What is the price of snails per kilogram/pound in Vietnam today?
The retail price range for Vietnam snails is between US$ 0.38 and US$ 3.15 per kilogram or between US$ 0.17 and US$ 1.43 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of snails in Vietnam
The retail price range in Dong for snails is between VND 9,393.60 and VND 78,856.80 per kilogram or between VND 4,260.14 and VND 35,762.72 per pound(lb) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Vietnam snails is between US$ 0.26 and US$ 2.21 per kilogram or between US$ 0.12 and US$ 1.00 per pound(lb).
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Vietnam Snails Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Snails from Vietnam has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2013, the price was 5.24 US dollars per kg, and by 2020, it had risen to 6.44 US dollars per kg. The highest price was recorded in 2015, at 8.58 US dollars per kg. Since then, the price has seen a slight decline, with the lowest price of 6.44 US dollars per kg recorded in 2020. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Snails from Vietnam will be 6.20 US dollars in 2023 and 6.37 US dollars in 2024.Vietnam Snails Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of snails into Vietnam over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 7.01 US dollars per kilogram, followed by 7.21 US dollars per kilogram in 2017. In 2018, the price increased to 7.99 US dollars per kilogram, before dropping to 7.76 US dollars per kilogram in 2019. The most recent year, 2020, saw the price drop to 6.44 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of snails into Vietnam will remain relatively stable in the coming years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 7.00 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2024 it will be around 7.50 US dollars per kilogram.Export values for Vietnam snails
The total values in export for snails in Vietnam were US$ 1,774, US$ 2,782, US$ 4,530 and US$ 1,676 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Vietnam snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Vietnam sold 216 tonnes of snails. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Vietnam snails (seafood category) has gone down, changing by -61.905 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports decreased by -44.04 percent bringing Vietnam US$1.68m for the year 2019. Vietnam's snails exports are categorised as:
- Snails, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked and sea snails) (HS code 160558)
- Snails, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or in brine, even smoked, with or without shell (excluding sea snails) (HS code 030760)
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Vietnam snails export values
In 2019, Vietnam supplied snails worth 1.68m USD, a contraction of -62.91% from 2018's total snails export of 4.53m USD. The annual change in value of Vietnam snails between 2017 to 2018 was 62.832 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of Vietnam's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -44.04% compared to a variation of -61.905% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Vietnam's portion of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 21 in world exports of snails.
Export markets for Vietnam snails ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Vietnam is a net importer of snails. The annual growth of Vietnam snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was -7%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -43%, per annum.
Vietnam ordered 32 tonnes of snails in 2019.