What is the price of taro (arrowroot) per kilogram/pound in Samoa today?
The retail price range for Samoa taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 2.47 and US$ 4.94 per kilogram or between US$ 1.12 and US$ 2.24 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of taro (arrowroot) in Samoa
The retail price range in Tala for taro (arrowroot) is between WST 6.63 and WST 13.25 per kilogram or between WST 3.00 and WST 6.01 per pound(lb) in Apia and Asau.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Samoa taro (arrowroot) is between US$ 1.73 and US$ 3.46 per kilogram or between US$ 0.78 and US$ 1.57 per pound(lb).
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Samoa taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Samoa shipped 2,172 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). In 2019 alone, the interest in Samoa taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has escalated, recording a change of 3.232 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports went down by -26.35 percent earning the nation US$2.95m for the year 2019. Samoa's taro (arrowroot) exports are classified as:
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
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Samoa taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, Samoa supplied taro (arrowroot) with a value of 2.95m USD, an increase of 7.43% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 2.746m USD. The annual increase in value of Samoa taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was -34.353%.
The annual change in the quantity of Samoa's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was -26.35 per cent compared to a variation of 3.232% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Samoa's share of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 8 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).
Export markets for Samoa taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Samoa is a net exporter of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of Samoa taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was 66%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 325%, per annum.
Samoa purchased 7 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.
Production
The production of taro (arrowroot) in Samoa was 55,128 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 1.21%. The country had an estimated 10,118.00 hectares under taro (arrowroot) cultivation.