Chicory prices: questions and answers
Chicory: median wholesale price 2.75 EUR/kg across 23 markets in 9 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of chicory today?
The median wholesale price of chicory was 2.75 EUR/kg across 33 current quotes on 23 markets in 9 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.25 and 3.15 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 chicory?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Endive | 21 | 2.75 EUR/kg |
| Type not stated | 10 | 1.28 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.
Where are prices of chicory lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of chicory were lowest in Argentina (0.70 EUR/kg), Spain (1.25 EUR/kg), France (2.75 EUR/kg) and highest in Croatia (4.38 EUR/kg), Italy (3.05 EUR/kg), France (2.75 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of chicory in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9 | 2.75 EUR/kg | — |
| Spain | 3 | 1.25 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 2 | 7.29 EUR/kg | 32.0 PLN/kg |
| Italy | 2 | 3.05 EUR/kg | — |
| Croatia | 2 | 4.38 EUR/kg | — |
| Belgium | 1 | 2.95 EUR/kg | — |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.99 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting chicory; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of chicory going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 9 of 36 quotes for chicory rose, 4 fell and 23 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 chicory prices?
23 markets in 9 countries have current chicory quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 7 quotes
- MIN Nantes France · 6 quotes
- Lyon-Corbas Market France · 5 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 4 quotes
- MIN Avignon-Cavaillon France · 4 quotes
- MIN Lomme-Lille France · 4 quotes
- Mercatenerife Spain · 3 quotes
- MIN Strasbourg France · 3 quotes
Why are there so many different chicory prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 37 different chicory quote names, for example: Chicory, Buenos Aires, grade 1A, standard; Cichorium endivia France cat.I pack 8 (piece); Chicory Escarole France Class I box of 10 (per piece); Endive France extra pack 5kg; Cichorium endivia France cat.I (piece); Cichorium endivia France cat.I (piece).
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 chicory 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 chicory prices updated?
The latest chicory quote is from 11 November 2026; 8 of 23 markets published chicory prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download chicory prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for chicory 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.