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

As of January 2025, taro (arrowroot) in Malaysia is US$ 2.30 per kg (10.44 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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

Malaysia ranks #29 out of 52 exporters.

What was the export value of taro (arrowroot) from Malaysia in 2024?

The export value was US$23,590.

Taro (Arrowroot) Price in Malaysia - July 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Taro (arrowroot) Prices in Malaysia

US$ 2.30 / kg

10.44 MYR / kg

MoM ▼ 0.9% YoY ▼ 0.9%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	2.30	10.44	▼ 0.9%	▼ 0.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of July 2026, the taro (arrowroot) price in Malaysia available is US$ 2.30 per kg (10.44 MYR), down 0.9% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 10 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2024, valued at US$23,590, ranking #29 among 52 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export volumes declined by 15.5% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$2.3002 per kg. Malaysia is a net exporter of taro (arrowroot).

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $23.6K (10.2 t) of taro (arrowroot)▼ 15.5% YoY. That ranks #29 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$23.6K

Export value

10.2 t

Export volume

#29 / 52

World rank

Global share

$2.32

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 Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$23.6K	10.2 t	$2.32
2023	$27.9K	22.7 t	$1.23
2022	$7K	14.4 t	$0.49
2021	$5.1K	8.4 t	$0.6
2020	$6.2K	1.4 t	$4.42

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.

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

The amount of taro (arrowroot) shipped by Malaysia in 2020 was 924 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia sold 542 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). Across 2019 alone, the market for Malaysia taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has climbed, changing by 59.882 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports increased by 3.44 pc bringing Malaysia US$0.25m for the year 2019. Malaysia's taro (arrowroot) exports are classified 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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Malaysia taro (arrowroot) export values

In 2019, Malaysia exported taro (arrowroot) worth 0.25m USD, a surge of 63.40% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.153m USD. The annual change in value of Malaysia taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was -16.848%.

The yearly change in the amount of Malaysia's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was 3.44 percent in comparison to a variation of 59.882% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's portion of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 42 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).

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

Import/Export Trends

Malaysia is a net importer of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of Malaysia taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was 37%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 14%, per annum.

Malaysia ordered 16,950 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.

Taro (Arrowroot) Prices Across Asia

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

Philippines$0.57/kg Bangladesh$5.31/kg Hong Kong$4.56/kg India$0.76/kg Thailand$0.53/kg Singapore$3.13/kg Sri Lanka$2.08/kg China$0.63/kg Indonesia$0.47/kg Japan$2.73/kg Maldives$1.69/kg

Other Tubers Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other tubers in Malaysia:

Potatoes$0.50/kg Sweet Potatoes$0.52/kg Cassava$0.27/kg Cocoyam$0.47/kg Ginseng roots$22.38/kg Seed Potatoes$0.53/kg Chicory roots$2.69/kg Yams$1.31/kg

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Taro (Arrowroot) Malaysia

US$ 2.3002 / kg

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

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