What is the price of taro (arrowroot) per kilogram/pound in Singapore today?
The retail price range for Singapore taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 0.60 and US$ 0.90 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 0.41 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of taro (arrowroot) in Singapore
The retail price range in Singapore Dollar for taro (arrowroot) is between SGD 0.81 and SGD 1.21 per kilogram or between SGD 0.37 and SGD 0.55 per pound(lb) in Singapore and Bishan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Singapore taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 0.42 and US$ 0.63 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.29 per pound(lb).
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Singapore Taro (arrowroot) Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Taro (Arrowroot) from Singapore has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2016, the export price was 1.60 US$ per kg, and in 2021, it was 2.38 US$ per kg. This represents an increase of 48.1%. The highest export price was recorded in 2019 at 1.94 US$ per kg, while the lowest was in 2018 at 1.23 US$ per kg. Based on the current trend, it is predicted that the export price of Taro (Arrowroot) from Singapore in 2023 will be 2.60 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be 2.83 US$ per kg.Singapore Taro (arrowroot) Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price of Taro (Arrowroot) into Singapore has been relatively stable over the past five years. In 2016, the price was $1.60 per kg, followed by a slight increase to $1.71 per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price dropped to $1.23 per kg, before rising again to $1.94 per kg in 2019 and $1.93 per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has increased to $2.38 per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price of Taro (Arrowroot) into Singapore will be $2.50 per kg in 2023 and $2.63 per kg in 2024.Export values for Singapore taro (arrowroot)
The total values in export for taro (arrowroot) in Singapore were US$ 656, US$ 449, US$ 384 and US$ 268 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Tubers category in Singapore: Seed Potatoes, Potatoes, Cassava, Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Licorice roots, Ginseng roots, Chicory roots & Cocoyam.
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Singapore taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of taro (arrowroot) shipped by Singapore in 2020 was 122 tons. In 2019 Singapore sold 138 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). In 2019 alone, the interest in Singapore taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has reduced, recording a change of -55.769 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports decreased by -47.53 pc earning the nation US$0.27m for the year 2019. Singapore's taro (arrowroot) exports are categorised as:
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
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Singapore taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, Singapore supplied taro (arrowroot) valued at 0.27m USD, a contraction of -29.69% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.384m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Singapore taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was -14.477%.
The yearly change in the quantity of Singapore's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was -47.53 per cent compared to a variation of -55.769% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Singapore's portion of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Singapore holds number 23 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).
Export markets for Singapore taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Singapore is a net importer of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of Singapore taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was -34%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -32%, per annum.
Singapore procured 7,963 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.