Annual barramundi production has been relatively static since 1998, at ~20 000–27 000 tonnes. Thailand is the major producer, with about 8 000 tonnes/yr since 2001. Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan Province of China are also major producers. The global average value of farmed barramundi was USD 3.80/kg in 1994 and rose to USD 4.59/kg in 1995 but had fallen to USD 3.92 by 1997. Since then it has been around USD 3.7/kg except for 2002, when it fell markedly to below USD 3.0/kg.
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