What is the price of snails per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania snails is between US$ 2.71 and US$ 10.44 per kilogram or between US$ 1.23 and US$ 4.74 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of snails in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for snails is between TZS 6,447.79 and TZS 24,863.57 per kilogram or between TZS 2,924.17 and TZS 11,275.99 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania snails is between US$ 1.90 and US$ 7.31 per kilogram or between US$ 0.86 and US$ 3.32 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Snails Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of snails from Tanzania has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2012, the price was 0.12 US dollars per kg, which increased to 0.5 US dollars per kg in 2013. This was followed by a sharp rise to 2.22 US dollars per kg in 2014. The price then dropped to 3.0 US dollars per kg in 2015, before declining further to 0.79 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price rose to 1.00 US dollars per kg, and then increased again to 2.00 US dollars per kg in 2019. The most recent data shows that the export price per kilogram of snails from Tanzania was 1.86 US dollars in 2020. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of snails from Tanzania will be 2.20 US dollars in 2023 and 2.40 US dollars in 2024.Tanzania Snails Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of snails into Tanzania has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 0.79 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 1.00 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a further increase to 2.00 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then dropped to 1.86 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of snails into Tanzania will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the import price per kilogram of snails into Tanzania will be around 2.20 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2.40 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Tanzania snails
The total values in export for snails in Tanzania were US$ 9, US$ 11 and US$ 1 in US dollar thousand for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 in that order.
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Tanzania snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania shipped 0 tonnes of snails. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Tanzania snails (seafood category) has , flactuating by pc compared to the year 2017. Between 2016 and 2019, snails' exports went down by -100 pc earning the country US$0.00m for the year 2019. Tanzania's snails exports are classified as:
- Snails, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or in brine, even smoked, with or without shell (excluding sea snails) (HS code 030760)
- Snails, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked and sea snails) (HS code 160558)
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Tanzania snails export values
In 2019, Tanzania exported snails costing 0.00m USD, a drop of -100.00% from 2017's total snails export of 0.001m USD. The annual change in value of Tanzania snails between 2016 to 2017 was -90.909 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of Tanzania's snails exports between 2016 and 2019 was -100 per cent between 2017 and 2019.
Tanzania's share of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Tanzania holds position 88 in world exports of snails.
Export markets for Tanzania snails ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
. The annual growth of Tanzania snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 7%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Tanzania ordered 0 tonnes of snails in 2019.