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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001099409-09-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090309
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090312
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090312

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALICO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003545
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
		IRS NUMBER:				590906081
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 338
		STREET 2:		640 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			LA BELLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33935
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8136752966

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		640 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 338
		CITY:			LA BELLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33935

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19740219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GMT CAPITAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001106191

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00261
		FILM NUMBER:		09674736

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GMT CAPITAL CORP
		STREET 2:		2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7709898261

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GMT CAPITAL CORP
		STREET 2:		2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000003545</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALICO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ALCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001106191</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GMT CAPITAL CORP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>GMT CAPITAL CORP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30328</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-03-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10111</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>21.51</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>738921</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-03-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>589</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.69</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4 is being jointly filed by Bay Resource Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Bay&quot;), Bay II Resource Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Bay II&quot;), Bay Resource Partners Offshore Fund, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (&quot;Offshore Fund&quot;), GMT Capital Corp., a Georgia corporation (&quot;GMT Capital&quot;), and Thomas E. Claugus, a United States citizen (&quot;Claugus&quot;).  The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the Reporting Persons.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">GMT Capital, the general partner of Bay and Bay II, has the power to direct the affairs of Bay and Bay II, including the voting and disposition of shares. As the discretionary investment manager of the Offshore Fund and certain other accounts, GMT Capital has power to direct the voting and disposition of shares held by the Offshore Fund and such accounts. Mr. Claugus is the President of GMT Capital and in that capacity directs the operations of each of Bay and Bay II and the voting and disposition of shares held by the Offshore Fund and separate client accounts managed by GMT Capital. GMT Capital and Mr. Claugus may be deemed to beneficially own indirect pecuniary interest as the result of performance-based fees and profit allocations. Each of GMT Capital and Mr. Claugus disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent ultimately realized.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold was 10,111 shares and such shares were sold by the Reporting Persons in the following amounts:  Offshore Fund = 9,411 shares; GMT Capital = 700 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">738,921 shares of common stock is the aggregate number of shares of common stock owned by the Reporting Persons and is owned as follows:  Bay = 187,500 shares directly owned by it; Bay II = 128,100 shares directly owned by it; Offshore Fund = 376,676 shares directly owned by it; GMT Capital = 24,845 shares of common stock beneficially owned by it with respect to separate client accounts managed by it; Claugus = 21,800 shares directly owned by him.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold was 589 shares and such shares were sold by the Offshore Fund.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">738,332 shares of common stock is the aggregate number of shares of common stock owned by the Reporting Persons and is owned as follows:  Bay = 187,500 shares directly owned by it; Bay II = 128,100 shares directly owned by it; Offshore Fund = 376,087 shares directly owned by it; GMT Capital = 24,845 shares of common stock beneficially owned by it with respect to separate client accounts managed by it; Claugus = 21,800 shares directly owned by him.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas E. Claugus</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-03-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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