What is the price of agar per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan agar is between US$ 9.34 and US$ 15.87 per kilogram or between US$ 4.23 and US$ 7.20 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of agar in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for agar is between JPY 1,289.59 and JPY 2,192.30 per kilogram or between JPY 584.85 and JPY 994.24 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan agar is between US$ 6.54 and US$ 11.11 per kilogram or between US$ 2.96 and US$ 5.04 per pound(lb).
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Japan Agar Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Agar from Japan over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price per kilogram was 47.03 US dollars, which dropped to 41.97 US dollars in 2013. The price then increased to 43.96 US dollars in 2014, before rising to 46.95 US dollars in 2015. In 2016, the price dropped to 43.31 US dollars, before increasing to 52.38 US dollars in 2017. The price then dropped to 46.90 US dollars in 2018, before increasing to 49.76 US dollars in 2019 and 50.39 US dollars in 2020. The price then dropped to 45.76 US dollars in 2021, before decreasing further to 44.15 US dollars in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Agar from Japan in 2023 will be around 43.00 US dollars per kilogram, and in 2024 it will be around 42.00 US dollars per kilogram.Japan Agar Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Agar into Japan has been relatively stable over the past five years. In 2017, the price was 52.38 US dollars per kilogram, which was the highest in the past five years. In 2018, the price dropped to 46.90 US dollars per kilogram, and then increased to 49.76 US dollars per kilogram in 2019. In 2020, the price rose slightly to 50.39 US dollars per kilogram, and then dropped to 45.76 US dollars per kilogram in 2021. The most recent data shows that the import price per kilogram of Agar into Japan was 44.15 US dollars in 2022. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Agar into Japan will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the import price per kilogram of Agar into Japan will be 44.50 US dollars in 2023 and 44.85 US dollars in 2024.Export values for Japan agar
The total values in export for agar in Japan were US$ 1,559, US$ 1,100, US$ 1,360 and US$ 1,443 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan agar - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of agar exported by Japan in 2020 was 28 metric tonnes. In 2019 Japan sold 29 tonnes of agar. Through 2019 alone, the market for Japan agar (processed category) has been stable, changing by 0 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, agar's exports increased by 38.1% earning the nation US$1.44m for the year 2019. Japan's agar exports are classified as:
- Agar-agar, whether or not modified (HS code 130231)
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Japan agar export values
In 2019, Japan shipped agar with a value of 1.44m USD, an increment of 5.88% from 2018's total agar export of 1.36m USD. The yearly growth in value of Japan agar between 2017 to 2018 was 23.636 percent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Japan's agar exports between 2017 and 2019 was 38.1 pc in comparison to a variation of 0% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Japan's portion of the world's total agar's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Japan is ranked position 59 in world exports of agar.
Export markets for Japan agar ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Japan is a net exporter of agar. The annual growth of Japan agar in value between 2015 to 2019 was 20%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 20%, per annum.
Japan ordered 1,701 tonnes of agar in 2019.