What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Morocco today?
The retail price range for Morocco molluscs is between US$ 7.83 and US$ 15.66 per kilogram or between US$ 3.55 and US$ 7.10 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Morocco
The retail price range in Moroccan Dirham for molluscs is between MAD 80.73 and MAD 161.45 per kilogram or between MAD 36.61 and MAD 73.22 per pound(lb) in Rabat and Casablanca.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Morocco molluscs is between US$ 5.48 and US$ 10.96 per kilogram or between US$ 2.49 and US$ 4.97 per pound(lb).
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Morocco Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Morocco over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 7.98 US $ per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 10.08 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 8.65 US $ per kg, before decreasing further to 6.30 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then rose to 7.59 US $ per kg in 2021. Overall, the export price of Molluscs from Morocco has been fluctuating over the last five years. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Molluscs from Morocco in 2023 will be around 8.00 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be around 7.50 US $ per kg.Morocco Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Morocco over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 6.25 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 7.98 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a further increase to 10.08 US dollars per kg in 2018. However, the price dropped to 8.65 US dollars per kg in 2019 and then to 6.3 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has increased again to 7.59 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Morocco will continue to increase in the coming years. We predict that the price will reach 8.25 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 8.75 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Morocco molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Morocco were US$ 3,132, US$ 3,217, US$ 3,579 and US$ 4,245 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Morocco molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Morocco shipped 491 tonnes of molluscs. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Morocco molluscs (seafood category) has increased, flactuating by 38.31 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports increased by 21.84 pc netting the nation US$4.24m for the year 2019. Morocco's molluscs exports are classified as:
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
- Molluscs, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
- 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, 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, 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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Morocco molluscs export values
In 2019, Morocco exported molluscs valued at 4.24m USD, a growth of 18.47% from 2018's total molluscs export of 3.579m USD. The annual growth in value of Morocco molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 11.253 percent.
The annual change in the quantity of Morocco's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 21.84 pc in comparison to a variation of 38.31% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Morocco molluscs ( in '000$ )
Morocco imported 94 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.