10 wholesale kiwifruit price series from 10 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a fall over the coming weeks (−13.8% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 6%. Below: when kiwifruit is usually cheapest and dearest in 2 countries.
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market), Japan
🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 706 JPY/kg | 511–1,041 | 357–863 | −29.5% | ±7% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 687 JPY/kg | 634–787 | 571–728 | −9.0% | ±3% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 758 JPY/kg | 674–879 | 549–813 | −14.8% | ±7% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 720 JPY/kg | 615–764 | 528–824 | −12.8% | ±6% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 824 JPY/kg | 730–913 | 687–877 | −8.2% | ±6% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 783 JPY/kg | 714–828 | 648–843 | −8.9% | ±4% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 803 JPY/kg | 682–931 | 575–877 | −16.9% | ±6% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 792 JPY/kg | 629–855 | 608–968 | −6.1% | ±6% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 706 JPY/kg | 607–742 | 523–913 | −15.3% | ±5% |
| Kiwifruit, imported 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 739 JPY/kg | 689–784 | 474–718 | −24.9% | ±4% |
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 | −16 | −1 | +28 | +14 | +3 | −2 | −2 | +1 | 0 | −2 | −7 | −17 | December | March |
| 🇵🇱 Poland2 series · 1 market · 2018–2026 | −3 | −3 | −9 | −7 | −8 | −4 | +3 | +4 | +7 | +7 | +3 | +2 | 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 10 kiwifruit price series with a forecast, 0 point higher and 10 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a fall (−13.8%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale kiwifruit prices are usually lowest in December (−17.4% against the yearly average) and highest in March (+27.7%), 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 kiwifruit forecasts was 6%. 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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Calculated from Husfarm price data; changes with every update. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
