16 wholesale garlic price series from 13 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to little change over the coming weeks (−3.0% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 12%. Below: when garlic is usually cheapest and dearest in 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 797 JPY/kg | 568–1,126 | 576–1,222 | +6.9% | ±24% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 679 JPY/kg | 452–911 | 498–1,010 | +7.7% | ±10% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 738 JPY/kg | 473–818 | 442–845 | −10.3% | ±18% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 610 JPY/kg | 437–693 | 418–683 | −10.5% | ±12% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,012 JPY/kg | 669–1,266 | 625–1,364 | −12.2% | ±12% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 1,195 JPY/kg | 1,002–1,485 | 944–1,556 | +6.1% | ±9% |
| Garlic, imported 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 552 JPY/kg | 532–590 | 536–618 | +2.7% | ±3% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 764 JPY/kg | 491–791 | 523–937 | −5.9% | ±13% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 2,055 JPY/kg | 1,697–2,210 | 1,647–2,329 | −4.1% | ±10% |
| Garlic, imported 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 525 JPY/kg | 470–607 | 479–629 | +3.3% | ±3% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,939 JPY/kg | 1,584–2,029 | 1,509–2,268 | −4.5% | ±6% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 914 JPY/kg | 818–1,030 | 725–1,061 | −5.8% | ±12% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 915 JPY/kg | 583–1,189 | 545–1,271 | −8.5% | ±26% |
| Garlic, imported 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 446 JPY/kg | 424–461 | 414–457 | −1.8% | ±3% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 829 JPY/kg | 691–986 | 705–1,130 | +5.2% | ±13% |
| Garlic 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,625 JPY/kg | 1,377–1,871 | 1,403–2,077 | +4.2% | ±12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan38 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | −3 | −1 | −2 | +3 | +1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | +3 | +2 | +4 | +3 | January | November |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay3 series · 1 market · 2022–2025 | −12 | −16 | −15 | −9 | +12 | +11 | +17 | +6 | no data· | no data· | +0 | −8 | February | July |
| 🇵🇱 Poland2 series · 1 market · 2018–2026 | +13 | +6 | +4 | +0 | −2 | −15 | −11 | −3 | −1 | −10 | +2 | +9 | June | January |
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 16 garlic price series with a forecast, 7 point higher and 9 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to little change (−3.0%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale garlic prices are usually lowest in January (−2.5% against the yearly average) and highest in November (+4.1%), based on 38 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 2 more countries.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published garlic forecasts was 12%. 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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