What is the price of yams per kilogram/pound in Nicaragua today?
The retail price range for Nicaragua yams is between US$ 0.25 and US$ 0.49 per kilogram or between US$ 0.11 and US$ 0.22 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of yams in Nicaragua
The retail price range in Cordoba Oro for yams is between NIO 9.03 and NIO 18.07 per kilogram or between NIO 4.10 and NIO 8.19 per pound(lb) in Managua and León.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Nicaragua yams is between US$ 0.17 and US$ 0.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.08 and US$ 0.16 per pound(lb).
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Nicaragua yams - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Nicaragua exported 107 tonnes of yams. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Nicaragua yams (tubers category) has reduced, flactuating by -15.079 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, yams' exports went up by 154.76 percent earning the exporter US$0.02m for the year 2019. Nicaragua's yams exports are categorised as:
- Yams "Dioscorea spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071430)
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Nicaragua yams export values
In 2019, Nicaragua shipped yams valued at 0.02m USD, a decrease of -69.70% from 2018's total yams export of 0.066m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Nicaragua yams between 2017 to 2018 was 186.957 per cent.
The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Nicaragua's yams exports between 2017 and 2019 was 154.76% compared to a variation of -15.079% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Nicaragua yams ( in '000$ )
Nicaragua procured 0 tonnes of yams in 2019.
Production
The production of yams in Nicaragua was 1,000 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 0%. The country had an estimated 75.00 hectares under yams cultivation.