13 wholesale strawberry price series from 13 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a fall over the coming weeks (−25.1% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 34%. Below: when strawberry is usually cheapest and dearest in 3 countries.
🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market), Japan
🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Nagoya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 4,701 JPY/kg | 3,004–4,609 | 2,150–7,088 | −26.6% | ±38% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 3,470 JPY/kg | 2,084–3,791 | 1,487–5,917 | −25.1% | ±42% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 4,635 JPY/kg | 2,754–4,524 | 1,992–6,651 | −31.0% | ±39% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 3,536 JPY/kg | 2,158–3,526 | 1,678–4,199 | −30.0% | ±34% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 3,407 JPY/kg | 1,936–3,348 | 1,412–3,923 | −32.2% | ±35% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 4,192 JPY/kg | 2,371–3,762 | 1,850–5,522 | −30.3% | ±41% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 5,176 JPY/kg | 3,213–4,870 | 2,531–7,441 | −24.8% | ±35% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 3,687 JPY/kg | 2,416–3,470 | 1,823–4,534 | −29.7% | ±19% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 3,609 JPY/kg | 3,228–4,810 | 2,570–4,492 | −5.0% | ±17% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 3,731 JPY/kg | 2,273–4,771 | 1,822–6,308 | −24.0% | ±30% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 3,811 JPY/kg | 2,517–3,788 | 2,138–4,260 | −25.1% | ±29% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 3,418 JPY/kg | 2,731–4,974 | 2,069–4,634 | −17.5% | ±22% |
| Strawberries 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 3,638 JPY/kg | 2,664–3,758 | 2,193–4,262 | −20.0% | ±31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan16 series · 16 markets · 2024–2026 | +2 | −16 | −31 | −40 | −48 | −24 | +31 | +45 | +59 | +91 | +43 | +35 | May | October |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay7 series · 2 markets · 2017–2025 | −1 | +36 | +47 | +75 | +55 | +12 | +9 | −5 | −29 | −44 | −38 | −19 | October | April |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala2 series · 2 markets · 2016–2025 | +3 | +19 | +14 | −5 | −6 | −17 | −16 | −21 | −10 | +15 | +19 | +9 | August | February |
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 13 strawberry price series with a forecast, 0 point higher and 13 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a fall (−25.1%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale strawberry prices are usually lowest in May (−47.9% against the yearly average) and highest in October (+90.8%), based on 16 price series from 16 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 strawberry forecasts was 34%. 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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