Taro (arrowroot) Prices in Guyana
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (GYD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Farmgate | 0.63 | 134 | ▲ 72.8% | ▲ 72.8% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of June 2026, the taro (arrowroot) price in Guyana available is US$ 0.63 per kg (134 GYD), up 72.8% 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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Guyana taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Guyana sold 664 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). For the year 2019 alone, the market for Guyana taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has gone up, with a change of 25.047 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports went up by 14.68% netting Guyana US$0.16m for the year 2019. Guyana's taro (arrowroot) exports are categorised as:
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
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Guyana taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, Guyana sold taro (arrowroot) valued at 0.16m USD, a decrease of -1.23% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 0.162m USD. The yearly change in value of Guyana taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was -79.75 per cent.
The yearly variation in the volume of Guyana's taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was 14.68 per cent in comparison to a variation of 25.047% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Guyana's stake of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Guyana holds position 36 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).
Export markets for Guyana taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Guyana is a net exporter of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of Guyana taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was -12%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -20%, per annum.
Guyana purchased 5 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.
Production
The production of taro (arrowroot) in Guyana was 14,274 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of -18.62%. The country had an estimated 410.00 hectares under taro (arrowroot) cultivation.