What is the price of taro (arrowroot) per kilogram/pound in Saint Lucia today?
The retail price range for Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 2.21 and US$ 5.87 per kilogram or between US$ 1.00 and US$ 2.66 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of taro (arrowroot) in Saint Lucia
The retail price range in East Caribbean Dollar for taro (arrowroot) is between XCD 5.96 and XCD 15.86 per kilogram or between XCD 2.70 and XCD 7.19 per pound(lb) in Castries and Biee,.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 1.54 and US$ 4.11 per kilogram or between US$ 0.70 and US$ 1.86 per pound(lb).
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Saint Lucia Taro (arrowroot) Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Taro (Arrowroot) from Saint Lucia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, the export price per kilogram was US$1.00. In 2017, the price increased to US$1.43, before dropping to US$1.14 in 2018. In 2019, the price rose slightly to US$1.17, and then increased again to US$1.38 in 2020. The most recent data shows that the export price per kilogram in 2021 was US$0.00. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Taro (Arrowroot) from Saint Lucia in 2023 will be US$1.38 and in 2024 will be US$1.17.Saint Lucia Taro (arrowroot) Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
Export values for Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot)
The total values in export for taro (arrowroot) in Saint Lucia were US$ 6, US$ 20, US$ 90 and US$ 14 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Tubers category in Saint Lucia: Seed Potatoes, Potatoes, Cassava, Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Licorice roots, Ginseng roots, Chicory roots & Cocoyam.
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Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Saint Lucia exported 65 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). In 2019 alone, the demand for Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has gone down, flactuating by -17.722 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports grew by 364.29 pc earning the nation US$0.01m for the year 2019. Saint Lucia's taro (arrowroot) exports are classified as:
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
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Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, Saint Lucia shipped taro (arrowroot) valued at 0.01m USD, a reduction of -88.89% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.09m USD. The annual reduction in value of Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was 350 percent.
The yearly variation in the volume of Saint Lucia's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was 364.29 pc compared to a variation of -17.722% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Saint Lucia taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Saint Lucia purchased 0 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.
Production
The production of taro (arrowroot) in Saint Lucia was 600 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 41393.78%. The country had an estimated 24.00 hectares under taro (arrowroot) cultivation.