What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in China today?
The retail price range for China molluscs is between US$ 2.67 and US$ 3.82 per kilogram or between US$ 1.21 and US$ 1.73 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in China
The retail price range in Yuan Renminbi for molluscs is between CNY 18.73 and CNY 26.79 per kilogram or between CNY 8.50 and CNY 12.15 per pound(lb) in Beijing and Shanghai.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for China molluscs is between US$ 1.87 and US$ 2.67 per kilogram or between US$ 0.85 and US$ 1.21 per pound(lb).
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China Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from China over the last five years has been steadily increasing. In 2017, the price was 6.87 US dollars per kilogram, and by 2021, it had risen to 9.23 US dollars per kilogram. The highest price was recorded in 2020, at 8.71 US dollars per kilogram. The current price is 9.17 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from China in 2023 will be around 10.20 US dollars, and in 2024, it will be around 11.23 US dollars.China Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into China has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 6.87 US dollars per kilogram, and this increased to 7.78 US dollars per kilogram in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped slightly to 7.37 US dollars per kilogram, but then rose again to 8.71 US dollars per kilogram in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has increased further to 9.23 US dollars per kilogram in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into China will be 9.17 US dollars per kilogram in 2022, and will continue to rise to 9.50 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 9.75 US dollars per kilogram in 2024.Export values for China molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in China were US$ 497,902, US$ 289,206, US$ 215,944 and US$ 187,949 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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China molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 China shipped 25,726 tonnes of molluscs. For 2019 alone, the demand for China molluscs (seafood category) has decreased, changing by -8.692 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went down by -38.88 pc netting the country US$187.95m for the year 2019. China's molluscs exports are classified as:
- Aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish) (HS code 160569)
- Molluscs, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
- Live, fresh or chilled molluscs, fit for human consumption, even in shell (excluding oysters, scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, mussels "Mytilus spp., Perna spp.", cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp.", squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", octopus "Octopus spp.", snails other than sea snails, clams, cockles and ark shells and abalone); fresh or chilled flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption (HS code 030791)
- Live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, aquatic invertebrates (excluding crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish); all flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human consumption (HS code 030890)
- Molluscs, even in shell, frozen (excl. oysters, scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, mussels "Mytilus spp., Perna spp.", cuttle fish and squid, octopus "Octopus spp.", snails other than sea snails, clams, cockles and ark shells, abalone and stromboid conchs); flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, frozen, fit for human consumption (HS code 030792)
- Molluscs, fit for human consumption, even in shell, smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine (excluding oysters, scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, mussels "Mytilus spp., Perna spp.", cuttle fish "Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp.", squid "Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.", octopus "Octopus spp.", snails other than sea snails, clams, cockles and ark shells and abalone); frozen, dried, salted or in brine, flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption (HS code 030799)
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
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China molluscs export values
In 2019, China exported molluscs valued at 187.95m USD, a reduction of -12.96% from 2018's total molluscs export of 215.944m USD. The annual change in value of China molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was -25.332 per cent.
The annual variation in the volume of China's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -38.88% when compared to a variation of -8.692% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for China molluscs ( in '000$ )
China procured 25,868 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.