What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in New Zealand today?
The retail price range for New Zealand molluscs is between US$ 3.09 and US$ 8.01 per kilogram or between US$ 1.40 and US$ 3.63 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in New Zealand
The retail price range in New Zealand Dollar for molluscs is between NZD 4.92 and NZD 12.75 per kilogram or between NZD 2.23 and NZD 5.78 per pound(lb) in Wellington and Auckland.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for New Zealand molluscs is between US$ 2.16 and US$ 5.61 per kilogram or between US$ 0.98 and US$ 2.54 per pound(lb).
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New Zealand Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from New Zealand has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the export price was 29.33 US $ per kg, and by 2021, it had risen to 54.00 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of 84.3%. In 2020, the export price was 41.56 US $ per kg, and in 2021, it rose to 54.00 US $ per kg, an increase of 30.2%. The highest export price in the last five years was in 2018, when it was 46.89 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price for 2023 will be around 63.00 US $ per kg, and for 2024, it will be around 72.00 US $ per kg.New Zealand Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into New Zealand has seen a significant increase over the last five years. In 2016, the price was $34.14, and by 2021, it had risen to $54.00. This represents an increase of 58.3%. The highest price was seen in 2021, when the price was $54.00. The lowest price was seen in 2022, when the price was $10.71. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into New Zealand will continue to increase, with an estimated price of $58.50 for 2023 and $63.00 for 2024.Export values for New Zealand molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in New Zealand were US$ 1,229, US$ 792, US$ 1,313 and US$ 955 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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New Zealand molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of molluscs shipped by New Zealand in 2020 was 18 metric tonnes. In 2019 New Zealand sold 23 tonnes of molluscs. Across 2019 alone, the market for New Zealand molluscs (seafood category) has gone down, with a change of -17.857 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went down by -14.81% bringing the exporter US$0.96m for the year 2019. New Zealand's molluscs exports are categorised 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, 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)
- 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, 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)
- Aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish) (HS code 160569)
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New Zealand molluscs export values
In 2019, New Zealand supplied molluscs valued at 0.96m USD, a drop of -26.88% from 2018's total molluscs export of 1.313m USD. The yearly reduction in value of New Zealand molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 65.783 pc.
The annual variation in the quantity of New Zealand's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -14.81% when compared to a variation of -17.857% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for New Zealand molluscs ( in '000$ )
New Zealand imported 87 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.