What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Turkey today?
The retail price range for Turkey molluscs is between US$ 3.15 and US$ 12.59 per kilogram or between US$ 1.43 and US$ 5.71 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Turkey
The retail price range in Turkish Lira for molluscs is between TRY 62.39 and TRY 249.35 per kilogram or between TRY 28.29 and TRY 113.08 per pound(lb) in Ankara and Istanbul.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Turkey molluscs is between US$ 2.20 and US$ 8.81 per kilogram or between US$ 1.00 and US$ 4.00 per pound(lb).
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Turkey Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Turkey over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 5.77 US $ per kg, followed by 7.13 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased to 7.53 US $ per kg, before dropping to 6.61 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then decreased further to 5.96 US $ per kg in 2021, before rising to 8.56 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Turkey in 2023 will be 7.90 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be 8.19 US $ per kg.Turkey Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Turkey has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 5.65 US dollars per kg, and in 2021, it had dropped to 5.96 US dollars per kg. This represents a 5.7% decrease in the price over the five-year period. The lowest price was recorded in 2015, when the price was 5.67 US dollars per kg. The highest price was recorded in 2022, when the price was 8.56 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Turkey in 2023 will be 6.45 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 6.28 US dollars per kg.Export values for Turkey molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Turkey were US$ 15,062, US$ 14,893, US$ 22,958 and US$ 24,451 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Turkey molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of molluscs shipped by Turkey in 2020 was 2,656 metric tonnes. In 2019 Turkey sold 3,245 tonnes of molluscs. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Turkey molluscs (seafood category) has increased, recording a change of 0.74511021 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went up by 25.68% netting Turkey US$24.45m for the year 2019. Turkey'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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
- 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)
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Turkey molluscs export values
In 2019, Turkey sold molluscs costing 24.45m USD, a surge of 6.50% from 2018's total molluscs export of 22.958m USD. The annual increase in value of Turkey molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 54.153 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the amount of Turkey's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 25.68 pc in comparison to a variation of 0.74511021% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Turkey molluscs ( in '000$ )
Turkey purchased 1,164 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.