Taro (arrowroot) Prices in Ghana
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (GHS) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Farmgate | 0.57 | 6.11 | ▼ 3.1% | ▼ 3.1% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of June 2026, the taro (arrowroot) price in Ghana available is US$ 0.57 per kg (6.11 GHS), down 3.1% year-on-year.
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Taro (arrowroot) Price History & Trend
Monthly taro (arrowroot) price, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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Ghana taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Ghana exported 79 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). In 2019 alone, the market for Ghana taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has gone down, with a change of -51.235 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports grew by 203.85% earning Ghana US$0.02m for the year 2019. Ghana's taro (arrowroot) exports are categorised as:
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
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Ghana taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, Ghana supplied taro (arrowroot) worth 0.02m USD, a contraction of -74.03% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.077m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Ghana taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was 352.941 per cent.
The per year change in the amount of Ghana's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was 203.85 pc compared to a variation of -51.235% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Ghana's portion of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 73 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).
Export markets for Ghana taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Ghana ordered 32 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.
Production
The production of taro (arrowroot) in Ghana was 3,036,872 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 3.94%. The country had an estimated 464,056.00 hectares under taro (arrowroot) cultivation.