Currant prices: questions and answers
Currants: median wholesale price 15.5 EUR/kg across 10 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of currants today?
The median wholesale price of currants was 15.5 EUR/kg across 12 current quotes on 10 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 12.89 and 21.27 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 colours of currants?
| Colour | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Red currants | 7 | 14.8 EUR/kg |
| Colour not stated | 3 | 25.2 EUR/kg |
Red and black currants are different fruits with different prices; quotes whose name gives no colour are kept together.
What is the price of currants in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 22.0 EUR/kg | — |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13.1 EUR/kg | — |
| France | 2 | 16.4 EUR/kg | — |
| Italy | 1 | 13.0 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 1 | 3.53 EUR/kg | 15.5 PLN/kg |
| Turkey | 1 | 26.9 EUR/kg | 1,500 TRY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting currants; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of currants going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 3 of 11 quotes for currants rose, 2 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 currant prices?
10 markets in 6 countries have current currant quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Manchester Wholesale Market United Kingdom · 2 quotes
- Wholesale markets, England and Wales (Defra) United Kingdom · 2 quotes
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 1 quote
- Supply Central Markets Sevilla Spain · 1 quote
- Mercamadrid Spain · 1 quote
- Turin Wholesale Market Italy · 1 quote
- Targpiast, Wrocław Poland · 1 quote
- MIN Rungis France · 1 quote
Why are there so many different currant prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 11 different currant quote names, for example: Currants black; Black currants; Currant; Currant o.v. kg; Red currant; Redcurrants, Uncalibrated, Class I, trays.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Which country produces the most currants?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of currants was 706,320 t in 2024. The largest producer was Russia with 72.2% of the world total, followed by Poland and Ukraine.
Which country exports the most currants?
In 2024 the largest exporter of currants was Netherlands with 3,909 t (29.9% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these currant 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 currant prices updated?
The latest currant quote is from 10 November 2026; 2 of 10 markets published currant 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 currant prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for currant 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.