What is the price of taro (arrowroot) in Italy?

As of January 2025, taro (arrowroot) in Italy is US$ 2.33 per kg (2.15 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Italy's world rank in taro (arrowroot) exports?

Italy ranks 19th among 52 exporters of taro (arrowroot).

Is Italy a net exporter or importer of taro (arrowroot)?

Italy is a net exporter of taro (arrowroot).

What was the year-on-year change in Italy's taro (arrowroot) export value?

Italy's taro (arrowroot) export value increased by 6.5% year-on-year.

Taro (Arrowroot) Price in Italy - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Taro (arrowroot) Prices in Italy

US$ 2.33 / kg

2.15 EUR / kg

MoM ▼ 17.7% YoY ▼ 17.7%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EUR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	2.33	2.15	▼ 17.7%	▼ 17.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the taro (arrowroot) price in Italy available is US$ 2.33 per kg (2.15 EUR), down 17.7% year-on-year.

Italy exported 44 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2024, valued at US$124,264, ranking 19th among 52 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with export value increasing by 6.5% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$2.3282 per kg.

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Taro (arrowroot) Price History & Trend

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - taro (arrowroot) in Italy

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $124.3K (43.9 t) of taro (arrowroot)▲ 6.5% YoY. That ranks #19 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$124.3K

Export value

43.9 t

Export volume

#19 / 52

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$2.83

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top taro (arrowroot) exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $79.6M · 48.2%
#2 Ecuador $33.1M · 20.1%
#3 Fiji $18.2M · 11%
#4 Costa Rica $11.7M · 7.1%
#5 US $3.7M · 2.2%

Annual export data Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$124.3K	43.9 t	$2.83
2023	$116.7K	44.6 t	$2.61
2022	$19.9K	7.2 t	$2.77
2021	$18.4K	8.6 t	$2.15
2020	$36.6K	5.4 t	$6.73

HS Code

taro (arrowroot) is traded under Harmonized System code 0714.40. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Italy taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of taro (arrowroot) exported by Italy in 2020 was 308 metric tonnes. In 2019 Italy sold 589 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). Across 2019 alone, the market for Italy taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has surged, flactuating by 39.243 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports decreased by -40.68% bringing the nation US$1.28m for the year 2019. Italy's taro (arrowroot) exports are categorised as:

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)
Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)

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Italy taro (arrowroot) export values

In 2019, Italy shipped taro (arrowroot) with a value of 1.28m USD, an increment of 28.51% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.996m USD. The annual change in value of Italy taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was -36.682 percent.

The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Italy's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was -40.68% when compared to a variation of 39.243% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's portion of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy holds position 28 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).

Export markets for Italy taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net importer of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of Italy taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was -4%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -9%, per annum.

Italy ordered 1,133 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.

Taro (Arrowroot) Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest taro (arrowroot) prices in other Europe countries:

Bulgaria$2.10/kg Spain$2.74/kg Czech Republic$4.03/kg Netherlands$3.50/kg United Kingdom (UK)$1.41/kg Germany$4.08/kg

Other Tubers Prices in Italy

Latest prices for other tubers in Italy:

Potatoes$0.78/kg Sweet Potatoes$1.46/kg Cocoyam$1.74/kg Ginseng roots$71.75/kg Yams$1.74/kg

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