ShrimpInsights has reported average farmgate prices for vannamei shrimp, also known as Pacific whiteleg, from top exporting nations for weeks 6 and 8 of 2026.
ShrimpInsights, directed by Willem van der Pijl, coordinates with partners in major shrimp-supplying nations to offer average farmgate prices to the public for a variety of shrimp sizes. Unlike the market prices aggregated by the SeafoodSource Pricing Portal, a farmgate price represents the first value a farmer receives for a product at their farm and does not include various other costs that play into the market price of the product, like processing, shipping, or marketing.
Over the two-week period on which van der Pijl reported, only India saw no price changes in the farmgate averages for Vannamei shrimp.
Size 30 shrimp farmed in India, which are medium/large sized, cost USD 5.47 (EUR 4.63) per kilogram throughout Weeks 6–8, while size 50 (medium/small) shrimp cost USD 4.04 (EUR 3.42) per kilogram and size 80 (small) shrimp cost USD 3.28 (EUR 2.78) per kilogram across the time period.
Vietnamese shrimp producers saw prices fall throughout the period, most dramatically for the largest shrimp. Size 30 fell from a Week 6 average of USD 6.20 (EUR 5.25) to a Week 8 average of USD 5.89 (EUR 4.99), while size 50 fell from USD 4.97 (EUR 4.21) to USD 4.81 (EUR 4.08) and size 80 fell from USD 4.58 (EUR 3.88) to USD 4.47 (EUR 3.79).
Indonesia saw prices go up slightly in the period. Size 30 shrimp brought USD 4.35 (EUR 3.69) per kilogram in Week 6, which rose to USD 4.57 (EUR 3.87) per kilogram in Week 8; prices for size 50 shrimp grew from USD 3.81 (EUR 3.23) to USD 4.04 (EUR 3.42) per kilogram, and prices for size 80 shrimp rose from USD 3.34 (EUR 2.83) to USD 3.56 (EUR 3.02) per kilogram over the period.
Ecuador saw the most variation in farmgate prices over the period reported. Medium/large shrimp (size 30) fell from USD 4.46 (EUR 3.78) in Week 6 to USD 4.40 (EUR 3.73) in Week 8, while size 50 grew in price, from USD 3.09 (EUR 2.62) to USD 3.15 (EUR 2.67) per kilogram, and size 80 lost value, falling from USD 2.50 (EUR 2.12) to USD 2.30 (EUR 1.95) per kilogram between weeks 6 and 8.
According to ShrimpInsights, over the first eight weeks of 2026, farmers from Vietnam saw the highest prices for all sizes of shrimp, with size 30 shrimp reaching nearly USD 7.00 (EUR 5.94) per kilogram in the first week of the year.
