Bay Leaf prices: questions and answers
Bay leaves: median wholesale price 6.15 EUR/kg across 7 markets in 5 countries, quotes to 12 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of bay leaves today?
The median wholesale price of bay leaves was 6.15 EUR/kg across 5 current quotes on 7 markets in 5 countries (latest quote 12 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 3.00 and 17.92 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
What is the price of bay leaves in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 1.94 EUR/kg | — |
| United States | 2 | 22.3 EUR/kg | 24.9 USD/kg |
| China | 1 | 6.15 EUR/kg | 45.8 CNY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting bay leaves; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of bay leaves going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 0 of 6 quotes for bay leaves rose, 0 fell and 6 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish bay leaf prices?
7 markets in 5 countries have current bay leaf quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- MIN Rungis France · 2 quotes
- Mercamadrid Spain · 1 quote
- Suzhou Nanhuan Bridge Market China · 1 quote
- Supply Central Markets Sevilla Spain · 1 quote
- Elizówka Lublin Wholesale Market Poland · 1 quote
- Chicago Terminal Market United States · 1 quote
- Philadelphia Terminal Market United States · 1 quote
Why are there so many different bay leaf prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 8 different bay leaf quote names, for example: Bay leaf France bunch (10bunches); Laurel; Bay leaf catty; Bay leaf kg; Bay leaves; Bay leaves, Colombia.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these bay leaf prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are bay leaf prices updated?
The latest bay leaf quote is from 12 November 2026; 4 of 7 markets published bay leaf prices in the seven days to 12 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download bay leaf prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for bay leaf prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.