# Taro (Colocasia Spp.) With High Star buyer markets and demand...

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $64.3M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $64.3M | +3.8% | 26 | Ecuador |
| Japan | $56.0M | +0.6% | 9 | China |
| New Zealand | $10.1M | +7.3% | 14 | Fiji |
| Australia | $8.4M | +5.5% | 15 | Fiji |
| Canada | $6.6M | +11.8% | 31 | Mexico |
| United Arab Emirates | $5.3M | +11.9% | 18 | China |
| Malaysia | $5.3M | +16.8% | 11 | China |
| Saudi Arabia | $4.3M | +14.9% | 10 | Egypt |
| Netherlands | $4.2M | +10.7% | 37 | Costa Rica |
| Viet Nam | $3.6M | -18% | 3 | China |
| United Kingdom | $3.3M | +21.8% | 25 | Costa Rica |
| France | $3.3M | +21.2% | 35 | Costa Rica |
| Singapore | $1.8M | +2.8% | 14 | Thailand |
| Spain | $1.3M | +7.4% | 12 | Costa Rica |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $1.0M | +3.1% | 5 | China |
| Qatar | $952.9K | +6.6% | 13 | China |
| Germany | $948.1K | +18.3% | 26 | Netherlands |
| Italy | $938.4K | +8.5% | 15 | Netherlands |
| Taiwan | $753.2K | +32.2% | 3 | Viet Nam |
| Oman | $695.6K | +6.6% | 14 | United Arab Emirates |
| Kuwait | $679.9K | +4.1% | 12 | China |
| Thailand | $457.8K | +21.4% | 2 | China |
| Bangladesh | $355.7K | +124.3% | 2 | Myanmar |
| Republic of Korea | $342.1K | +21.1% | 7 | China |
| Portugal | $281.3K | -2.1% | 7 | Costa Rica |
| China, Macao SAR | $270.0K | +5.4% | 5 | China |
| World excl. EU | $247.5K | +7.7% | 5 | Samoa |
| Belgium | $224.3K | -17.5% | 18 | Netherlands |
| Bahrain | $183.8K | -13.4% | 17 | China |
| Dominican Republic | $151.7K | +306.2% | 2 | Ecuador |
| Austria | $142.4K | +9.4% | 12 | Netherlands |
| Sweden | $139.5K | +10.2% | 13 | Netherlands |
| Indonesia | $126.3K | +50.1% | 6 | China |
| China | $120.3K | -42.7% | 2 | Myanmar |
| Costa Rica | $103.8K | +67% | 2 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $89.5M | $1,493.06 |
| Japan | 2023 | $64.7M | $2,325.9 |
| New Zealand | 2023 | $11.4M | $2,687.82 |
| Australia | 2023 | $9.3M | $3,934.94 |
| Canada | 2023 | $7.4M | $2,157.73 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $5.8M | $2,091.21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $3.4M | $1,538.14 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $3.3M | $1,897 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $3.3M | $2,390.41 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $3.2M | $614.31 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $3.2M | $1,554 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $3.1M | $533.24 |
| France | 2023 | $2.0M | $1,304.37 |
| China | 2023 | $1.7M | $488.05 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $1.6M | $3,978.72 |
| Italy | 2023 | $1.2M | $2,465.02 |
| Qatar | 2023 | $996.6K | $1,445.86 |
| Spain | 2023 | $993.2K | $1,138.62 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $804.9K | $659.16 |
| Germany | 2023 | $697.1K | $2,041.16 |

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