What is the price of snails per kilogram/pound in Italy today?
The retail price range for Italy snails is between US$ 7.88 and US$ 13.30 per kilogram or between US$ 3.57 and US$ 6.03 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of snails in Italy
The retail price range in Euro for snails is between EUR 7.28 and EUR 12.29 per kilogram or between EUR 3.30 and EUR 5.57 per pound(lb) in Rome and Milan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Italy snails is between US$ 5.52 and US$ 9.31 per kilogram or between US$ 2.50 and US$ 4.22 per pound(lb).
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Italy snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of snails shipped by Italy in 2020 was 8 tons. In 2019 Italy sold 8 tonnes of snails. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Italy snails (seafood category) has gone down, recording a change of -78.947 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports reduced by -76.47 percent bringing Italy US$0.10m for the year 2019. Italy's snails exports are classified as:
- Snails, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked and sea snails) (HS code 160558)
- Snails, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or in brine, even smoked, with or without shell (excluding sea snails) (HS code 030760)
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Italy snails export values
In 2019, Italy supplied snails worth 0.10m USD, a reduction of -62.55% from 2018's total snails export of 0.267m USD. The yearly change in value of Italy snails between 2017 to 2018 was 21.364 pc.
The annual variation in the amount of Italy's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -76.47% when compared to a variation of -78.947% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Italy's portion of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was 1.7 percent. Italy is ranked number 11 in world exports of snails.
Export markets for Italy snails ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Italy is a net exporter of snails. The annual growth of Italy snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 11%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 5%, per annum.
Italy purchased 975 tonnes of snails in 2019.