What is the price of snails per kilogram/pound in Romania today?
The retail price range for Romania snails is between US$ 3.21 and US$ 5.55 per kilogram or between US$ 1.46 and US$ 2.52 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of snails in Romania
The retail price range in Romanian Leu for snails is between RON 14.82 and RON 25.60 per kilogram or between RON 6.72 and RON 11.61 per pound(lb) in Bucharest and Iași.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Romania snails is between US$ 2.25 and US$ 3.89 per kilogram or between US$ 1.02 and US$ 1.76 per pound(lb).
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Romania snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of snails shipped by Romania in 2020 was 2,845 tons. In 2019 Romania exported 3,029 tonnes of snails. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Romania snails (seafood category) has decreased, with a change of -3.75 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports grew by 7.49% earning the exporter US$20.55m for the year 2019. Romania's snails exports are classified as:
- Snails, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or in brine, even smoked, with or without shell (excluding sea snails) (HS code 030760)
- Snails, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked and sea snails) (HS code 160558)
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Romania snails export values
In 2019, Romania supplied snails worth 20.55m USD, a drop of -6.93% from 2018's total snails export of 22.081m USD. The annual change in value of Romania snails between 2017 to 2018 was 12.572%.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Romania's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was 7.49% compared to a variation of -3.75% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Romania's portion of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Romania holds number 52 in world exports of snails.
Export markets for Romania snails ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Romania is a net importer of snails. The annual growth of Romania snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 110%, per annum.
Romania imported 1,046 tonnes of snails in 2019.