Onion prices: questions and answers
Dry onion: median wholesale price 0.63 EUR/kg across 68 markets in 24 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of dry onion today?
The median wholesale price of dry onion was 0.63 EUR/kg across 133 current quotes on 68 markets in 24 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.49 and 0.97 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. Other types of onions are shown separately below, because they are different products with different prices.
How do prices differ between types of onions?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Dry onion | 133 | 0.63 EUR/kg |
| Red onion | 104 | 1.00 EUR/kg |
| Spring and green onions | 103 | 0.71 EUR/kg |
| White onion | 100 | 0.81 EUR/kg |
| Shallots and small onions | 31 | 1.19 EUR/kg |
| Pickling onions | 4 | 0.52 EUR/kg |
Dry, red and white onions, shallots and spring onions are different products with different prices. Mixing them would make the median meaningless, so each type has its own scale.
Where are prices of dry onion lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of dry onion were lowest in India (0.39 EUR/kg), Poland (0.41 EUR/kg), Turkey (0.49 EUR/kg) and highest in Mexico (1.22 EUR/kg), Brazil (1.00 EUR/kg), Taiwan (1.00 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 dry onion in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 12 | 0.49 EUR/kg | 27.3 TRY/kg |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1.00 EUR/kg | 36.2 TWD/kg |
| France | 6 | 0.80 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 6 | 0.41 EUR/kg | 1.79 PLN/kg |
| Spain | 5 | 0.57 EUR/kg | — |
| Brazil | 5 | 1.00 EUR/kg | 6.00 BRL/kg |
| India | 4 | 0.39 EUR/kg | 41.3 INR/kg |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.71 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting dry onion; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of dry onion going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 33 of 92 quotes for dry onion rose, 32 fell and 27 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 onion prices?
177 markets in 30 countries have current onion quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 30 quotes
- Durban Fresh Produce Market South Africa · 23 quotes
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 19 quotes
- Al Aweer Central Fruit and Vegetable Market, Dubai United Arab Emirates · 11 quotes
- min Marseille France · 8 quotes
- Al-Fardah Central Fruit and Vegetable Market Kuwait · 7 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 7 quotes
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 6 quotes
Why are there so many different onion prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 276 different onion quote names, for example: Brown onions, Grade 1L; Onions Mild, grade 1L; Onions, Brazil, grade 1A, medium; Brown Onion; origin: Iran; Sea; Mesh Bag; Banana shallots France 30-50mm net bag 5kg; Egyptian onions 12 kg.
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Which country produces the most onions?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of onions, dry was 108 million t in 2024. The largest producer was India with 22.4% of the world total, followed by China and United States.
Where do these onion 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 onion prices updated?
The latest onion quote is from 11 November 2026; 116 of 177 markets published onion 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 onion prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for onion 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.