What is the price of onions per kilogram/pound in Rwanda today?
The retail price range for Rwanda onions is between US$ 2.61 and US$ 4.11 per kilogram or between US$ 1.19 and US$ 1.86 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of onions in Rwanda
The retail price range in Rwanda Franc for onions is between RWF 2,936.70 and RWF 4,619.53 per kilogram or between RWF 1,331.84 and RWF 2,095.02 per pound(lb) in Kigali and Musanze.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Rwanda onions is between US$ 1.83 and US$ 2.88 per kilogram or between US$ 0.83 and US$ 1.31 per pound(lb).
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Rwanda Onions Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Onions from Rwanda over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.14 US$ per kg, followed by 0.19 US$ per kg in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the price dropped to 0.14 US$ per kg, and in 2021 it decreased further to 0.10 US$ per kg. The highest price was recorded in 2014, when it reached 1.66 US$ per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Onions from Rwanda in 2023 will be 0.10 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will remain at 0.10 US$ per kg.The Rwanda onions exports are classified as:
- Onions provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (HS code 071110)
- Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (HS code 071220)
- Fresh or chilled onions and shallots (HS code 070310)
- Onions, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS code 200120)
Rwanda Onions Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Onions into Rwanda over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.14 US$ per kg, followed by 0.19 US$ per kg in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the price dropped to 0.14 US$ per kg, and in 2021 it further decreased to 0.10 US$ per kg. The highest price was observed in 2014, when it was 1.66 US$ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Onions into Rwanda will remain around 0.10 US$ per kg in the next two years, with 2023 and 2024 prices predicted to be 0.10 US$ per kg.Export values for Rwanda onions
The total values in export for onions in Rwanda were US$ 448, US$ 144, US$ 432 and US$ 2,112 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Rwanda onions - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Rwanda shipped 11,040 tonnes of onions. Through 2019 alone, the market for Rwanda onions (vegetables category) has gone up, with a change of 379.167 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, onions' exports grew by 995.24% earning the exporter US$2.11m for the year 2019. Rwanda's onions exports are classified as:
- Onions provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (HS code 071110)
- Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (HS code 071220)
- Onions, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS code 200120)
- Fresh or chilled onions and shallots (HS code 070310)
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Rwanda onions export values
In 2019, Rwanda supplied onions worth 2.11m USD, a growth of 388.43% from 2018's total onions export of 0.432m USD. The annual growth in value of Rwanda onions between 2017 to 2018 was 200 per cent.
The per year change in the amount of Rwanda's onions exports between 2017 and 2019 was 995.24 per cent when compared to a variation of 379.167% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Rwanda onions ( in '000$ )
Rwanda's top export markets for onions are Uganda, Burundi, France and DRC Congo.
Rwanda imported 31,440 tonnes of onions in 2019.
Production
The production of onions in Rwanda was 1,385,228 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 182.52%. The country had approximately 119,748.00 hectares under onions cultivation.