11 wholesale ginger price series from 10 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+11.3% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 14%. Below: when ginger is usually cheapest and dearest in 3 countries.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market), Japan
🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 612 JPY/kg | 585–738 | 525–810 | +11.1% | ±14% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 674 JPY/kg | 561–816 | 552–989 | +17.5% | ±20% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 979 JPY/kg | 855–1,130 | 806–1,488 | +12.7% | ±23% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 1,236 JPY/kg | 994–1,402 | 1,020–1,668 | +11.5% | ±18% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 889 JPY/kg | 748–914 | 738–1,062 | +7.6% | ±11% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 994 JPY/kg | 860–1,062 | 835–1,370 | +10.3% | ±23% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 712 JPY/kg | 638–882 | 675–1,002 | +21.3% | ±15% |
| Ginger, imported 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 463 JPY/kg | 419–515 | 402–538 | +2.6% | ±6% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 856 JPY/kg | 745–977 | 740–1,058 | +11.3% | ±11% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 729 JPY/kg | 686–795 | 720–878 | +11.9% | ±7% |
| Ginger 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 854 JPY/kg | 778–916 | 714–933 | +3.7% | ±9% |
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 | +6 | +5 | +9 | +8 | +6 | −3 | −6 | −7 | −5 | −5 | −2 | +1 | August | March |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay3 series · 2 markets · 2017–2025 | +1 | +7 | +13 | +5 | +1 | +3 | −4 | −5 | −11 | −12 | +0 | +8 | October | March |
| 🇵🇱 Poland1 series · 1 market · 2019–2026 | −7 | +8 | +5 | +9 | +13 | +2 | +2 | −1 | −2 | −1 | +1 | −2 | January | May |
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 11 ginger price series with a forecast, 11 point higher and 0 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+11.3%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale ginger prices are usually lowest in August (−7.1% against the yearly average) and highest in March (+8.7%), 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 ginger forecasts was 14%. 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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