What is the price of live eels per kilogram/pound in Italy today?
The retail price range for Italy live eels is between US$ 8.73 and US$ 16.45 per kilogram or between US$ 3.96 and US$ 7.46 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live eels in Italy
The retail price range in Euro for live eels is between EUR 8.06 and EUR 15.20 per kilogram or between EUR 3.66 and EUR 6.89 per pound(lb) in Rome and Milan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Italy live eels is between US$ 6.11 and US$ 11.52 per kilogram or between US$ 2.77 and US$ 5.22 per pound(lb).
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Italy live eels - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of live eels exported by Italy in 2020 was 1 tonnes. In 2019 Italy sold 6 tonnes of live eels. For 2019 alone, the demand for Italy live eels (fish category) has decreased, changing by -87.755 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live eels' exports went down by -91.55 percent netting Italy US$0.08m for the year 2019. Italy's live eels exports are categorised as:
- Live eels "Anguilla spp." (HS code 030192)
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Italy live eels export values
In 2019, Italy supplied live eels valued at 0.08m USD, a reduction of -85.59% from 2018's total live eels export of 0.555m USD. The annual reduction in value of Italy live eels between 2017 to 2018 was -38.877 percent.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Italy's live eels exports between 2017 and 2019 was -91.55 pc compared to a variation of -87.755% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Italy's portion of the world's total live eels' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy is ranked position 12 in world exports of live eels.
Export markets for Italy live eels ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Italy is a net exporter of live eels. The annual growth of Italy live eels in value between 2015 to 2019 was 6%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 1%, per annum.
Italy bought 369 tonnes of live eels in 2019.