What is the price of sweet potatoes in Canada?

As of January 2025, sweet potatoes in Canada is US$ 0.53 per kg (0.72 CAD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Canada's world rank in sweet potato exports?

Canada ranks #8 out of 95 sweet potato exporters.

How much sweet potato did Canada export in 2024?

Canada exported 27,623 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2024.

What was the year-over-year change in Canada's sweet potato exports?

Exports decreased by 44.8% year-over-year.

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Sweet Potatoes Prices in Canada

US$ 0.53 / kg

0.72 CAD / kg

MoM ▲ 0.5% YoY ▲ 0.5%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CAD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	0.53	0.72	▲ 0.5%	▲ 0.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sweet potatoes price in Canada available is US$ 0.53 per kg (0.72 CAD), up 0.5% year-on-year.

Canada exported US$14.59 million worth of sweet potatoes in 2024, totaling 27,623 tonnes and ranking #8 among 95 global exporters with a 2.0% share of world exports. Export volume declined by 44.8% year-over-year. The latest export unit value is US$0.5305 per kg. Canada is a net exporter of sweet potatoes.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - sweet potatoes in Canada

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $14.6M (27.6 kt) of sweet potatoes▼ 44.8% YoY. That ranks #8 worldwide (2% of global exports).

$14.6M

Export value

27.6 kt

Export volume

#8 / 95

World rank

Global share

$0.53

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sweet potatoes exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Netherlands $181.4M · 24.5%
#2 US $174.1M · 23.5%
#3 Egypt $163M · 22%
#4 Spain $24.8M · 3.4%
#5 Portugal $23.8M · 3.2%

Annual export data Canada · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$14.6M	27.6 kt	$0.53
2023	$26.4M	48.6 kt	$0.54
2022	$26.6M	47.1 kt	$0.57
2021	$23.8M	41 kt	$0.58
2020	$23.3M	43 kt	$0.54

HS Code

sweet potatoes is traded under Harmonized System code 0714.20. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

Canada sweet potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of sweet potatoes exported by Canada in 2020 was 42,996 metric tons. In 2019 Canada sold 42,245 tonnes of sweet potatoes. For 2019 alone, the interest in Canada sweet potatoes (tubers category) has improved, changing by 14.296 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports grew by 39.46% earning Canada US$22.74m for the year 2019. Canada's sweet potatoes exports are categorised as:

Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)

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Canada sweet potatoes export values

In 2019, Canada sold sweet potatoes worth 22.74m USD, a surge of 9.80% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 20.711m USD. The annual change in value of Canada sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 22.543%.

The annual/yearly change in the amount of Canada's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was 39.46 percent in comparison to a variation of 14.296% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Canada's share of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 41 in world exports of sweet potatoes.

Export markets for Canada sweet potatoes ( in '000$ )

Canada's leading destinations for sweet potatoes are the Netherlands, Israel, Norway, US and France.

Import/Export Trends

Canada is a net importer of sweet potatoes. The annual growth of Canada sweet potatoes in value between 2015 to 2019 was -23%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -27%, per annum.

Canada imported 68,554 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.

Other Tubers Prices in Canada

Latest prices for other tubers in Canada:

Ginseng roots$19.72/kg Potatoes$0.32/kg Yams$0.51/kg Cassava$0.42/kg Seed Potatoes$0.50/kg

Fr: Canada Patates Douces prix

Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas

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