What is the price of vegetables per kilogram/pound in Botswana today?
The retail price range for Botswana vegetables is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 2.92 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 1.32 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of vegetables in Botswana
The retail price range in Pula for vegetables is between BWP 13.13 and BWP 39.40 per kilogram or between BWP 5.96 and BWP 17.87 per pound(lb) in Gaborone and Francistown.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Botswana vegetables is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 2.04 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 0.93 per pound(lb).
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Botswana Vegetables Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of vegetables from Botswana over the last five years has seen a significant decrease. In 2015, the export price was 1.70 US$ per kg, while in 2019 it was 0.74 US$ per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2016, when the export price was 0.44 US$ per kg. In 2021, the export price was 0.51 US$ per kg. Based on the data, it is predicted that the export price for 2023 will be 0.45 US$ per kg and for 2024 it will be 0.48 US$ per kg.The Botswana vegetables exports are categorised as:
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
Botswana Vegetables Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of vegetables into Botswana over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 0.83 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp drop to 0.44 US dollars per kg in 2016. Prices then rose to 1.7 US dollars per kg in 2015, before dropping again to 0.61 US dollars per kg in 2014. Prices then rose to 2.5 US dollars per kg in 2018, before dropping to 0.74 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 0.51 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of vegetables into Botswana in 2023 will be 0.68 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 0.86 US dollars per kg.Export values for Botswana vegetables
The total values in export for vegetables in Botswana were US$ 128, US$ 3,952, US$ 144 and US$ 1,664 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Vegetables category in Botswana: Tomatoes, Onions, Leeks, Cauliflowers and broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Lettuce, Chicory, Carrots & beetroot, salsify & celeriac.
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Botswana vegetables - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Botswana sold 2,224 tonnes of vegetables. In 2019 alone, the demand for Botswana vegetables (vegetables category) has escalated, flactuating by 6850 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, vegetables' exports reduced by -53.51 percent netting the exporter US$1.66m for the year 2019. Botswana's vegetables exports are classified as:
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
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Botswana vegetables export values
In 2019, Botswana supplied vegetables costing 1.66m USD, a surge of 1,052.78% from 2018's total vegetables export of 0.144m USD. The yearly growth in value of Botswana vegetables between 2017 to 2018 was -96.356 pc.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Botswana's vegetables exports between 2017 and 2019 was -53.51 pc in comparison to a variation of 6850% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Botswana vegetables ( in '000$ )
Botswana's best performing export markets for vegetables are Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa and DRC Congo.
Botswana imported 89,056 tonnes of vegetables in 2019.
Production
The production of vegetables in Botswana was 6,418,048 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of 3.36%. The country had an estimated 477,952.00 hectares under vegetables cultivation.