What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Egypt today?
The retail price range for Egypt molluscs is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 3.87 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 1.75 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Egypt
The retail price range in Egyptian Pound for molluscs is between EGP 30.21 and EGP 120.84 per kilogram or between EGP 13.70 and EGP 54.80 per pound(lb) in Cairo and Alexandria.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Egypt molluscs is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 2.71 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 1.23 per pound(lb).
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Egypt Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Egypt over the last five years has seen a steady increase. In 2016, the price was 3.55 US$ per kg, and by 2020, it had risen to 9.50 US$ per kg. This represents an increase of 168.4% over the five-year period. In 2017, the price was 4.62 US$ per kg, and in 2018, it was 6.75 US$ per kg. In 2019, the price dropped slightly to 5.62 US$ per kg, before rising again to 9.50 US$ per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Egypt will continue to rise in the coming years, with an estimated price of 11.50 US$ per kg in 2023 and 13.50 US$ per kg in 2024.Egypt Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Egypt has seen a steady increase over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 3.55 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.62 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose to 6.75 US dollars per kg and further increased to 5.62 US dollars per kg in 2019. The highest price was recorded in 2020, at 9.50 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Egypt will be 11.45 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 13.40 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Egypt molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Egypt were US$ 127, US$ 18, US$ 23 and US$ 76 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Egypt molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Egypt shipped 74 tonnes of molluscs. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Egypt molluscs (seafood category) has increased, with a change of 100 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports increased by 111.43% earning the nation US$0.08m for the year 2019. Egypt's molluscs exports are classified as:
- Molluscs, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
- 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)
- 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)
- Aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish) (HS code 160569)
- 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)
- 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)
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Egypt molluscs export values
In 2019, Egypt supplied molluscs costing 0.08m USD, an increment of 247.83% from 2018's total molluscs export of 0.023m USD. The yearly increase in value of Egypt molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 27.778 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Egypt's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 111.43 per cent when compared to a variation of 100% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Egypt molluscs ( in '000$ )
Egypt procured 10 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.