What is the price of snails in China?

As of January 2024, snails in China is US$ 4.04 per kg (28.31 CNY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much did China export in snails in 2024?

China exported 17 tonnes of snails valued at US$67,061 in 2024.

What is China's world rank in snail exports?

China ranks #35 out of 61 snail exporters.

What is the HS code for snails?

The HS code for snails is 0307.60.

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Snails Prices in China

US$ 4.04 / kg

28.31 CNY / kg

MoM ▼ 71.2% YoY ▼ 71.2%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CNY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	4.04	28.31	▼ 71.2%	▼ 71.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the snails price in China available is US$ 4.04 per kg (28.31 CNY), down 71.2% year-on-year.

China exported 17 tonnes of snails in 2024, valued at US$67,061, ranking #35 among 61 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. Exports declined by 35.9% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$4.0369 per kg. China is a net exporter of snails under HS code 0307.60.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, China exported $67.1K (16.6 t) of snails▼ 35.9% YoY. That ranks #35 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$67.1K

Export value

16.6 t

Export volume

#35 / 61

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$4.04

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 China · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$67.1K	16.6 t	$4.04
2023	$104.7K	7.5 t	$14
2022	$197.4K	31.7 t	$6.22
2021	$8.3K	2.1 t	$4.05
2020	$21.1K	13 t	$1.62

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.

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

In 2019 China shipped 1,644 tonnes of snails. Through 2019 alone, the market for China snails (seafood category) has increased, flactuating by 6.477 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports went down by -19.8% bringing the country US$6.85m for the year 2019. China'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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China snails export values

In 2019, China shipped snails with a value of 6.85m USD, a reduction of -17.80% from 2018's total snails export of 8.333m USD. The annual change in value of China snails between 2017 to 2018 was -25.578 percent.

The annual change in the amount of China's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -19.8 per cent when compared to a variation of 6.477% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

China's stake of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was 43.1%. The country holds position 1 in world exports of snails.

Export markets for China snails ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

China is a net exporter of snails. The annual growth of China snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 9%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 17%, per annum.

China procured 3,441 tonnes of snails in 2019.

Snails Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest snails prices in other Asia countries:

South Korea$2.61/kg Japan$36.56/kg Malaysia$0.66/kg Philippines$39.53/kg Vietnam$8.74/kg India$1.44/kg

Other Seafood Prices in China

Latest prices for other seafood in China:

Lobster$6.43/kg Crab$7.85/kg Shrimps & Prawns$7.66/kg Sea Cucumber$132.83/kg Caviar$303.80/kg Conch Snails$5.57/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$4.58/kg Octopus$7.68/kg Oysters$3.52/kg Scallops$2.67/kg Sea Bass$5.91/kg Crustaceans$8.53/kg Jellyfish$4.09/kg Mussels$2.67/kg

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