What is the price of yeast in Japan?

As of January 2025, yeast in Japan is US$ 29.89 per kg (4,129 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Japan's world rank in yeast exports?

Japan ranks 53rd out of 99 yeast exporters.

What is the latest export price of yeast from Japan?

The latest export unit value is US$29.8939 per kg.

Is Japan a net exporter or importer of yeast?

Japan is a net exporter of yeast.

Yeast Price in Japan - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Yeast Prices in Japan

US$ 29.89 / kg

4,129 JPY / kg

MoM ▲ 129.3% YoY ▲ 129.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (JPY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	29.89	4,129	▲ 129.3%	▲ 129.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the yeast price in Japan available is US$ 29.89 per kg (4,129 JPY), up 129.3% year-on-year.

Japan exported 43 tonnes of yeast in 2024, valued at US$563,322, ranking 53rd out of 99 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with export value increasing by 6.2% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for yeast is US$29.8939 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - yeast in Japan

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $563.3K (43.2 t) of yeast▲ 6.2% YoY. That ranks #53 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$563.3K

Export value

43.2 t

Export volume

#53 / 99

World rank

Global share

$13.04

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top yeast exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $435.6M · 22%
#2 Turkey $245.8M · 12.4%
#3 Canada $186.3M · 9.4%
#4 France $123.5M · 6.2%
#5 Mexico $105.4M · 5.3%

Annual export data Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$563.3K	43.2 t	$13.04
2023	$530.3K	10.8 t	$49.03
2022	$527.4K	12.1 t	$43.67
2021	$2.1M	64.1 t	$32.81
2020	$3.2M	71.2 t	$45.24

HS Code

yeast is traded under Harmonized System code 2102.10. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Japan yeast - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of yeast sold by Japan in 2020 was 487 metric tons. In 2019 Japan exported 412 tonnes of yeast. For 2019 alone, the interest in Japan yeast (processed category) has shrunk, with a change of -28.72 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, yeast's exports went down by -34.08 pc bringing the country US$13.85m for the year 2019. Japan's yeast exports are categorised as:

Active yeasts (HS code 210210)
Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excluding packaged as medicaments) (HS code 210220)

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Japan yeast export values

In 2019, Japan sold yeast worth 13.85m USD, a drop of -13.04% from 2018's total yeast export of 15.927m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Japan yeast between 2017 to 2018 was 16.938 per cent.

The annual change in the quantity of Japan's yeast exports between 2017 and 2019 was -34.08 pc when compared to a variation of -28.72% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's share of the world's total yeast's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Japan is ranked number 54 in world exports of yeast.

Export markets for Japan yeast ( in '000$ )

Japan procured 19,946 tonnes of yeast in 2019.

Yeast Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest yeast prices in other Asia countries:

Iran$1.30/kg India$7.48/kg Kyrgyzstan$5.76/kg Philippines$4.68/kg Malaysia$4.40/kg Hong Kong$5.08/kg Sri Lanka$5.48/kg Tajikistan$2.95/kg

Other Processed Prices in Japan

Latest prices for other processed in Japan:

Natural Honey$10.25/kg cottonseed oil$6.61/kg Cheese$11.74/kg Chocolate$6.64/kg Cocoa Beans$5.59/kg Castor Oil$3.29/kg Wine$19.27/kg Butter$13.89/kg Mineral water$0.39/kg Sausages$10.39/kg Beer$0.97/kg Coffee$20.05/kg Cotton$2.92/kg Tomato Juice$1.29/kg Whey$3.75/kg

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