Plantain and cooking banana prices: questions and answers
Plantains: median wholesale price 0.81 EUR/kg across 77 markets in 7 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of plantains today?
The median wholesale price of plantains was 0.81 EUR/kg across 102 current quotes on 77 markets in 7 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.67 and 1.08 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.
What is the price of plantains in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 40 | 0.67 EUR/kg | 2,375 COP/kg |
| Mexico | 32 | 1.14 EUR/kg | 24.0 MXN/kg |
| Brazil | 1 | 1.15 EUR/kg | 6.88 BRL/kg |
| Spain | 1 | 2.00 EUR/kg | — |
| Argentina | 1 | 1.26 EUR/kg | 2,170 ARS/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting plantains; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of plantains going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 35 of 101 quotes for plantains rose, 22 fell and 44 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 plantain and cooking banana prices?
77 markets in 7 countries have current plantain and cooking banana quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 5 quotes
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 5 quotes
- Ambato Ep-Ema Wholesale Markets Ecuador · 4 quotes
- Pereira La 41 Impala Market Colombia · 4 quotes
- Pereira Mercasa Wholesale Market Colombia · 4 quotes
- Bogotá DC Corabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 2 quotes
- Central de Abasto de Puebla Mexico · 2 quotes
Why are there so many different plantain and cooking banana prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 34 different plantain and cooking banana quote names, for example: Llanero plantains; Comino plantains; Green Barraganete plantains; Dominico-hartón plantains, ripe; Dominico-hartón plantains, ripe; Hartón plantains, ripe.
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Which country produces the most plantains?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of plantains was 44.6 million t in 2024. The largest producer was Uganda with 26.5% of the world total, followed by DR Congo and Cameroon.
Where do these plantain and cooking banana 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 plantain and cooking banana prices updated?
The latest plantain and cooking banana quote is from 10 November 2026; 71 of 77 markets published plantain and cooking banana 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 plantain and cooking banana prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for plantain and cooking banana 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.