23 wholesale dry onion price series from 18 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+10.5% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 20%. Below: when dry onion is usually cheapest and dearest in 5 countries.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kobe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onions 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 82.0 JPY/kg | 70.5–101 | 56.3–149 | +15.0% | ±20% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 192 JPY/kg | 165–218 | 164–231 | −2.5% | ±9% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 83.0 JPY/kg | 69.4–103 | 51.7–163 | +14.2% | ±13% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 135 JPY/kg | 133–167 | 131–186 | +5.3% | ±7% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 116 JPY/kg | 87.0–143 | 76.0–214 | +12.1% | ±30% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 96.0 JPY/kg | 65.0–128 | 66.2–197 | +20.1% | ±36% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 122 JPY/kg | 103–153 | 105–164 | +8.4% | ±8% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 94.0 JPY/kg | 74.3–123 | 67.2–165 | +19.0% | ±22% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 93.0 JPY/kg | 74.0–127 | 62.7–150 | +5.0% | ±21% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 139 JPY/kg | 117–183 | 114–218 | +11.5% | ±23% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Okinawa Prefectural Central Wholesale Market | 113 JPY/kg | 90.7–133 | 82.9–190 | +10.5% | ±16% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Okinawa Prefectural Central Wholesale Market | 151 JPY/kg | 143–164 | 146–180 | +2.2% | ±4% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 96.0 JPY/kg | 70.9–125 | 62.9–176 | +11.9% | ±20% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 93.0 JPY/kg | 68.2–118 | 56.4–167 | +9.6% | ±21% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 81.0 JPY/kg | 64.6–104 | 50.2–158 | +14.4% | ±26% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 71.0 JPY/kg | 53.5–85.4 | 45.3–124 | +9.4% | ±24% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 92.0 JPY/kg | 70.3–116 | 52.3–148 | +7.8% | ±18% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 90.0 JPY/kg | 69.8–116 | 55.0–167 | +10.1% | ±20% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 86.0 JPY/kg | 63.4–111 | 54.2–173 | +14.5% | ±28% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 103 JPY/kg | 78.5–127 | 58.4–191 | +9.1% | ±32% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 90.0 JPY/kg | 71.0–107 | 56.5–172 | +14.8% | ±26% |
| Onions, imported 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 134 JPY/kg | 131–145 | 129–165 | +3.8% | ±9% |
| Onions 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 98.0 JPY/kg | 82.1–125 | 57.5–176 | +11.5% | ±16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan37 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | +18 | +15 | +1 | +2 | −4 | −6 | −1 | −9 | −11 | −15 | +1 | +6 | October | January |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala1 series · 1 market · 2017–2023 | no data· | no data· | −39 | −31 | −35 | no data· | no data· | +15 | +36 | +55 | +64 | +67 | March | December |
| 🇵🇱 Poland1 series · 1 market · 2019–2026 | −15 | −10 | +1 | −4 | +17 | +30 | +12 | +1 | −17 | +4 | −21 | −23 | December | June |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 series · 1 market · 2018–2026 | −11 | +0 | +3 | +7 | +13 | +6 | +6 | −0 | +0 | −4 | −9 | −9 | January | May |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay1 series · 1 market · 2018–2019 | −2 | −11 | −13 | −12 | −10 | −11 | +13 | +19 | +40 | +41 | no data· | no data· | March | October |
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 23 dry onion price series with a forecast, 22 point higher and 1 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+10.5%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale dry onion prices are usually lowest in October (−14.5% against the yearly average) and highest in January (+17.5%), based on 37 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 4 more countries.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published dry onion forecasts was 20%. 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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