What is the price of snails in Canada?

As of January 2025, snails in Canada is US$ 5.82 per kg (7.86 CAD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Canada's world rank in snail exports?

Canada ranks 9th out of 61 snail exporters.

Is Canada a net exporter or importer of snails?

Canada is a net exporter of snails.

What was the year-over-year change in Canada's snail exports?

Canada's snail exports increased by 663.0% year-over-year.

Snails Price in Canada - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Snails Prices in Canada

US$ 5.82 / kg

7.86 CAD / kg

MoM ▼ 15.7% YoY ▼ 15.7%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CAD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.82	7.86	▼ 15.7%	▼ 15.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the snails price in Canada available is US$ 5.82 per kg (7.86 CAD), down 15.7% year-on-year.

In 2024, Canada exported 593 tonnes of snails valued at US$4,089,289, ranking 9th out of 61 exporters and accounting for 5.1% of global snail exports. The country is a net exporter, with exports increasing by 663.0% year-over-year. The latest export unit value is US$5.8192 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - snails in Canada

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $4.1M (592.7 t) of snails▲ 663% YoY. That ranks #9 worldwide (5.1% of global exports).

$4.1M

Export value

592.7 t

Export volume

#9 / 61

World rank

5.1%

Global share

$6.9

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top snails exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Morocco $13.5M · 17%
#2 Lithuania $8M · 10%
#3 Romania $7.5M · 9.4%
#4 Serbia and Montenegro $6.1M · 7.7%
#5 Ukraine $5.9M · 7.4%

Annual export data Canada · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$4.1M	592.7 t	$6.9
2023	$536K	63.3 t	$8.47
2022	$679.3K	82 t	$8.29
2021	$1.1M	99 t	$11.15
2020	$739.2K	96.5 t	$7.66

HS Code

snails is traded under Harmonized System code 0307.60. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Canada snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of snails exported by Canada in 2020 was 96 tonnes. In 2019 Canada exported 136 tonnes of snails. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Canada snails (seafood category) has gone down, changing by -65.128 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports reduced by -44.26 percent netting the country US$1.15m for the year 2019. Canada's snails exports are classified 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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Canada snails export values

In 2019, Canada supplied snails valued at 1.15m USD, a drop of -61.56% from 2018's total snails export of 2.992m USD. The yearly change in value of Canada snails between 2017 to 2018 was 72.948 per cent.

The per year change in the amount of Canada's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -44.26 percent compared to a variation of -65.128% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Canada's stake of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Canada is ranked position 41 in world exports of snails.

Export markets for Canada snails ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Canada is a net importer of snails. The annual growth of Canada snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was -2%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -2%, per annum.

Canada bought 539 tonnes of snails in 2019.

Other Seafood Prices in Canada

Latest prices for other seafood in Canada:

Lobster$3.75/kg Crab$20.53/kg Oysters$12.07/kg Scallops$32.34/kg Sea Bass$6.10/kg Sea Bream$6.10/kg Sea Cucumber$6.75/kg Shrimps & Prawns$10.16/kg Caviar$43.22/kg Conch Snails$13.26/kg Crustaceans$18.20/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$3.76/kg Blue Mussel$32.34/kg Octopus$4.76/kg Clams, cockles and ark shells$14.71/kg

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