What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan molluscs is between US$ 4.27 and US$ 16.54 per kilogram or between US$ 1.93 and US$ 7.50 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for molluscs is between JPY 589.19 and JPY 2,283.96 per kilogram or between JPY 267.21 and JPY 1,035.81 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan molluscs is between US$ 2.99 and US$ 11.58 per kilogram or between US$ 1.35 and US$ 5.25 per pound(lb).
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Japan Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Japan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 9.05 US $ per kg, followed by a decrease to 5.92 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped further to 5.54 US $ per kg, and then to 4.50 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then increased to 5.34 US $ per kg in 2021, before reaching a peak of 12.18 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Japan in 2023 will be around 8.00 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 10.00 US $ per kg.Japan Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Japan has seen a fluctuating trend over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 8.23 US dollars per kg, followed by a slight increase to 9.05 US dollars per kg in 2017. However, the price dropped to 5.92 US dollars per kg in 2018 and further decreased to 5.54 US dollars per kg in 2019. The lowest price of 4.50 US dollars per kg was recorded in 2020, before increasing to 5.34 US dollars per kg in 2021. The latest data shows that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Japan is 12.18 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Japan will remain steady at 12.18 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Japan molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Japan were US$ 621,995, US$ 499,941, US$ 563,752 and US$ 519,349 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of molluscs shipped by Japan in 2020 was 85,257 tons. In 2019 Japan exported 93,682 tonnes of molluscs. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Japan molluscs (seafood category) has reduced, flactuating by -1.584 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went up by 66.94 pc bringing Japan US$519.35m for the year 2019. Japan'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)
- 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 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, 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)
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Japan molluscs export values
In 2019, Japan supplied molluscs worth 519.35m USD, a decrease of -7.88% from 2018's total molluscs export of 563.752m USD. The annual change in value of Japan molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 12.764 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Japan's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 66.94 percent when compared to a variation of -1.584% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Japan molluscs ( in '000$ )
Japan brought in 20,793 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.