What is the price of agar in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, agar in Malaysia is US$ 13.16 per kg (59.71 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in agar exports?

Malaysia ranks 14th among 46 agar exporters.

What was the year-over-year change in Malaysia's agar exports?

Malaysia's agar exports increased by 34.2% year-over-year.

Agar Price in Malaysia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Agar Prices in Malaysia

US$ 13.16 / kg

59.71 MYR / kg

MoM ▲ 43.5% YoY ▲ 43.5%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	13.16	59.71	▲ 43.5%	▲ 43.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the agar price in Malaysia available is US$ 13.16 per kg (59.71 MYR), up 43.5% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 12 tonnes of agar in 2025, valued at US$163,756, ranking 14th among 46 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. Exports grew by 34.2% year-over-year, and Malaysia is a net exporter of agar. The latest export unit value is US$13.1586 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - agar in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, Malaysia exported $163.8K (12.4 t) of agar▲ 34.2% YoY. That ranks #14 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$163.8K

Export value

12.4 t

Export volume

#14 / 46

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$13.16

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top agar exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Spain $44.2M · 37.3%
#2 Chile $26.8M · 22.6%
#3 Indonesia $18.6M · 15.7%
#4 Germany $7M · 5.9%
#5 South Korea $6.4M · 5.4%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$163.8K	12.4 t	$13.16
2024	$122K	13.3 t	$9.17
2023	$129.7K	15.6 t	$8.33
2022	$38.4K	6.6 t	$5.86
2021	$23.9K	3.4 t	$7.09
2020	$78.6K	28.9 t	$2.71

HS Code

agar is traded under Harmonized System code 1302.31. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Malaysia agar - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of agar shipped by Malaysia in 2020 was 29 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia shipped 4 tonnes of agar. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia agar (processed category) has gone down, recording a change of -80 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, agar's exports reduced by -77.78 pc netting Malaysia US$0.03m for the year 2019. Malaysia's agar exports are classified as:

Agar-agar, whether or not modified (HS code 130231)

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Malaysia agar export values

In 2019, Malaysia sold agar costing 0.03m USD, a reduction of -64.71% from 2018's total agar export of 0.085m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Malaysia agar between 2017 to 2018 was -15.842 pc.

The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Malaysia's agar exports between 2017 and 2019 was -77.78 pc compared to a variation of -80% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's share of the world's total agar's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia is ranked number 31 in world exports of agar.

Export markets for Malaysia agar ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Malaysia is a net exporter of agar. The annual growth of Malaysia agar in value between 2015 to 2019 was 60%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 110%, per annum.

Malaysia imported 677 tonnes of agar in 2019.

Agar Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest agar prices in other Asia countries:

Indonesia$12.02/kg Philippines$4.90/kg Sri Lanka$14.38/kg India$16.67/kg Pakistan$18.21/kg Vietnam$21.40/kg Japan$45.52/kg Kazakhstan$14.50/kg Singapore$35.54/kg Uzbekistan$26.19/kg

Other Processed Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other processed in Malaysia:

Glycerol$0.91/kg Sugar$0.53/kg Coffee$5.62/kg Copra$2.62/kg Palm Oil$0.91/kg Soyabean oil$1.36/kg Coconut oil$2.62/kg Margarine$1.49/kg Cocoa Powder (Solids)$3.23/kg Coconut flour$5.31/kg Natural Rubber$0.61/kg Olive Oil$5.04/kg Natural Honey$4.37/kg Molasses$0.45/kg Chocolate$3.50/kg

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