What is the price of yams per kilogram/pound in Malaysia today?
The retail price range for Malaysia yams is between US$ 0.54 and US$ 0.73 per kilogram or between US$ 0.25 and US$ 0.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of yams in Malaysia
The retail price range in Malaysian Ringgit for yams is between MYR 2.46 and MYR 3.32 per kilogram or between MYR 1.12 and MYR 1.51 per pound(lb) in Kuala Lumpur and George Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Malaysia yams is between US$ 0.38 and US$ 0.51 per kilogram or between US$ 0.17 and US$ 0.23 per pound(lb).
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Malaysia Yams Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the export prices of Yams from Malaysia per Kg were US$ 0.09, US$ 0.16, US$ 0.12, US$ 0.15 and US$ 0.20 respectively. In 2021 the export price was US$ 0.28 per Kg. For the year 2023, the predicted export price is US$ 0.35 per Kg.Malaysia Yams Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Yams into Malaysia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2013, the price was 0.29 US dollars per kg, which then rose to 1.28 US dollars per kg in 2014. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2015 to 0.58 US dollars per kg. Prices then remained relatively stable in 2016 and 2017, at 0.59 and 0.72 US dollars per kg respectively. In 2018, the price dropped to 0.58 US dollars per kg, before rising again in 2019 to 0.87 US dollars per kg. The price then increased further in 2020 to 0.95 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 0.74 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Yams into Malaysia will remain around 0.74 US dollars per kg in 2022. For 2023 and 2024, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Yams into Malaysia will remain around 0.74 US dollars per kg.Export values for Malaysia yams
The total values in export for yams in Malaysia were US$ 80, US$ 121, US$ 223 and US$ 169 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Malaysia yams - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of yams exported by Malaysia in 2020 was 447 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia exported 290 tonnes of yams. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia yams (tubers category) has been steady, recording a change of 0 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, yams' exports went down by -6.75% netting the nation US$0.17m for the year 2019. Malaysia's yams exports are categorised as:
- Yams "Dioscorea spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071430)
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Malaysia yams export values
In 2019, Malaysia supplied yams valued at 0.17m USD, a reduction of -23.77% from 2018's total yams export of 0.223m USD. The yearly change in value of Malaysia yams between 2017 to 2018 was 84.298 percent.
The per year change in the amount of Malaysia's yams exports between 2017 and 2019 was -6.75 per cent when compared to a variation of 0% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Malaysia's stake of the world's total yams' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia holds number 67 in world exports of yams.
Export markets for Malaysia yams ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Malaysia is a net importer of yams. The annual growth of Malaysia yams in value between 2015 to 2019 was -46%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -8%, per annum.
Malaysia procured 4,646 tonnes of yams in 2019.