What is the price of wood ear in Italy?

As of January 2025, wood ear in Italy is US$ 6.93 per kg (6.40 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Wood Ear Prices in Italy

US$ 6.93 / kg

6.40 EUR / kg

MoM ▼ 26.1% YoY ▼ 26.1%

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)	6.93	6.40	▼ 26.1%	▼ 26.1%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of July 2026, the wood ear price in Italy available is US$ 6.93 per kg (6.40 EUR), down 26.1% year-on-year.

Italy exported US$17,027,283 worth of Wood Ear in 2024, totaling 1,816 tonnes and ranking #5 among 86 exporters, accounting for 3.3% of global exports with a 2.2% year-on-year increase. Italy is a net exporter of Wood Ear. The latest export unit value is US$6.9266 per kg.

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Wood Ear Price History & Trend

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - wood ear in Italy

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $17M (1.8 kt) of wood ear▲ 2.2% YoY. That ranks #5 worldwide (3.3% of global exports).

$17M

Export value

1.8 kt

Export volume

#5 / 86

World rank

3.3%

Global share

$9.38

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top wood ear exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $241.9M · 47%
#2 Netherlands $68.8M · 13.3%
#3 Poland $36.4M · 7.1%
#4 South Korea $36.2M · 7%
#5 Italy $17M · 3.3%

Annual export data Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$17M	1.8 kt	$9.38
2023	$16.7M	1.3 kt	$12.67
2022	$17.4M	2.4 kt	$7.38
2021	$100.4M	3 kt	$33.41
2020	$60.6M	2.1 kt	$29.5

HS Code

wood ear is traded under Harmonized System code 0709.59. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Italy wood ear - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of wood ear shipped by Italy in 2020 was 13 tons. In 2019 Italy shipped 17 tonnes of wood ear. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Italy wood ear (agro commodities category) has been stable, flactuating by 0 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, wood ear's exports decreased by -10.53% netting the country US$0.57m for the year 2019. Italy's wood ear exports are classified as:

Dried wood ears "Auricularia spp.", whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (HS code 071232)

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Italy wood ear export values

In 2019, Italy sold wood ear costing 0.57m USD, a growth of 28.67% from 2018's total wood ear export of 0.443m USD. The yearly increase in value of Italy wood ear between 2017 to 2018 was -5.342 percent.

The yearly change in the amount of Italy's wood ear exports between 2017 and 2019 was -10.53 percent when compared to a variation of 0% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's portion of the world's total wood ear's exports in 2019 was 3.7%. Italy holds position 6 in world exports of wood ear.

Export markets for Italy wood ear ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net importer of wood ear. The annual growth of Italy wood ear in value between 2015 to 2019 was 7%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 15%, per annum.

Italy procured 23 tonnes of wood ear in 2019.

Wood Ear Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest wood ear prices in other Europe countries:

Albania$10.91/kg Belarus$7.42/kg Bosnia and Herzegovina$10.54/kg Georgia$7.02/kg Germany$8.68/kg Serbia and Montenegro$3.47/kg United Kingdom (UK)$3.37/kg Greece$3.65/kg Hungary$3.96/kg Czech Republic$4.25/kg Estonia$8.65/kg Russia$7.91/kg

Other Agro Commodities Prices in Italy

Latest prices for other agro commodities in Italy:

Eggs$1.65/dozen Sugarcane$2.85/kg Seaweed$5.23/kg Sugar Beet$1.24/kg

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Wood Ear Italy

US$ 6.9266 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2025-01-01

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