What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Mozambique today?
The retail price range for Mozambique molluscs is between US$ 2.70 and US$ 7.86 per kilogram or between US$ 1.23 and US$ 3.56 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Mozambique
The retail price range in Mozambique Metical for molluscs is between MZN 172.61 and MZN 502.13 per kilogram or between MZN 78.28 and MZN 227.73 per pound(lb) in Maputo and Beira.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Mozambique molluscs is between US$ 1.89 and US$ 5.50 per kilogram or between US$ 0.86 and US$ 2.49 per pound(lb).
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Mozambique Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Mozambique over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 1.79 US $ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 12.72 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 6.66 US $ per kg, and then further decreased to 6.14 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then rose again to 7.53 US $ per kg in 2021. Overall, the export price of Molluscs from Mozambique has been quite volatile in the last five years. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price of Molluscs from Mozambique in 2023 will be around 8.00 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 8.50 US $ per kg.Mozambique Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Mozambique has seen a significant fluctuation over the last five years. In 2017, the price was recorded at $1.79, followed by a sharp increase to $12.72 in 2018. This was followed by a decrease to $6.66 in 2019 and then a further decrease to $6.14 in 2020. The price then increased to $7.53 in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Mozambique will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around $8.90 and in 2024 it will be around $10.27.Export values for Mozambique molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Mozambique were US$ 20, US$ 52, US$ 1,196 and US$ 879 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Mozambique molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of molluscs sold by Mozambique in 2020 was 14 tons. In 2019 Mozambique exported 132 tonnes of molluscs. In 2019 alone, the market for Mozambique molluscs (seafood category) has gone up, recording a change of 40.426 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports increased by 355.17 pc bringing Mozambique US$0.88m for the year 2019. Mozambique's molluscs exports are classified as:
- 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, 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
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Mozambique molluscs export values
In 2019, Mozambique supplied molluscs with a value of 0.88m USD, a reduction of -26.42% from 2018's total molluscs export of 1.196m USD. The annual reduction in value of Mozambique molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 2200 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of Mozambique's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 355.17% in comparison to a variation of 40.426% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Mozambique molluscs ( in '000$ )
Mozambique purchased 60 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.