What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in France today?
The retail price range for France molluscs is between US$ 10.86 and US$ 14.80 per kilogram or between US$ 4.92 and US$ 6.71 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in France
The retail price range in Euro for molluscs is between EUR 10.03 and EUR 13.67 per kilogram or between EUR 4.55 and EUR 6.20 per pound(lb) in Paris and Marseille.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for France molluscs is between US$ 7.60 and US$ 10.36 per kilogram or between US$ 3.45 and US$ 4.70 per pound(lb).
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France Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from France over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the price was 5.78 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 4.99 US dollars per kg in 2018. This downward trend continued in 2019 and 2020, with the price reaching 4.77 US dollars per kg and 6.12 US dollars per kg respectively. However, 2021 saw a slight increase to 7.25 US dollars per kg, before dropping again to 3.06 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from France will remain around 3.06 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.France Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into France over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 5.78 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.99 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 4.77 US dollars per kg and then increased to 6.12 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then dropped again to 3.06 US dollars per kg in 2021, before increasing to 7.25 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into France in 2023 will be around 5.60 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 4.90 US dollars per kg.Export values for France molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in France were US$ 17,671, US$ 14,410, US$ 17,288 and US$ 16,522 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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France molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of molluscs sold by France in 2020 was 2,028 metric tons. In 2019 France sold 3,461 tonnes of molluscs. For the year 2019 alone, the market for France molluscs (seafood category) has shrunk, flactuating by -0.02888504 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports grew by 38.94 pc bringing the nation US$16.52m for the year 2019. France's molluscs exports are categorised as:
- Aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish) (HS code 160569)
- 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, 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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France molluscs export values
In 2019, France sold molluscs worth 16.52m USD, a decrease of -4.44% from 2018's total molluscs export of 17.288m USD. The annual reduction in value of France molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 19.972 per cent.
The annual change in the amount of France's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 38.94 per cent in comparison to a variation of -0.02888504% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for France molluscs ( in '000$ )
France brought in 6,804 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.