Sardine prices: questions and answers
Sardines: median wholesale price 3.67 EUR/kg across 9 markets in 5 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of sardines today?
The median wholesale price of sardines was 3.67 EUR/kg across 13 current quotes on 9 markets in 5 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 3.50 and 4.65 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
What is the price of sardines in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 3.60 EUR/kg | — |
| France | 1 | 5.50 EUR/kg | — |
| Turkey | 1 | 1.35 EUR/kg | 75.0 TRY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting sardines; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of sardines going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 5 of 13 quotes for sardines rose, 5 fell and 3 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish sardine prices?
9 markets in 5 countries have current sardine quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Mercamadrid Spain · 3 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 3 quotes
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 2 quotes
- Mercabilbao Spain · 2 quotes
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Obour Wholesale Market Egypt · 2 quotes
- Supply Central Markets Sevilla Spain · 1 quote
- Mercavalència Spain · 1 quote
Why are there so many different sardine prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 11 different sardine quote names, for example: Parrot sardine; Sardines fresh (butterfly cut) France; Sardine fresh; Sardine normal; Imported sardines; Frozen sardines.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these sardine prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are sardine prices updated?
The latest sardine quote is from 10 November 2026; 8 of 9 markets published sardine prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download sardine prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for sardine prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.