What is the price of poppy seeds in Italy?

As of January 2025, poppy seeds in Italy is US$ 6.38 per kg (5.89 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Poppy Seeds Price in Italy - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Poppy Seeds Prices in Italy

US$ 6.38 / kg

5.89 EUR / kg

MoM ▲ 6.8% YoY ▲ 6.8%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EUR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	6.38	5.89	▲ 6.8%	▲ 6.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the poppy seeds price in Italy available is US$ 6.38 per kg (5.89 EUR), up 6.8% year-on-year.

Italy exported 38 tonnes of poppy seeds in 2025, valued at US$243,875, ranking 16th among 36 global exporters and accounting for 0.2% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with export value increasing by 6.8% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$6.3778 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - poppy seeds in Italy

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, Italy exported $243.9K (38.2 t) of poppy seeds▲ 6.8% YoY. That ranks #16 worldwide (0.2% of global exports).

$243.9K

Export value

38.2 t

Export volume

#16 / 36

World rank

0.2%

Global share

$6.38

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top poppy seeds exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Czech Republic $64.8M · 41.5%
#2 Hungary $23.6M · 15.1%
#3 Slovakia $16.9M · 10.8%
#4 Turkey $15.6M · 10%
#5 Netherlands $12.3M · 7.8%

Annual export data Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$243.9K	38.2 t	$6.38
2024	$228.4K	38.2 t	$5.97
2023	$185.8K	29.8 t	$6.24
2022	$259.4K	57.2 t	$4.54
2021	$394.3K	67.2 t	$5.87
2020	$446.2K	63.3 t	$7.05

HS Code

poppy seeds is traded under Harmonized System code 1207.91. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Italy poppy seeds - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of poppy seeds shipped by Italy in 2020 was 26 metric tons. In 2019 Italy exported 33 tonnes of poppy seeds. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Italy poppy seeds (oil seeds category) has reduced, with a change of -37.736 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, poppy seeds' exports reduced by -42.11 pc earning the country US$0.24m for the year 2019. Italy's poppy seeds exports are classified as:

Poppy seeds, whether or not broken (HS code 120791)

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Italy poppy seeds export values

In 2019, Italy supplied poppy seeds valued at 0.24m USD, a decrease of -8.05% from 2018's total poppy seeds export of 0.261m USD. The yearly change in value of Italy poppy seeds between 2017 to 2018 was 5.668 per cent.

The annual change in the quantity of Italy's poppy seeds exports between 2017 and 2019 was -42.11 percent in comparison to a variation of -37.736% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's share of the world's total poppy seeds' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy holds position 45 in world exports of poppy seeds.

Export markets for Italy poppy seeds ( in '000$ )

Italy's top export markets for poppy seeds are United Kingdom (UK), Spain, Sweden, Belgium and Bulgaria.

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net importer of poppy seeds. The annual growth of Italy poppy seeds in value between 2015 to 2019 was -55%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.

Italy ordered 385 tonnes of poppy seeds in 2019.

Poppy Seeds Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest poppy seeds prices in other Europe countries:

Moldova$6.76/kg Bulgaria$5.98/kg Netherlands$2.31/kg Estonia$8.53/kg Portugal$5.08/kg Romania$4.40/kg Croatia$3.56/kg Ukraine$2.26/kg Hungary$1.80/kg Belarus$3.90/kg Bosnia and Herzegovina$6.45/kg Spain$1.29/kg United Kingdom (UK)$2.85/kg Austria$2.27/kg Slovakia$2.45/kg

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