Watercress prices: questions and answers
Watercress: median wholesale price 2.74 EUR/kg across 8 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of watercress today?
The median wholesale price of watercress was 2.74 EUR/kg across 6 current quotes on 8 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.58 and 3.70 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 watercress in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 3.70 EUR/kg | — |
| Argentina | 1 | 1.51 EUR/kg | 2,600 ARS/kg |
| China | 1 | 1.78 EUR/kg | 15.5 HKD/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting watercress; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of watercress going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 2 of 9 quotes for watercress rose, 1 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 watercress prices?
8 markets in 6 countries have current watercress quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Mercatenerife Spain · 3 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 2 quotes
- Al-Fardah Central Fruit and Vegetable Market Kuwait · 1 quote
- MIN Avignon-Cavaillon France · 1 quote
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 1 quote
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 1 quote
- Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market (VMO) China · 1 quote
- Antalya Wholesale Market Turkey · 1 quote
Why are there so many different watercress prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 9 different watercress quote names, for example: Local watercress; Watercress France bunch (bunch); Kuwaiti watercress; Watercress France bunch (bunch); Watercress; Watercress, Buenos Aires, grade 1A.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these watercress 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 watercress prices updated?
The latest watercress quote is from 11 November 2026; 3 of 8 markets published watercress 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 watercress prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for watercress 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.