# Yams (Dioscorea Spp.) With High Star trade prices and signals...

The featured reported corridor is Jamaica to USA, with a unit value of $2,204.35 per metric ton.

## Latest corridor price evidence

| Year | Route | USD per ton | Market median | Difference | Quantity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Jamaica to USA | $3,147.31 | $2,180.66 | +44.3% | 12,435.4 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to USA | $1,639.46 | $2,180.66 | -24.8% | 13,960.9 t |
| 2023 | USA to Canada | $1,599.27 | $1,850.67 | -13.6% | 12,178.1 t |
| 2023 | Costa Rica to USA | $2,023.17 | $2,180.66 | -7.2% | 6,407.9 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to United Kingdom | $848.85 | $4,561.53 | -81.4% | 14,606 t |
| 2023 | Japan to Other Asia, nes | $3,115.12 | $2,083.76 | +49.5% | 3,797.1 t |
| 2023 | Colombia to USA | $985.35 | $2,180.66 | -54.8% | 9,374.3 t |
| 2023 | Brazil to USA | $1,478.29 | $2,180.66 | -32.2% | 6,238.9 t |
| 2023 | Japan to USA | $3,313.77 | $2,180.66 | +52% | 2,344.5 t |
| 2023 | Jamaica to Canada | $4,027.01 | $1,850.67 | +117.6% | 1,596.3 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to Canada | $1,850.67 | $1,850.67 | 0% | 2,723.4 t |
| 2023 | China to Japan | $5,231.73 | $3,209.19 | +63% | 926.5 t |
| 2023 | China to USA | $1,262.25 | $2,180.66 | -42.1% | 3,351.6 t |
| 2023 | China to Malaysia | $1,791.24 | $1,314.65 | +36.3% | 2,268.5 t |
| 2023 | Costa Rica to France | $1,641.58 | $1,987.62 | -17.4% | 2,362.1 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to Netherlands | $1,261.82 | $2,133.33 | -40.9% | 2,586.5 t |
| 2023 | Côte d\'Ivoire to Mali | $229.14 | $229.14 | 0% | 14,019 t |
| 2023 | India to United Arab Emirates | $456.92 | $1,423.08 | -67.9% | 6,730 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to France | $918.87 | $1,987.62 | -53.8% | 2,681.3 t |
| 2023 | Japan to Singapore | $3,457.91 | $1,927.84 | +79.4% | 587.9 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to South Africa | $423.73 | $334.67 | +26.6% | 4,330.3 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to Italy | $936.19 | $2,269.22 | -58.7% | 1,576.6 t |
| 2023 | China to Netherlands | $2,274.72 | $2,133.33 | +6.6% | 620.2 t |
| 2023 | China to Canada | $2,002.55 | $1,850.67 | +8.2% | 683.4 t |
| 2023 | Malaysia to Singapore | $790.68 | $1,927.84 | -59% | 1,470.2 t |
| 2023 | Jamaica to United Kingdom | $4,982.41 | $4,561.53 | +9.2% | 204.6 t |
| 2023 | China to Singapore | $1,904.92 | $1,927.84 | -1.2% | 491 t |
| 2023 | China to Other Asia, nes | $1,958.81 | $2,083.76 | -6% | 451.2 t |
| 2023 | Jamaica to Cayman Islands | $2,626.31 | $1,872.73 | +40.2% | 320 t |
| 2023 | Thailand to Singapore | $2,022.24 | $1,927.84 | +4.9% | 384.4 t |
| 2023 | Japan to China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $3,980.89 | $3,310.34 | +20.3% | 188.2 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to Belgium | $375.4 | $2,436.66 | -84.6% | 1,921.5 t |
| 2023 | Viet Nam to Japan | $4,069.46 | $3,209.19 | +26.8% | 168.3 t |
| 2023 | India to Kuwait | $1,857.26 | $1,859.41 | -0.1% | 366.2 t |
| 2023 | USA to Ghana | $1,662.87 | $632.5 | +162.9% | 360.8 t |

## Featured corridor trade history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $14.4M | -3.7% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | $15.9M | +10% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | $15.5M | -2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | $16.8M | +8.2% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | $17.5M | +3.9% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | $17.5M | +0.5% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | $21.1M | +20.2% | +7.9% |
| 2017 | $23.6M | +11.7% | +10.5% |
| 2018 | $24.2M | +2.5% | +11.2% |
| 2019 | $24.3M | +0.4% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | $29.7M | +22.6% | +8.1% |
| 2021 | $30.3M | +1.9% | +7.8% |
| 2022 | $29.9M | -1.5% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | $37.2M | +24.5% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | $36.2M | -2.6% | +6.1% |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._