Date prices: questions and answers
Dates: median wholesale price 6.20 EUR/kg across 15 markets in 9 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of dates today?
The median wholesale price of dates was 6.20 EUR/kg across 20 current quotes on 15 markets in 9 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 4.22 and 9.89 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 varieties of dates?
| Variety | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Variety not stated | 9 | 4.34 EUR/kg |
| Medjool | 6 | 11.3 EUR/kg |
| Fresh dates | 3 | 5.28 EUR/kg |
Deglet Nour, Medjool and fresh dates are different products with very different prices. Each has its own scale, and quotes whose name gives no variety are kept together.
What is the price of dates in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 4 | 10.0 EUR/kg | — |
| Spain | 3 | 3.84 EUR/kg | — |
| United States | 2 | 8.96 EUR/kg | 10.0 USD/kg |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0.93 EUR/kg | 287.5 PKR/kg |
| India | 1 | 4.52 EUR/kg | 480.0 INR/kg |
| South Africa | 1 | 3.06 EUR/kg | 56.8 ZAR/kg |
| China | 1 | 4.34 EUR/kg | 38.0 HKD/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting dates; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of dates going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 0 of 13 quotes for dates rose, 0 fell and 13 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 date prices?
15 markets in 9 countries have current date quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Obour Wholesale Market Egypt · 6 quotes
- MIN Nantes France · 3 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 3 quotes
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 2 quotes
- min Marseille France · 2 quotes
- Lahore Market Pakistan · 1 quote
- Mercamadrid Spain · 1 quote
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 1 quote
Why are there so many different date prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 22 different date quote names, for example: Barhi dates; Date Medjool dry Import; Date Deglet-nour dry Algieria bunch; Dates Fresh; Dates Deglet-nour dried Algeria on the branch box 3kg; Dates (aseel).
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 dates?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of dates was 9.9 million t in 2024. The largest producer was Saudi Arabia with 19.4% of the world total, followed by Egypt and Algeria.
Which country exports the most dates?
In 2024 the largest exporter of dates was Saudi Arabia with 351,434 t (18.4% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these date 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 date prices updated?
The latest date quote is from 10 November 2026; 7 of 15 markets published date prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download date prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for date 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.