What is the price of barley per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa barley is between US$ 1.73 and US$ 2.41 per kilogram or between US$ 0.79 and US$ 1.09 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of barley in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for barley is between ZAR 33.67 and ZAR 46.77 per kilogram or between ZAR 15.27 and ZAR 21.21 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa barley is between US$ 1.21 and US$ 1.69 per kilogram or between US$ 0.55 and US$ 0.76 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Barley Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2021, the export price of Barley from South Africa was US$ 0.097 per Kg. In 2022, the export price was US$ 0.67 per Kg and in 2023, the export price is expected to be US$ 0.70 per Kg.The exports of barley from South Africa are categorised as:
- Barley (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100390)
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked grains of barley (excluding barley flour) (HS code 110421)
- Barley (HS code 1003)
- Barley (HS code 100300)
- Barley seed for sowing (HS code 100310)
- Rolled or flaked grains of barley (HS code 110411)
South Africa Barley Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Barley into South Africa over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 0.54 US$ per kg, which was a slight increase from the previous year. In 2018, the price rose to 0.99 US$ per kg, before dropping to 0.93 US$ per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price dropped further to 0.85 US$ per kg, before rising again to 1.1 US$ per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to 0.91 US$ per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Barley into South Africa will remain relatively stable in the next two years. It is expected that the price will remain at 0.91 US$ per kg in 2023 and will increase slightly to 0.92 US$ per kg in 2024.Export values for South Africa barley
The total values in export for barley in South Africa were US$ 129, US$ 112, US$ 592 and US$ 1,946 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in South Africa: Wheat, Rye, Oats, Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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South Africa barley - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa sold 191,696 tonnes of barley. For the year 2019 alone, the market for South Africa barley (cereals/grains category) has gone down, recording a change of -99.478 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, barley's exports went down by -99.52 pc earning the exporter US$1.95m for the year 2019. South Africa's barley exports are classified as:
- Barley (HS code 1003)
- Barley (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100390)
- Rolled or flaked grains of barley (HS code 110411)
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked grains of barley (excluding barley flour) (HS code 110421)
- Barley (HS code 100300)
- Barley seed for sowing (HS code 100310)
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South Africa barley export values
In 2019, South Africa exported barley worth 1.95m USD, an increment of 229.39% from 2018's total barley export of 0.592m USD. The annual change in value of South Africa barley between 2017 to 2018 was 428.571 pc.
The per year variation in the volume of South Africa's barley exports between 2017 and 2019 was -99.52% when compared to a variation of -99.478% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
South Africa's stake of the world's total barley's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa holds number 41 in world exports of barley.
Export markets for South Africa barley ( in '000$ )
South Africa's best performing export markets for barley are Mozambique, Swaziland (Eswatini), Malawi, Singapore and Canada.
Import/Export Trends
South Africa is a net exporter of barley. The annual growth of South Africa barley in value between 2015 to 2019 was 33%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was %, per annum.
South Africa bought 12,027 tonnes of barley in 2019.
Production
The production of barley in South Africa was 2,070,000 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of -18.15%. The country had approximately 791,760.00 hectares under barley cultivation.