Carp prices: questions and answers
Carp: median wholesale price 2.00 EUR/kg across 5 markets in 5 countries, quotes to 13 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of carp today?
The median wholesale price of carp was 2.00 EUR/kg across 14 current quotes on 5 markets in 5 countries (latest quote 13 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.39 and 2.48 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.
How do prices differ between types of carp?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Type not stated | 5 | 1.61 EUR/kg |
| Grass | 4 | 2.00 EUR/kg |
| Crucian | 3 | 2.52 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of carp in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1 | 1.77 EUR/kg | 13.2 CNY/kg |
| Spain | 1 | 2.37 EUR/kg | — |
| France | 1 | 15.0 EUR/kg | — |
| Turkey | 1 | 1.61 EUR/kg | 90.0 TRY/kg |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3.72 EUR/kg | 32.6 HKD/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting carp; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of carp going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 0 of 12 quotes for carp rose, 2 fell and 10 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 carp prices?
5 markets in 5 countries have current carp quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Suzhou Nanhuan Bridge Market China · 10 quotes
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 1 quote
- MIN Rungis France · 1 quote
- Ankara Wholesale Market Turkey · 1 quote
- Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets Hong Kong · 1 quote
Why are there so many different carp prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 14 different carp quote names, for example: Carp 750g-1000g catty; Carp fresh; Red carp (trade type) imported; Carp; Grass carp.
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 carp 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 carp prices updated?
The latest carp quote is from 13 November 2026; 2 of 5 markets published carp prices in the seven days to 13 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download carp prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for carp 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.