What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in India today?
The retail price range for India molluscs is between US$ 5.92 and US$ 17.76 per kilogram or between US$ 2.69 and US$ 8.06 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in India
The retail price range in Indian Rupee for molluscs is between INR 490.54 and INR 1,471.62 per kilogram or between INR 222.47 and INR 667.40 per pound(lb) in New Delhi and Mumbai.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for India molluscs is between US$ 4.14 and US$ 12.43 per kilogram or between US$ 1.88 and US$ 5.64 per pound(lb).
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India Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from India over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the export price was 2.61 US $ per kg, followed by 2.36 US $ per kg in 2018, 2.04 US $ per kg in 2019, 2.62 US $ per kg in 2020 and 2.25 US $ per kg in 2021. This indicates a downward trend in the export price of Molluscs from India. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Molluscs from India in 2023 will be around 2.00 US $ per kg and in 2024 it will be around 1.90 US $ per kg.India Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into India over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was at its highest at $4.68, before dropping to $2.61 in 2017. This was followed by a further decrease to $2.36 in 2018 and $2.04 in 2019. However, in 2020, the price rose to $2.62 before dropping again to $2.25 in 2021. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into India will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price will be $2.25 in 2023 and $2.30 in 2024.Export values for India molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in India were US$ 26,850, US$ 1,002, US$ 1,116 and US$ 1,181 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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India molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 India sold 580 tonnes of molluscs. Through 2019 alone, the market for India molluscs (seafood category) has increased, flactuating by 22.622 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports increased by 51.04% bringing India US$1.18m for the year 2019. India's molluscs exports are classified as:
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
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India molluscs export values
In 2019, India supplied molluscs valued at 1.18m USD, a growth of 5.73% from 2018's total molluscs export of 1.116m USD. The annual growth in value of India molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 11.377 per cent.
The annual change in the quantity of India's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 51.04 per cent in comparison to a variation of 22.622% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for India molluscs ( in '000$ )
India imported 580 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.