What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa molluscs is between US$ 48.50 and US$ 80.51 per kilogram or between US$ 22.00 and US$ 36.51 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for molluscs is between ZAR 942.30 and ZAR 1,564.21 per kilogram or between ZAR 427.35 and ZAR 709.39 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa molluscs is between US$ 33.95 and US$ 56.36 per kilogram or between US$ 15.40 and US$ 25.56 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2016, the export price was 9.59 US$ per Kg, in 2017 it was 14.19 US$ per Kg, in 2018 it was 10.50US$ per Kg, in 2019 it was 10.62 US$ per Kg and in 2020 it was 65.35 US$ per Kg. For 2021, the export price is 65.44 US$ per Kg. For 2023, the export price is predicted to be around 66.43 US$ per Kg.
South Africa Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into South Africa has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 1.99 US $ per kg, which was the lowest in the past five years. This was followed by a sharp increase in 2017, when the price rose to 9.59 US $ per kg. In 2018, the price further increased to 14.19 US $ per kg. However, in 2019, the price dropped to 10.50 US $ per kg. The price then rose again in 2020 to 62.51 US $ per kg, before reaching its highest point in 2021 at 185.82 US $ per kg. The price then dropped to 100.75 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into South Africa will continue to fluctuate in the coming years. It is predicted that the price will increase to around 120 US $ per kg in 2023 and to around 140 US $ per kg in 2024.Export values for South Africa molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in South Africa were US$ 293, US$ 2,138, US$ 440 and US$ 504 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Africa molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa exported 202,095 tonnes of molluscs. For 2019 alone, the market for South Africa molluscs (seafood category) has decreased, recording a change of -6.388 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports reduced by -27.35 percent bringing the country US$0.50m for the year 2019. South Africa's molluscs exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- 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, 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)
- 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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South Africa molluscs export values
In 2019, South Africa shipped molluscs with a value of 0.50m USD, a growth of 13.64% from 2018's total molluscs export of 0.44m USD. The yearly change in value of South Africa molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was -79.42 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of South Africa's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -27.35 pc in comparison to a variation of -6.388% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for South Africa molluscs ( in '000$ )
South Africa procured 318 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.