Taro (arrowroot) Prices in US
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Price (US$/lb) | Local (USD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Retail estimated | 10.34 | 4.69 | - | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| - | Farmgate | 1.46 | 0.66 | - | ▼ 5.7% | ▼ 5.7% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of June 2026, the taro (arrowroot) price in US available is US$ 10.34 per kg (US$ 4.69 / lb).
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Taro (arrowroot) Price History & Trend
Monthly taro (arrowroot) price tracked since June 2026, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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US taro (arrowroot) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of taro (arrowroot) shipped by US in 2020 was 3,724 tons. In 2019 US shipped 2,586 tonnes of taro (arrowroot). For the year 2019 alone, the market for US taro (arrowroot) (tubers category) has increased, with a change of 13.921 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, taro (arrowroot)'s exports grew by 46.35 pc bringing the exporter US$3.58m for the year 2019. US' taro (arrowroot) exports are categorised as:
- Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and sago pith (excluding manioc "cassava", sweet potatoes, yams, taro and yautia) (HS code 071490)
- Taro "Colocasia spp.", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071440)
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US taro (arrowroot) export values
In 2019, US sold taro (arrowroot) valued at 3.58m USD, an increase of 18.58% from 2018's total taro (arrowroot) export of 3.019m USD. The yearly growth in value of US taro (arrowroot) between 2017 to 2018 was 69.702%.
The yearly variation in the amount of US' taro (arrowroot) exports between 2017 and 2019 was 46.35 pc when compared to a variation of 13.921% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
US' share of the world's total taro (arrowroot)'s exports in 2019 was 1.3 percent. US is ranked number 5 in world exports of taro (arrowroot).
Export markets for US taro (arrowroot) ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net exporter of taro (arrowroot). The annual growth of US taro (arrowroot) in value between 2015 to 2019 was 27%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 29%, per annum.
US bought 75,712 tonnes of taro (arrowroot) in 2019.
Production
The production of taro (arrowroot) in US was 2,566 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of -4.96%. The country had an estimated 246.00 hectares under taro (arrowroot) cultivation.