What is the price of chestnuts per kilogram/pound in Italy today?
The retail price range for Italy chestnuts is between US$ 5.84 and US$ 24.38 per kilogram or between US$ 2.65 and US$ 11.06 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chestnuts in Italy
The retail price range in Euro for chestnuts is between EUR 5.40 and EUR 22.53 per kilogram or between EUR 2.45 and EUR 10.22 per pound(lb) in Rome and Milan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Italy chestnuts is between US$ 4.09 and US$ 17.07 per kilogram or between US$ 1.86 and US$ 7.74 per pound(lb).
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Italy chestnuts - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of chestnuts shipped by Italy in 2020 was 16,220 metric tonnes. In 2019 Italy exported 14,052 tonnes of chestnuts. In 2019 alone, the demand for Italy chestnuts (nuts category) has decreased, changing by -4.421 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chestnuts' exports went down by -9.07 percent earning Italy US$66.94m for the year 2019. Italy's chestnuts exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or dried chestnuts "Castanea spp.", in shell (HS code 080241)
- Fresh or dried chestnuts "Castanea spp.", shelled (HS code 080242)
- Chestnuts (HS code 0802Xa)
- Fresh or dried chestnuts (Castanea spp.), whether or not shelled or peeled (HS code 080240)
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Italy chestnuts export values
In 2019, Italy shipped chestnuts costing 66.94m USD, a contraction of -4.96% from 2018's total chestnuts export of 70.434m USD. The yearly change in value of Italy chestnuts between 2017 to 2018 was -4.2%.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Italy's chestnuts exports between 2017 and 2019 was -9.07 pc when compared to a variation of -4.421% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Italy's stake of the world's total chestnuts' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy is ranked position 47 in world exports of chestnuts.
Export markets for Italy chestnuts ( in '000$ )
Italy's leading destinations for chestnuts are Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and US.
Import/Export Trends
Italy is a net importer of chestnuts. The annual growth of Italy chestnuts in value between 2015 to 2019 was -26%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -31%, per annum.
Italy bought 32,878 tonnes of chestnuts in 2019.
Production
The production of chestnuts in Italy was 159,920 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 21.93%. The country had approximately 145,120.00 hectares under chestnuts cultivation.