What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Malaysia today?
The retail price range for Malaysia molluscs is between US$ 0.63 and US$ 15.30 per kilogram or between US$ 0.29 and US$ 6.94 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Malaysia
The retail price range in Malaysian Ringgit for molluscs is between MYR 2.85 and MYR 69.41 per kilogram or between MYR 1.29 and MYR 31.48 per pound(lb) in Kuala Lumpur and George Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Malaysia molluscs is between US$ 0.44 and US$ 10.71 per kilogram or between US$ 0.20 and US$ 4.86 per pound(lb).
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Malaysia Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2016, the export price of Molluscs from Malaysia was 22.42 US$ per Kg. In 2017, the export price was 21.16 US$ per Kg. In 2018, the export price was 25.21 US$ per Kg. In 2019, the export price was 23.48 US$ per Kg. In 2020, the export price was 64.80 US$ per Kg. For 2021, the export price is estimated to be 27.20 US$ per Kg. For 2023, the export price is predicted to be around 28.00 US$ per Kg.Malaysia Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Malaysia has seen a fluctuating trend over the last five years. In 2011, the price was 6.46 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 0.92 US dollars per kg in 2012. The price then rose to 1.56 US dollars per kg in 2013, before dropping to 0.50 US dollars per kg in 2014. In 2015, the price rose to 2.67 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 2.30 US dollars per kg in 2016. The price then rose to 2.10 US dollars per kg in 2017, before increasing to 5.55 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then dropped to 1.59 US dollars per kg in 2019, before increasing to 8.10 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then dropped to 1.28 US dollars per kg in 2021, before dropping to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Malaysia will be 0.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 1.28 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Malaysia molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Malaysia were US$ 6,529, US$ 4,522, US$ 2,676 and US$ 4,276 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Malaysia molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of molluscs exported by Malaysia in 2020 was 857 metric tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia exported 1,554 tonnes of molluscs. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia molluscs (seafood category) has climbed, with a change of 101.818 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went up by 21.98 pc earning the exporter US$4.28m for the year 2019. Malaysia's molluscs exports are categorised as:
- Aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish) (HS code 160569)
- 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)
- Molluscs, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
- 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)
- 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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Malaysia molluscs export values
In 2019, Malaysia exported molluscs costing 4.28m USD, a surge of 59.94% from 2018's total molluscs export of 2.676m USD. The annual growth in value of Malaysia molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was -40.823 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Malaysia's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 21.98 pc compared to a variation of 101.818% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Malaysia molluscs ( in '000$ )
Malaysia brought in 438 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.