What is the price of yams per kilogram/pound in Saint Lucia today?
The retail price range for Saint Lucia yams is between US$ 0.61 and US$ 0.90 per kilogram or between US$ 0.28 and US$ 0.41 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of yams in Saint Lucia
The retail price range in East Caribbean Dollar for yams is between XCD 1.64 and XCD 2.44 per kilogram or between XCD 0.74 and XCD 1.10 per pound(lb) in Castries and Biee,.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Saint Lucia yams is between US$ 0.43 and US$ 0.63 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.29 per pound(lb).
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Saint Lucia Yams Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Yams from Saint Lucia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2014 and 2015, the price was $1.00. In 2016, the price increased to $1.50. In 2017, the price decreased slightly to $1.38. In 2018, the price increased to $1.67. In 2019, the price decreased to $1.50. Finally, in 2020, the price increased to $2.00. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Yams from Saint Lucia in 2023 will be $2.17 and in 2024 will be $2.34.Saint Lucia Yams Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
Export values for Saint Lucia yams
The total values in export for yams in Saint Lucia were US$ 3, US$ 11, US$ 50 and US$ 18 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, Taro (Arrowroot), Licorice roots, Ginseng roots, Chicory roots & Cocoyam.
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Saint Lucia yams - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2018 Saint Lucia shipped 30 tonnes of yams. For 2018 alone, the market for Saint Lucia yams (tubers category) has escalated, recording a change of 275 pc compared to the year 2017. Between 2016 and 2018, yams' exports grew by 1400% earning the exporter US$0.05m for the year 2018. Saint Lucia's yams exports are categorised as:
- Yams "Dioscorea spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071430)
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Saint Lucia yams export values
In 2018, Saint Lucia exported yams costing 0.05m USD, a surge of 354.55% from 2017's total yams export of 0.011m USD. The yearly increase in value of Saint Lucia yams between 2016 to 2017 was 266.667 pc.
The yearly change in the quantity of Saint Lucia's yams exports between 2016 and 2018 was 1400 percent when compared to a variation of 275% in the growth rate between 2017 and 2018.
Export markets for Saint Lucia yams ( in '000$ )
Saint Lucia procured 0 tonnes of yams in 2018.
Production
The production of yams in Saint Lucia was 736 tonnes in 2018 and is projected to change by an average of 23.28%. The country had an estimated 34.00 hectares under yams cultivation.