What is the price of mucilages and thickeners in Australia?

As of January 2025, mucilages and thickeners in Australia is US$ 14.83 per kg (22.31 AUD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Mucilages and thickeners Price in Australia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Mucilages And Thickeners Prices in Australia

US$ 14.83 / kg

22.31 AUD / kg

MoM ▼ 29.4% YoY ▼ 29.4%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (AUD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	14.83	22.31	▼ 29.4%	▼ 29.4%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the mucilages and thickeners price in Australia available is US$ 14.83 per kg (22.31 AUD), down 29.4% year-on-year.

Australia exported US$18.4 million (877 tonnes) of mucilages and thickeners in 2024, ranking #30 among 117 exporters and accounting for 0.2% of global exports. Export value declined by 9.2% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$14.83 per kg. Australia is a net exporter of this product.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - mucilages and thickeners in Australia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $18.4M (876.7 t) of mucilages and thickeners▼ 9.2% YoY. That ranks #30 worldwide (0.2% of global exports).

$18.4M

Export value

876.7 t

Export volume

#30 / 117

World rank

0.2%

Global share

$21

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top mucilages and thickeners exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $2.18B · 26.3%
#2 India $982.2M · 11.8%
#3 Germany $665.2M · 8%
#4 US $623.3M · 7.5%
#5 Spain $601.5M · 7.2%

Annual export data Australia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$18.4M	876.7 t	$21
2023	$20.3M	762.8 t	$26.58
2022	$22.3M	777.6 t	$28.67
2021	$23.6M	922.8 t	$25.56
2020	$22.2M	983.2 t	$22.6

HS Code

mucilages and thickeners is traded under Harmonized System code 1302. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Australia mucilages and thickeners - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of mucilages and thickeners shipped by Australia in 2020 was 292 tons. In 2019 Australia sold 126 tonnes of mucilages and thickeners. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Australia mucilages and thickeners (agro commodities category) has shrunk, changing by -44 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, mucilages and thickeners' exports reduced by -29.61 percent earning the exporter US$1.12m for the year 2019. Australia's mucilages and thickeners exports are classified as:

Mucilages and thickeners, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds, whether or not modified (HS code 130232)
Mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetable products, whether or not modified (excluding from locust beans, locust bean seeds, guar seeds and agar-agar) (HS code 130239)

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Australia mucilages and thickeners export values

In 2019, Australia shipped mucilages and thickeners with a value of 1.12m USD, a decrease of -33.77% from 2018's total mucilages and thickeners export of 1.691m USD. The annual reduction in value of Australia mucilages and thickeners between 2017 to 2018 was 75.415%.

The yearly variation in the volume of Australia's mucilages and thickeners exports between 2017 and 2019 was -29.61 percent compared to a variation of -44% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Australia's portion of the world's total mucilages and thickeners' exports in 2019 was 3.5 percent. Australia is ranked position 10 in world exports of mucilages and thickeners.

Export markets for Australia mucilages and thickeners ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Australia is a net exporter of mucilages and thickeners. The annual growth of Australia mucilages and thickeners in value between 2015 to 2019 was 10%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 12%, per annum.

Australia imported 6,881 tonnes of mucilages and thickeners in 2019.

Mucilages and thickeners Prices Across Oceania

Compare the latest mucilages and thickeners prices in other Oceania countries:

Papua New Guinea$1.90/kg Samoa$13.37/kg Tonga$3.16/kg New Zealand$33.86/kg Fiji$4.89/kg French Polynesia$5,278.54/kg

Other Agro Commodities Prices in Australia

Latest prices for other agro commodities in Australia:

Eggs$2.49/dozen Sugarcane$0.05/kg Natural Gum Arabic$1.73/kg Bamboo$4.87/kg Sugar Beet$145.04/kg Kapok Fibre (Stuffing)$1.14/kg Piassava$4.39/kg Rattans$4.87/kg Glucose$0.44/kg Seaweed$67.63/kg Wood Ear$16.79/kg Bamboo shoots$3.06/kg Bulgur wheat$1.03/kg Coffee Husks & Skins$10.97/kg Pyrethrum Extracts$3.69/kg

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