What is the price of molluscs per kilogram/pound in Canada today?
The retail price range for Canada molluscs is between US$ 4.78 and US$ 19.14 per kilogram or between US$ 2.17 and US$ 8.68 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of molluscs in Canada
The retail price range in Canadian Dollar for molluscs is between CAD 6.46 and CAD 25.83 per kilogram or between CAD 2.93 and CAD 11.72 per pound(lb) in Ottawa and Montréal.
Wholesale prices
In 2026, the approximate wholesale price range for Canada molluscs is between US$ 3.35 and US$ 13.40 per kilogram or between US$ 1.52 and US$ 6.08 per pound(lb).
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Canada Molluscs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Molluscs from Canada has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the export price was 6.38 US dollars per kilogram, which dropped to 5.9 US dollars per kilogram in 2018 and further decreased to 5.18 US dollars per kilogram in 2019. In 2020, the export price was 4.42 US dollars per kilogram and in 2021, it was 5.00 US dollars per kilogram. The most recent data shows that the export price in 2022 was 4.78 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Molluscs from Canada in 2023 will be 4.56 US dollars per kilogram and in 2024, it will be 4.34 US dollars per kilogram.Canada Molluscs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Canada has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 5.50 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, it had dropped to 4.42 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 20.36%. In 2021, the price increased slightly to 5.00 US dollars per kg, but in 2022, it dropped again to 4.78 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Canada will continue to decrease in the next two years. We can predict that the import price per kilogram of Molluscs into Canada in 2023 will be around 4.56 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 4.34 US dollars per kg.Export values for Canada molluscs
The total values in export for molluscs in Canada were US$ 8,415, US$ 8,429, US$ 9,099 and US$ 8,597 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Seafood category in Canada: Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Lobster, Shrimps & Prawns, Crabs, Crustaceans, Oysters, Scallops, Blue Mussel & Cuttlefish & Squid.
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Canada molluscs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of molluscs sold by Canada in 2020 was 859 metric tonnes. In 2019 Canada sold 1,659 tonnes of molluscs. In 2019 alone, the market for Canada molluscs (seafood category) has improved, flactuating by 7.518 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, molluscs' exports grew by 25.49% earning the exporter US$8.60m for the year 2019. Canada's molluscs exports are classified as:
- 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)
- Molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (HS code 160590)
- 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)
- 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, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, oysters, scallops, mussels, cuttle fish, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, and clams, cockles and arkshells) (HS code 160559)
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Canada molluscs export values
In 2019, Canada shipped molluscs with a value of 8.60m USD, a drop of -5.48% from 2018's total molluscs export of 9.099m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Canada molluscs between 2017 to 2018 was 7.949 percent.
The annual change in the amount of Canada's molluscs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 25.49% compared to a variation of 7.518% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Canada molluscs ( in '000$ )
Canada ordered 3,070 tonnes of molluscs in 2019.