What is the price of snails in South Africa?

As of January 2025, snails in South Africa is US$ 5.18 per kg (101 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is South Africa's world rank in snail exports?

South Africa ranks #47 out of 61 snail exporters.

What is the latest export price for snails from South Africa?

The latest export unit value is US$5.1757 per kg.

What was the year-on-year change in snail exports from South Africa?

Snail exports increased by 313.1% year-on-year.

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

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Snails Prices in South Africa

US$ 5.18 / kg

101 ZAR / kg

MoM ▲ 32.1% YoY ▲ 32.1%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (ZAR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.18	101	▲ 32.1%	▲ 32.1%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the snails price in South Africa available is US$ 5.18 per kg (101 ZAR), up 32.1% year-on-year.

In 2024, South Africa exported 4 tonnes of snails valued at US$14,986, ranking #47 out of 61 snail exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. The country is a net exporter, with exports increasing by 313.1% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for snails is US$5.1757 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - snails in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $15K (3.8 t) of snails▲ 313.1% YoY. That ranks #47 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$15K

Export value

3.8 t

Export volume

#47 / 61

World rank

Global share

$3.92

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 South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$15K	3.8 t	$3.92
2023	$3.6K	2.8 t	$1.31
2022	$3.1K	1 t	$3.11
2021	$20.7K	2.7 t	$7.59
2020	$5.1K	3.5 t	$1.45

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.

South Africa snails - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa exported 30,287 tonnes of snails. Through 2019 alone, the market for South Africa snails (seafood category) has reduced, changing by -11.169 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, snails' exports went down by -8.7% bringing the exporter US$0.06m for the year 2019. South Africa's snails exports are categorised 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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South Africa snails export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied snails with a value of 0.06m USD, a reduction of -22.08% from 2018's total snails export of 0.077m USD. The yearly change in value of South Africa snails between 2017 to 2018 was 4.054 per cent.

The annual/yearly change in the quantity of South Africa's snails exports between 2017 and 2019 was -8.7 pc compared to a variation of -11.169% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's stake of the world's total snails' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 48 in world exports of snails.

Export markets for South Africa snails ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net exporter of snails. The annual growth of South Africa snails in value between 2015 to 2019 was 55%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was 22%, per annum.

South Africa bought 99 tonnes of snails in 2019.

Snails Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest snails prices in other Africa countries:

Ghana$4.11/kg Kenya$0.37/kg Morocco$1.43/kg Benin$1.43/kg Cameroon$1.99/kg

Other Seafood Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other seafood in South Africa:

Lobster$37.13/kg Caviar$9.71/kg Octopus$5.81/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$7.22/kg Shrimps & Prawns$6.53/kg Blue Mussel$3.07/kg Jellyfish$3.42/kg Sea Cucumber$5.71/kg Oysters$8.11/kg Scallops$3.07/kg

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