14 wholesale grapefruit price series from 14 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+13.5% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 11%. Below: when grapefruit is usually cheapest and dearest in 2 countries.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Hiroshima 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 259 JPY/kg | 253–352 | 242–356 | +10.3% | ±9% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 198 JPY/kg | 163–241 | 152–260 | +8.3% | ±11% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 314 JPY/kg | 298–396 | 269–404 | +8.2% | ±10% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 335 JPY/kg | 303–428 | 289–467 | +6.6% | ±12% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 258 JPY/kg | 256–337 | 210–369 | +15.6% | ±11% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 295 JPY/kg | 243–409 | 225–396 | +0.1% | ±8% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 234 JPY/kg | 229–302 | 231–346 | +21.3% | ±12% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 310 JPY/kg | 308–391 | 329–491 | +28.6% | ±10% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 345 JPY/kg | 298–509 | 304–571 | +21.4% | ±16% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 215 JPY/kg | 167–465 | 157–490 | +30.2% | ±18% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 281 JPY/kg | 250–344 | 278–448 | +21.4% | ±15% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 284 JPY/kg | 245–412 | 266–467 | +12.8% | ±11% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 202 JPY/kg | 185–303 | 168–357 | +14.1% | ±27% |
| Grapefruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 287 JPY/kg | 222–409 | 232–437 | +12.1% | ±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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan18 series · 18 markets · 2024–2026 | +13 | +14 | +11 | +9 | +4 | −7 | −11 | −14 | −16 | −6 | +6 | +15 | September | December |
| 🇵🇱 Poland1 series · 1 market · 2018–2026 | +2 | +0 | +4 | −4 | +1 | +9 | +7 | −0 | −10 | −9 | −5 | +2 | September | June |
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 14 grapefruit price series with a forecast, 14 point higher and 0 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+13.5%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale grapefruit prices are usually lowest in September (−15.9% against the yearly average) and highest in December (+14.6%), based on 18 price series from 18 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 1 more country.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published grapefruit forecasts was 11%. 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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