What is the price of sweet potatoes in China?

As of January 2024, sweet potatoes in China is US$ 1.00 per kg (7.01 CNY), sourced from FAOSTAT Producer Prices.

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Sweet Potatoes Prices in China

US$ 1.00 / kg

7.01 CNY / kg

MoM ▲ 19.1% YoY ▲ 19.1%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CNY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Farmgate	1.00	7.01	▲ 19.1%	▲ 19.1%	FAOSTAT Producer Prices
-	Export (unit value)	0.57	3.99	▼ 4.8%	▼ 4.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sweet potatoes price in China available is US$ 1.00 per kg (7.01 CNY), up 19.1% year-on-year.

China is a significant exporter of sweet potatoes, ranking 7th among 95 exporters in 2024 with exports valued at US$20.3 million (35,674 tonnes), accounting for 2.7% of global exports and showing a 4.2% year-on-year increase. The country is the world's second-largest producer, with 51.35 million tonnes produced in 2024, representing 36.3% of global output. The latest farmgate price is US$0.9999 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - sweet potatoes in China

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, China exported $20.3M (35.7 kt) of sweet potatoes▲ 4.2% YoY. That ranks #7 worldwide (2.7% of global exports).

$20.3M

Export value

35.7 kt

Export volume

#7 / 95

World rank

2.7%

Global share

$0.57

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sweet potatoes exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Netherlands $181.4M · 24.5%
#2 US $174.1M · 23.5%
#3 Egypt $163M · 22%
#4 Spain $24.8M · 3.4%
#5 Portugal $23.8M · 3.2%

Annual export data China · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$20.3M	35.7 kt	$0.57
2023	$19.4M	32.6 kt	$0.6
2022	$12.7M	21.8 kt	$0.58
2021	$14M	23.9 kt	$0.59
2020	$15.6M	22.8 kt	$0.68

Production FAOSTAT · 2024

China produced 51.35 Mt of sweet potatoes in 2024▼ 0.1% YoY. It ranks #2 among producing countries (36.3% of world output).

51.35 Mt

mi_production

2,312,490 ha

Area harvested

2.22 t/ha

Yield

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

sweet potatoes is traded under Harmonized System code 0714.20. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; production - FAOSTAT (FAO); harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

China sweet potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 China exported 635,488 tonnes of sweet potatoes. In 2019 alone, the interest in China sweet potatoes (tubers category) has gone down, with a change of -20.015 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports decreased by -10.25% bringing the country US$569.09m for the year 2019. China's sweet potatoes exports are classified as:

Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)

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China sweet potatoes export values

In 2019, China supplied sweet potatoes worth 569.09m USD, a contraction of -45.59% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 1045.888m USD. The annual reduction in value of China sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 17.53 per cent.

The annual change in the quantity of China's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was -10.25 percent compared to a variation of -20.015% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

China's stake of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 13 in world exports of sweet potatoes.

Export markets for China sweet potatoes ( in '000$ )

China's best performing destinations for sweet potatoes are Vietnam, Hong Kong, United Kingdom (UK), Japan and the Netherlands.

Import/Export Trends

China is a net importer of sweet potatoes. The annual growth of China sweet potatoes in value between 2015 to 2019 was 25%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 10%, per annum.

China bought 6,432 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.

Production

The production of sweet potatoes in China was 830,288,576 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of -2.32%. The country had approximately 37,912,616.00 hectares under sweet potatoes cultivation.

Sweet Potatoes Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest sweet potatoes prices in other Asia countries:

Philippines$0.85/kg Malaysia$0.52/kg Japan$1.70/kg Thailand$0.55/kg Kyrgyzstan$0.49/kg Vietnam$0.48/kg Cambodia$0.33/kg Indonesia$0.40/kg Hong Kong$3.87/kg Lao (Laos)$0.42/kg Bangladesh$0.22/kg Bhutan$0.60/kg Brunei Darussalam$2.87/kg Maldives$1.30/kg Sri Lanka$0.37/kg

Other Tubers Prices in China

Latest prices for other tubers in China:

Potatoes$0.33/kg Cassava$0.10/kg Ginseng roots$40.46/kg Yams$2.18/kg Seed Potatoes$2.14/kg Chicory roots$3.21/kg Cocoyam$2.18/kg Taro (Arrowroot)$0.63/kg

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