What is the price of scallops in New Zealand?

As of January 2025, scallops in New Zealand is US$ 65.69 per kg (105 NZD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Scallops Price in New Zealand - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Scallops Prices in New Zealand

US$ 65.69 / kg

105 NZD / kg

MoM ▼ 62.5% YoY ▼ 62.5%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (NZD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	65.69	105	▼ 62.5%	▼ 62.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the scallops price in New Zealand available is US$ 65.69 per kg (105 NZD), down 62.5% year-on-year.

New Zealand exported scallops valued at US$66 in 2025, with no recorded export volume, ranking #32 out of 33 global exporters and showing an 81.3% year-on-year decline. The country remains a net exporter. The latest export unit value for scallops is US$65.694 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - scallops in New Zealand

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, New Zealand exported $66 (0 t) of scallops▼ 81.3% YoY. That ranks #32 worldwide.

$66

Export value

0 t

Export volume

#32 / 33

World rank

$65.69

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top scallops exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 United Kingdom (UK) $83.5M · 35.8%
#2 Canada $57.5M · 24.6%
#3 Japan $44.4M · 19%
#4 Netherlands $14.9M · 6.4%
#5 US $7.6M · 3.3%

Annual export data New Zealand · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$66	0 t	$65.69
2024	$350	0 t	$175.21
2022	$65.3K	17.2 t	$3.79
2021	$602	0.1 t	$6.02
2020	$50	0 t	$24.97

HS Code

scallops is traded under Harmonized System code 0307.21. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

New Zealand scallops - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of scallops sold by New Zealand in 2020 was 6 metric tons. In 2019 New Zealand shipped 20 tonnes of scallops. Across 2019 alone, the demand for New Zealand scallops (seafood category) has gone down, flactuating by -13.043 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, scallops' exports went up by 11.11 percent bringing the nation US$0.22m for the year 2019. New Zealand's scallops exports are classified as:

Scallops, incl. queen scallops, of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, frozen, even in shell (HS code 030722)
Live, fresh or chilled, scallops, incl. queen scallops, of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, even in shell (HS code 030721)
Scallops, incl. queen scallops, of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even in shell (HS code 030729)
Scallops, incl. queen scallops, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160552)

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New Zealand scallops export values

In 2019, New Zealand shipped scallops worth 0.22m USD, a decrease of -31.25% from 2018's total scallops export of 0.32m USD. The yearly change in value of New Zealand scallops between 2017 to 2018 was 22.137 per cent.

The per year variation in the volume of New Zealand's scallops exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.11 pc in comparison to a variation of -13.043% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

New Zealand's portion of the world's total scallops' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 21 in world exports of scallops.

Export markets for New Zealand scallops ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

New Zealand is a net exporter of scallops. The annual growth of New Zealand scallops in value between 2015 to 2019 was -13%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -14%, per annum.

New Zealand bought 384 tonnes of scallops in 2019.

Other Seafood Prices in New Zealand

Latest prices for other seafood in New Zealand:

Clams, cockles and ark shells$2.19/kg Lobster$62.20/kg Sea Bass$7.75/kg Caviar$158.20/kg Conch Snails$12.76/kg Jellyfish$2.90/kg Blue Mussel$65.69/kg Sea Bream$7.75/kg Sea Cucumber$87.20/kg Crab$12.66/kg Crustaceans$57.84/kg Oysters$9.70/kg

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