What is the price of snails in Japan?

As of January 2025, snails in Japan is US$ 36.56 per kg (5,050 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much did Japan export in snails in 2024?

Japan exported 23 tonnes of snails valued at US$86,895 in 2024.

What is Japan's world rank in snail exports?

Japan ranks #31 out of 61 snail exporters.

Is Japan a net exporter or importer of snails?

Japan is a net exporter of snails.

What was the year-on-year change in Japan's snail exports?

Japan's snail exports increased by 1100.4% year-on-year.

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

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Snails Prices in Japan

US$ 36.56 / kg

5,050 JPY / kg

MoM ▲ 871.4% YoY ▲ 871.4%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (JPY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	36.56	5,050	▲ 871.4%	▲ 871.4%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the snails price in Japan available is US$ 36.56 per kg (5,050 JPY), up 871.4% year-on-year.

Japan exported 23 tonnes of snails in 2024, valued at US$86,895, ranking #31 among 61 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. The country's snail exports grew by 1100.4% year-on-year, making Japan a net exporter. The latest export unit value is US$36.5649 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $86.9K (23.1 t) of snails▲ 1100.4% YoY. That ranks #31 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$86.9K

Export value

23.1 t

Export volume

#31 / 61

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$3.76

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 Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$86.9K	23.1 t	$3.76
2023	$7.2K	0.3 t	$25.14
2022	$12K	0.8 t	$14.6
2021	$121.3K	5.6 t	$21.75
2020	$18.2K	0.4 t	$45.29

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.

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

The quantity of snails shipped by Japan in 2020 was 7 tons. In 2019 Japan sold 6 tonnes of snails. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Japan snails (seafood category) has escalated, flactuating by 50 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports went down by -50 percent bringing Japan US$0.10m for the year 2019. Japan'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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Japan snails export values

In 2019, Japan supplied snails costing 0.10m USD, an increment of 92.31% from 2018's total snails export of 0.052m USD. The annual increase in value of Japan snails between 2017 to 2018 was -64.865 percent.

The per year change in the volume of Japan's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -50 percent compared to a variation of 50% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's share of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was 5.4 percent. The country holds position 4 in world exports of snails.

Export markets for Japan snails ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Japan is a net importer of snails. The annual growth of Japan snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 25%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 17%, per annum.

Japan procured 366 tonnes of snails in 2019.

Snails Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest snails prices in other Asia countries:

China$4.04/kg South Korea$2.61/kg Malaysia$0.66/kg Philippines$39.53/kg Vietnam$8.74/kg India$1.44/kg

Other Seafood Prices in Japan

Latest prices for other seafood in Japan:

Shrimps & Prawns$6.68/kg Lobster$42.36/kg Octopus$19.95/kg Crab$24.56/kg Jellyfish$1.72/kg Oysters$16.89/kg Sea Bream$19.02/kg Caviar$2,456.06/kg Scallops$5.37/kg Sea Bass$19.02/kg

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