2.07	2.09	2.16	2.27	2.27	2.38	2.54	2.49	2.38	2.27	2.25
1963	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.23	2.2	2.03	1.72	1.68	1.59	1.65	1.7	2
1964	1.76	1.7	1.63	1.61	1.63	1.81	1.83	1.76	1.9	1.92	2.09	2.12	1.81
1965	2.09	2.01	2.03	2.07	2.05	1.96	1.94	1.87	1.9	1.92	2.01	2.01	1.99
1966	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31	2.31
1967	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29	2.29
1968	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58	2.58
1969	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87	2.87

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73	2.73
1971	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31	3.31
1972	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12	4.12
1973	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
1974	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65	4.65
1975	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89	5.89
1976	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31	8.31
1977	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91
1978	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07	8.07
1979	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97	11.97

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14	10.14
1981	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16	10.16
1982	10.03	11.46	12.79	13.45	13.89	13.89	12.68	13.12	14.55	14.22	14.44	14.88	13.28
1983	14.64	14.37	13.78	13.4	13.45	13.76	13.12	12.74	12.61	12.32	12.24	12.06	13.21
1984	11.93	12.08	12.48	12.54	12.02	11.79	11.46	11	10.47	11.13	11.79	12.13	11.74
1985	11.07	11.16	10.69	10.21	10.21	10.21	10.12	10.21	10.25	10.36	10.54	10.87	10.49
1986	11.22	11.9	12.41	12.85	13.89	14.2	13.71	13.45	12.99	12.28	12.81	12.92	12.89
1987	12.9	12.35	11.9	11.75	12.08	11.75	10.98	10.76	10.69	10.56	10.58	10.98	11.44
1988	11.42	11.86	12.83	13.56	13.34	13.37	12.51	11.82	11.64	11.88	12.35	12.7	12.44
1989	12.64	12.68	12.76	12.71	11.68	11.13	10.89	10.41	9.81	9.78	9.85	9.52	11.16

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	9.76	9.98	10.67	10.8	11.02	11.35	10.95	10.01	10.28	11.19	11.75	11.75	10.79
1991	12.02	12.65	13.14	13.34	13.2	13.12	10.62	9.94	10.31	10.17	10.12	9.92	11.55
1992	10.03	10.17	10.47	10.64	10.71	10.78	11	11.74	12.21	11.73	11.05	10.91	10.95
1993	11.24	11.55	11.66	11.64	11.6	11.24	10.96	10.8	11.19	11.68	11.52	11.6	11.39
1994	11.71	11.71	12.29	12.73	12.79	13.28	13.87	14.14	13.63	13.92	13.61	13.23	13.08
1995	13.45	13.7	14.04	14.41	14.88	14.88	14.55	13.45	12.21	12.24	12.43	12.21	13.54
1996	11.98	12.1	12.02	12.9	13.93	14.15	13.56	13.12	13.09	13.12	13.65	13.83	13.12
1997	13.89	13.89	14	14.41	14.64	14.88	14.92	15.45	15.58	15.26	15.14	15.1	14.76
1998	15.32	15.4	15.46	15.79	15.92	15.28	14.26	13.78	13.12	12.41	12.02	12.13	14.24
1999	12.13	12.02	12.24	12.24	12.24	12.35	12.35	12.35	11.9	12.13	12.68	13.56	12.35

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	14	14.11	14.44	14.66	14.88	14.66	14.77	14.11	13.56	13.01	13.01	13.01	14.02
2001	13.78	14	13.89	14.77	15.21	14.22	15.98	14.22	13.01	11.9	11.68	11.46	13.68
2002	11.79	11.9	11.9	11.24	11.02	10.14	10.03	9.26	9.15	9.48	9.48	9.26	10.39
2003	9.59	10.14	10.14	11.46	11.9	12.02	12.02	11.49	10.62	10.21	10	9.74	10.78
2004	10.2	10.31	10.52	10.69	10.6	10.4	10.5	9.79	9.41	9.41	9.79	9.81	10.12
2005	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.62	9.48	9.59	9.91	9.63	9.64	9.85	9.75	9.81	9.71
2006	9.76	9.81	9.81	9.91	10.34	10.49	10.45	9.65	9.12	8.68	8.6	8.64	9.61
2007	8.76	8.82	9.03	9.42	9.68	9.93	10.19	10.07	9.92	9.92	10.12	10.3	9.68
2008	10.47	10.47	10.47	10.47	10.47	10.73	11.19	11.23	10.6	10.36	9.96	9.71	10.51
2009	9.74	9.92	10.03	10.03	9.88	9.55	9.05	8.34	7.81	7.62	7.5	7.55	8.92

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	7.72	7.98	8.22	8.49	10.03	12.39	12.69	11.97	11.73	11.76	12.2	12.46	10.64
2011	12.52	12.57	12.65	12.79	12.64	12.7	12.77	11.79	11.24	11.13	11.17	11.35	12.11
2012	11.35	11.42	11.56	11.77	11.79	11.79	11.79	11.76	11.37	10.93	10.96	11.07	11.46
2013	11.24	11.57	11.9	12.37	12.8	13.71	14.61	15.65	16.08	16.46	16.82	16.87	14.17
2014	16.93	16.98	17.09	17.66	17.97	18.15	18.98	19.25	18.35	17.5	17.31	17.38	17.8
2015	17.42	17.48	17.45	16.93	15.86	13.79	12.26	10.39	8.77	8.71	9.63	9.89	13.22
2016	10.47	10.8	10.67	10.53	10.47	10.47	10.47	10.84	11.88	12.29	12.49	13.2	11.22
2017	13.41	13.64	13.78	13.78	14.29	14.86	14.73	12.84	12.13	11.95	12.17	12.24	13.32
2018	12.36	12.73	12.79	12.83	12.9	12.54	12.24	12.02	11.53	11.46	11.66	11.79	12.24
2019	11.79	11.79	11.79	11.79	11.79	11.97	12.95	13.06	13.23	13.4	13.68	13.95	12.6

Mexico, US import price, No. 1 shell-on monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	14	14	14	13.89	12.55	12.13	12.52	12.57	11.86	11.35	11.53	11.68	12.67
2021	11.75	11.93	12.28	12.49	12.65	13.4	15.86	15.76	14.67	14.47	14.49	14.62	13.7
2022	14.78	14.88	14.96	14.99	15.13	14.86	14.04	12.63	11.51	11.46	11.46	11.46	13.51
2023	11.46	11.06	11	10.91	10.91	10.36	9.8	9.05	8.71	8.6			10.19

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Shrimp price history (1960–2023)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/shrimp/, data 2026-10-02. Data updated 22 October 2026.