What is the price of apricots per kilogram/pound in South Korea today?
The retail price range for South Korea apricots is between US$ 0.29 and US$ 4.84 per kilogram or between US$ 0.13 and US$ 2.19 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of apricots in South Korea
The retail price range in South Korean won for apricots is between KRW 387.04 and KRW 6,450.67 per kilogram or between KRW 175.53 and KRW 2,925.47 per pound(lb) in Seoul and Busan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Korea apricots is between US$ 0.20 and US$ 3.39 per kilogram or between US$ 0.09 and US$ 1.54 per pound(lb).
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South Korea Apricots Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Apricots from South Korea has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 13.50 US dollars per kg, but by 2021, it had dropped to 4.50 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 66.67%. The price has been relatively stable since 2019, with only a slight decrease from 8.00 US dollars per kg in 2019 to 7.00 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Apricots from South Korea will remain around 4.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.The apricots exports from South Korea are categorised as:
- Apricot, peach "incl. nectarine" or plum stones and kernels (HS code 121230)
- Apricots, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking) (HS code 200850)
- Dried apricots (HS code 081310)
- Fresh apricots (HS code 080910)
South Korea Apricots Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Apricots into South Korea has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 13.50 US dollars per kg, but by 2021, it had dropped to 4.50 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 66.67%. The price has been relatively stable since 2019, with only a slight decrease from 8.00 US dollars per kg in 2019 to 7.00 US dollars per kg in 2020. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Apricots into South Korea will continue to decrease in the coming years. We predict that the price will be 3.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2.50 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for South Korea apricots
The total values in export for apricots in South Korea were US$ 27, US$ 46, US$ 32 and US$ 24 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Korea apricots - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of apricots sold by South Korea in 2020 was 4 metric tonnes. In 2019 South Korea sold 3 tonnes of apricots. Across 2019 alone, the interest in South Korea apricots (fruits category) has been contant, flactuating by 0 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, apricots' exports decreased by -76.92 pc netting South Korea US$0.02m for the year 2019. South Korea's apricots exports are categorised as:
- Apricot, peach "incl. nectarine" or plum stones and kernels (HS code 121230)
- Dried apricots (HS code 081310)
- Fresh apricots (HS code 080910)
- Apricots, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking) (HS code 200850)
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South Korea apricots export values
In 2019, South Korea supplied apricots valued at 0.02m USD, a drop of -37.50% from 2018's total apricots export of 0.032m USD. The yearly reduction in value of South Korea apricots between 2017 to 2018 was -30.435 percent.
The per year change in the amount of South Korea's apricots exports between 2017 and 2019 was -76.92 pc compared to a variation of 0% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Korea's portion of the world's total apricots' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 27 in world exports of apricots.
Export markets for South Korea apricots ( in '000$ )
South Korea's leading destinations for apricots are Singapore and Hong Kong.
South Korea purchased 349 tonnes of apricots in 2019.