15 wholesale chilli pepper price series from 15 markets in Poland and Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+16.6% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 17%. Below: when chilli pepper is usually cheapest and dearest in 4 countries.
🇵🇱 Targpiast, Wrocław, Poland
🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market), Japan
🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market), Japan
Prices in each market’s currency and unit. Range: 80%. Typical error: median error at 12 weeks in the test on the series’ own history.
| Quote and market | Latest week | In 4 weeks | In 12 weeks | Change | Typical error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilli peppers 🇵🇱 Targpiast, Wrocław | 12.5 PLN/kg | 10.9–17.7 | 9.32–23.5 | +22.9% | ±32% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,786 JPY/kg | 1,330–2,897 | 1,321–3,954 | +16.6% | ±27% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 834 JPY/kg | 791–1,525 | 780–1,663 | +33.7% | ±15% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,876 JPY/kg | 1,550–2,272 | 1,512–2,743 | +2.8% | ±17% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 1,786 JPY/kg | 1,486–2,099 | 1,477–2,527 | +3.1% | ±12% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 1,503 JPY/kg | 1,224–1,802 | 1,297–2,097 | +8.3% | ±13% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,216 JPY/kg | 1,086–1,556 | 1,051–1,810 | +7.6% | ±10% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,806 JPY/kg | 1,614–2,768 | 1,593–3,511 | +26.0% | ±28% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 2,248 JPY/kg | 1,844–3,114 | 2,019–4,741 | +22.3% | ±21% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,941 JPY/kg | 1,605–2,798 | 1,618–3,802 | +19.6% | ±29% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 2,428 JPY/kg | 1,992–2,685 | 1,987–3,283 | −0.1% | ±14% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 2,355 JPY/kg | 2,002–3,024 | 2,073–4,351 | +15.8% | ±23% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,817 JPY/kg | 1,626–2,674 | 1,618–3,256 | +23.5% | ±17% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 2,076 JPY/kg | 1,926–2,661 | 2,065–3,627 | +21.2% | ±15% |
| Shishito peppers 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 2,040 JPY/kg | 1,665–2,581 | 1,761–4,019 | +15.4% | ±13% |
Usual wholesale price in each month against the yearly average, by country.
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan19 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | +20 | +10 | +13 | +11 | −3 | −18 | −17 | −4 | −9 | −1 | −6 | +23 | June | December |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala2 series · 2 markets · 2016–2025 | +2 | −2 | −1 | −15 | −15 | +5 | +20 | −1 | −5 | −3 | +5 | +34 | April | December |
| 🇵🇱 Poland1 series · 1 market · 2023–2026 | +12 | +24 | +28 | +29 | +43 | +37 | −2 | −31 | −37 | −34 | −20 | −5 | September | May |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay1 series · 1 market · 2017–2020 | −19 | no data· | −25 | −26 | −36 | +25 | +38 | +67 | +38 | +15 | −7 | −18 | May | August |
cheaper than the yearly average · dearer · figures in % · no quotes in that month (season or data gap). Monthly averages of each series against its yearly average, after removing the long-term trend such as inflation; median across series and markets of the country, years with at least 10 months of quotes.
The forecasts extend each series’ own seasonal pattern; they do not know about this year’s weather, harvests, policy or currency moves. Use the range, not only the central figure, and do not base trading, purchasing or credit decisions on them alone.
Of 15 chilli pepper price series with a forecast, 14 point higher and 1 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+16.6%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale chilli pepper prices are usually lowest in June (−18.0% against the yearly average) and highest in December (+22.9%), based on 19 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 3 more countries.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published chilli pepper forecasts was 17%. Each series passed the test only because its errors were smaller than those of a “no change” forecast. Results of the archived forecasts are on the accuracy page.
From the wholesale markets and price services listed on each series, as published, in their own currencies and units. Husfarm does not adjust them except to compute weekly and monthly averages.
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