What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Senegal today?
The retail price range for Senegal molluscs is between US$ 0.25 and US$ 0.74 per kilogram or between US$ 0.11 and US$ 0.34 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Senegal
The retail price range in CFA Franc BCEAO for molluscs is between XOF 150.23 and XOF 450.69 per kilogram or between XOF 68.13 and XOF 204.39 per pound(lb) in Dakar and Touba.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Senegal molluscs is between US$ 0.17 and US$ 0.52 per kilogram or between US$ 0.08 and US$ 0.23 per pound(lb).
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Senegal Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Senegal over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 3.35 US $ per kg, followed by 3.91 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 3.16 US $ per kg, and then further decreased to 2.96 US $ per kg in 2020. The lowest price was recorded in 2021, at 2.39 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Senegal in 2023 will be around 2.20 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 2.00 US $ per kg.Senegal Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Senegal has seen a fluctuating trend over the last five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at $3.46, before dropping to $2.89 in 2013. The price then rose to $3.69 in 2014, before increasing further to $3.90 in 2015. However, the price dropped again to $3.35 in 2017, before rising to $3.91 in 2018. The price then dropped to $3.16 in 2019 and further to $2.96 in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to $2.39 in 2021. Based on the data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Senegal will remain relatively stable in the next two years. It is expected that the price will remain at $2.39 in 2023 and will increase slightly to $2.45 in 2024.Export values for Senegal molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Senegal were US$ 10,778, US$ 9,389, US$ 11,343 and US$ 12,152 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Senegal molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Senegal sold 3,843 tonnes of molluscs. For 2019 alone, the market for Senegal molluscs (seafood category) has gone up, changing by 32.062 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports went up by 35.89 percent earning Senegal US$12.15m for the year 2019. Senegal's molluscs exports are categorised as:
- 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, 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, 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 and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
- 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)
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Senegal molluscs export values
In 2019, Senegal supplied molluscs valued at 12.15m USD, a surge of 7.11% from 2018's total molluscs export of 11.343m USD. The yearly growth in value of Senegal molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 20.812 pc.
The annual change in the quantity of Senegal's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 35.89 per cent in comparison to a variation of 32.062% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Senegal molluscs ( in '000$ )
Senegal ordered 11 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.