What is the price of sweet potatoes in Italy?

As of January 2025, sweet potatoes in Italy is US$ 1.46 per kg (1.35 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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

Italy ranks 23rd among 95 sweet potato exporters.

How much sweet potato did Italy export in 2024?

Italy exported 1,639 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2024.

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

Italy's sweet potato exports increased by 95.7% year-over-year.

Sweet Potatoes Price in Italy - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Sweet Potatoes Prices in Italy

US$ 1.46 / kg

1.35 EUR / kg

MoM ▼ 11.2% YoY ▼ 11.2%

Checked: Jun 9, 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)	1.46	1.35	▼ 11.2%	▼ 11.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sweet potatoes price in Italy available is US$ 1.46 per kg (1.35 EUR), down 11.2% year-on-year.

Italy exported US$2,690,178 worth of sweet potatoes in 2024, totaling 1,639 tonnes and ranking 23rd among 95 global exporters, accounting for 0.4% of world exports. Exports grew by 95.7% year-over-year, and Italy is a net exporter of sweet potatoes. The latest export unit value is US$1.4579 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $2.7M (1.6 kt) of sweet potatoes▲ 95.7% YoY. That ranks #23 worldwide (0.4% of global exports).

$2.7M

Export value

1.6 kt

Export volume

#23 / 95

World rank

0.4%

Global share

$1.64

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 Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$2.7M	1.6 kt	$1.64
2023	$1.4M	809.4 t	$1.7
2022	$1.2M	1.1 kt	$1.13
2021	$1.7M	1.4 kt	$1.17
2020	$1.7M	1.2 kt	$1.46

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.

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

The quantity of sweet potatoes exported by Italy in 2020 was 1,057 metric tons. In 2019 Italy shipped 646 tonnes of sweet potatoes. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Italy sweet potatoes (tubers category) has reduced, with a change of -55.139 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports went down by -38.71 percent earning the exporter US$1.32m for the year 2019. Italy's sweet potatoes exports are classified 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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Italy sweet potatoes export values

In 2019, Italy supplied sweet potatoes valued at 1.32m USD, a contraction of -10.81% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 1.48m USD. The annual reduction in value of Italy sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 113.256%.

The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of Italy's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was -38.71 per cent when compared to a variation of -55.139% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's share of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy holds number 34 in world exports of sweet potatoes.

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

Italy's top export markets for sweet potatoes are the Netherlands, Germany, Malta, Slovenia and Austria.

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net importer of sweet potatoes. The annual growth of Italy sweet potatoes in value between 2015 to 2019 was 69%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 65%, per annum.

Italy brought in 12,029 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.

Sweet Potatoes Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest sweet potatoes prices in other Europe countries:

Russia$2.18/kg Spain$0.62/kg Estonia$2.01/kg Georgia$2.13/kg Greece$0.89/kg Bulgaria$3.36/kg Finland$1.86/kg Netherlands$1.27/kg United Kingdom (UK)$1.28/kg Belarus$0.28/kg Czech Republic$1.74/kg Denmark$2.66/kg Belgium$1.83/kg Romania$3.32/kg Switzerland$1.53/kg

Other Tubers Prices in Italy

Latest prices for other tubers in Italy:

Potatoes$0.78/kg Cocoyam$1.74/kg Ginseng roots$71.75/kg Yams$1.74/kg Taro (Arrowroot)$2.33/kg

It: Italia Patate dolci prezzi

Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas

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