Quince prices: questions and answers
Quinces: median wholesale price 1.43 EUR/kg across 26 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 3 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of quinces today?
The median wholesale price of quinces was 1.43 EUR/kg across 28 current quotes on 26 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 3 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.90 and 1.94 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 origins of quinces?
| Origin | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Origin not stated | 21 | 1.08 EUR/kg |
| France | 6 | 1.98 EUR/kg |
French and Turkish quinces are quoted separately at French markets; quotes whose name gives no origin are kept together.
What is the price of quinces in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 13 | 0.90 EUR/kg | 50.0 TRY/kg |
| France | 6 | 2.05 EUR/kg | — |
| Spain | 4 | 1.75 EUR/kg | — |
| Greece | 1 | 1.40 EUR/kg | — |
| Argentina | 1 | 1.51 EUR/kg | 2,600 ARS/kg |
| Poland | 1 | 2.50 EUR/kg | 11.0 PLN/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting quinces; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of quinces going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 1 of 11 quotes for quinces rose, 4 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 quince prices?
26 markets in 6 countries have current quince quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- MIN Strasbourg France · 2 quotes
- Mercatenerife Spain · 2 quotes
- MIN Nantes France · 1 quote
- Mercamadrid Spain · 1 quote
- Central Market of Thessaloniki Greece · 1 quote
- Lyon-Corbas Market France · 1 quote
- Istanbul Wholesale Markets Turkey · 1 quote
- min Marseille France · 1 quote
Why are there so many different quince prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 12 different quince quote names, for example: Quince Turkey; Quinces, Outside Santa Cruz de Tenerife province (non-local); Quince France; Quinces; Quince; Quince France.
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 quinces?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of quinces was 695,474 t in 2024. The largest producer was Turkey with 29.2% of the world total, followed by China and Iran.
Which country exports the most quinces?
In 2024 the largest exporter of quinces was Turkey with 13,526 t (39.8% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these quince 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 quince prices updated?
The latest quince quote is from 3 November 2026; 18 of 26 markets published quince prices in the seven days to 3 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download quince prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for quince 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.