EU External Trade - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process

Extra-EU sourcing of FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process is well diversified across 10 suppliers. The top five (🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇮🇳 India, 🇲🇷 Mauritania) account for 59.9% of the total. 🇲🇦 Morocco leads with 25.2% (€3.8B). An HHI of 1038 confirms a Competitive market.

The EU exports FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (24.1%, €429.4M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇳 China, 🇲🇦 Morocco.

Within the EU, 🇪🇸 Spain concentrates 55.4% of FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process imports, well ahead of 🇮🇹 Italy (21.8%). The top importing member states are 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇫🇷 France.

In 2025, imports were surging (16.8%) and exports rising (6.9%) compared to the previous year.