What is the price of tapioca in South Korea?

As of January 2025, tapioca in South Korea is US$ 5.63 per kg (7,502 KRW), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What was the export value of tapioca from South Korea?

The export value was US$14,415.

What is South Korea's world rank in tapioca exports?

South Korea ranks 30th out of 52 tapioca exporters.

What is the latest export price for tapioca from South Korea?

The latest export unit value is US$5.6265 per kg.

Tapioca Price in South Korea - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Tapioca Prices in South Korea

US$ 5.63 / kg

7,502 KRW / kg

MoM ▼ 1.3% YoY ▼ 1.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KRW)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.63	7,502	▼ 1.3%	▼ 1.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the tapioca price in South Korea available is US$ 5.63 per kg (7,502 KRW), down 1.3% year-on-year.

South Korea exported 3 tonnes of tapioca in 2025, valued at US$14,415, ranking 30th out of 52 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export value declined by 57.5% year-over-year. The latest export unit value for tapioca is US$5.6265 per kg. South Korea is a net exporter of this product.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - tapioca in South Korea

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, South Korea exported $14.4K (2.6 t) of tapioca▼ 57.5% YoY. That ranks #30 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$14.4K

Export value

2.6 t

Export volume

#30 / 52

World rank

Global share

$5.63

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top tapioca exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Netherlands $8.9M · 24.8%
#2 Brazil $7.9M · 22.1%
#3 US $6.9M · 19.2%
#4 Indonesia $4.1M · 11.6%
#5 Germany $1.2M · 3.2%

Annual export data South Korea · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$14.4K	2.6 t	$5.63
2024	$33.9K	5.9 t	$5.7
2023	$12.6K	2.6 t	$4.89
2022	$19.4K	3.7 t	$5.19
2021	$59.7K	13.6 t	$4.4
2020	$25.9K	5.5 t	$4.69

HS Code

tapioca is traded under Harmonized System code 1903.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

South Korea tapioca - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of tapioca shipped by South Korea in 2020 was 6 metric tonnes. In 2019 South Korea sold 21 tonnes of tapioca. For 2019 alone, the interest in South Korea tapioca (processed category) has gone up, recording a change of 250 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tapioca's exports grew by 600 percent bringing the country US$0.10m for the year 2019. South Korea's tapioca exports are classified as:

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms (HS code 190300)

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South Korea tapioca export values

In 2019, South Korea supplied tapioca valued at 0.10m USD, an improvement of 170.27% from 2018's total tapioca export of 0.037m USD. The yearly increase in value of South Korea tapioca between 2017 to 2018 was 32.143 percent.

The per year variation in the quantity of South Korea's tapioca exports between 2017 and 2019 was 600% in comparison to a variation of 250% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Korea's stake of the world's total tapioca's exports in 2019 was 40.2 pc. South Korea holds number 1 in world exports of tapioca.

Export markets for South Korea tapioca ( in '000$ )

South Korea's leading export markets for tapioca are Australia and China.

Import/Export Trends

South Korea is a net exporter of tapioca. The annual growth of South Korea tapioca in value between 2015 to 2019 was -2%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was -1%, per annum.

South Korea bought 6,657 tonnes of tapioca in 2019.

Tapioca Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest tapioca prices in other Asia countries:

Indonesia$2.21/kg Vietnam$1.55/kg China$1.28/kg Sri Lanka$0.51/kg Malaysia$2.50/kg Japan$20.74/kg Thailand$0.89/kg Macao$1.77/kg

Other Processed Prices in South Korea

Latest prices for other processed in South Korea:

Coffee$6.58/kg Butter$11.03/kg Copra$4.79/kg Olive Oil$5.47/kg Cashew butter$5.30/kg Cheese$9.05/kg Jojoba oil$9.95/kg Milk & Cream$1.99/kg Tempeh$4.75/kg Fish Oil$24.66/kg Kefir & Buttermilk$3.07/kg Raw Hides & Skins$0.68/kg Whisky$4.62/kg Wine$2.88/kg Yogurt$1.63/kg

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