What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia molluscs is between US$ 5.78 and US$ 19.28 per kilogram or between US$ 2.62 and US$ 8.74 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for molluscs is between AUD 8.70 and AUD 29.00 per kilogram or between AUD 3.95 and AUD 13.15 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia molluscs is between US$ 4.05 and US$ 13.49 per kilogram or between US$ 1.84 and US$ 6.12 per pound(lb).
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Australia Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Australia over the last five years has seen a significant fluctuation. In 2017, the export price was 98.35 US dollars per kilogram, the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2018 to 92.41 US dollars per kilogram. The export price then rose again in 2019 to 50.41 US dollars per kilogram, before dropping to 43.28 US dollars per kilogram in 2020. The export price then decreased further to 26.48 US dollars per kilogram in 2021, before reaching its lowest point in the last five years at 12.37 US dollars per kilogram in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Molluscs from Australia will be 8.86 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 4.43 US dollars per kilogram in 2024.Australia Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Australia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was at its highest at $98.35, before dropping to $92.41 in 2018. The price then rose to $50.41 in 2019, before dropping again to $43.28 in 2020. 2021 saw a slight increase to $26.48, before dropping to $12.37 in 2022. Looking ahead, it is difficult to predict the exact prices for 2023 and 2024. However, based on the data, it is likely that the prices will remain relatively low in the near future.Export values for Australia molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Australia were US$ 1,417, US$ 3,049, US$ 3,604 and US$ 1,613 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Australia molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of molluscs shipped by Australia in 2020 was 70 metric tons. In 2019 Australia exported 32 tonnes of molluscs. For 2019 alone, the market for Australia molluscs (seafood category) has reduced, recording a change of -17.949 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went up by 3.23% netting Australia US$1.61m for the year 2019. Australia's molluscs exports are classified as:
- 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, 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)
- 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, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
- 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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Australia molluscs export values
In 2019, Australia supplied molluscs valued at 1.61m USD, a decrease of -55.33% from 2018's total molluscs export of 3.604m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Australia molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 18.203 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of Australia's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 3.23 pc compared to a variation of -17.949% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Australia molluscs ( in '000$ )
Australia purchased 1,557 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.