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Latest Market Data

Today's wholesale auction prices by market, KAMIS national averages, livestock and egg snapshots, and US to Korea trade, each with its source and date. All auction items and markets

Korean market pricesGlobal references

Today's auction

Median price per kilogram at Seoul Garak for the items that traded the most by value on Sat, Oct 31, with the spread across all five markets.

All items and markets
ItemMedian per kgPrevious trading dayLast 7 trading daysFive-market medians
  1. Mandarin감귤Five-market medians ₩1,620-₩2,000₩1,800/kg■ 0.0%■ Unchanged 0.0%vs Oct 30₩1,620-₩2,0005 markets
  2. Spinach시금치Five-market medians ₩2,000-₩3,125₩3,125/kg▼ −4.6%▼ Down −4.6%vs Oct 30₩2,000-₩3,1255 markets
  3. Onion양파Five-market medians ₩1,113-₩1,153₩1,153/kg▲ +1.2%▲ Up +1.2%vs Oct 30₩1,113-₩1,1532 markets
  4. Sweet persimmon단감Five-market medians ₩1,000-₩1,750₩1,700/kg▼ −15.0%▼ Down −15.0%vs Oct 30₩1,000-₩1,7505 markets
  5. Cucumber오이Five-market medians ₩2,000-₩2,400₩2,350/kg▲ +3.2%▲ Up +3.2%vs Oct 30₩2,000-₩2,4005 markets
  6. Green chili pepper풋고추Five-market medians ₩3,268-₩5,000₩5,000/kg▲ +8.7%▲ Up +8.7%vs Oct 30₩3,268-₩5,0005 markets
  7. Astringent persimmon떫은감Five-market medians ₩1,000-₩1,800₩1,400/kg▼ −12.5%▼ Down −12.5%vs Oct 30₩1,000-₩1,8005 markets
  8. Squash and pumpkin호박Five-market medians ₩1,500-₩2,625₩2,250/kg▲ +9.1%▲ Up +9.1%vs Oct 30₩1,500-₩2,6255 markets
Source: aT public wholesale market auctions (data.go.kr) · As of Oct 31Current

Ag Digest calculation from every lot in aT's nationwide public wholesale market real-time auction data (data.go.kr). Origin as declared by the shipper. Prices per kg converted from package prices. Five public wholesale markets: Seoul Garak, Busan Eomgung, Daegu Bukbu, Gwangju Gakhwa, Daejeon Ojeong. How these prices are calculated

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Commodity, against its seasonal normal

Tomato · KRW/kg

4,983Latest 2026-10-30

1 month
▼ −44.9%
1 year
▼ −37.0%
vs normal
▼ −39.8%
Overlays
What is the seasonal normal?

Seasonal normal is KAMIS's 평년: the price on the same date in each of the past five years, with the highest and lowest dropped and the other three averaged. The shaded band is that five-year range.

Date range
KRW/kg2,0004,0006,0008,00010,0002025.112026.012026.052026.082026.11

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Source: KAMIS · As of Oct 30Current

Prices by commodity

Each page shows the latest national average retail price, how it has moved, and where it sits against the seasonal normal.

  • 🌾Rice
  • 🥬Napa cabbage
  • 🐄Hanwoo beef
  • 🐖Pork belly
  • 🐔Chicken
  • 🥚Eggs
  • 🥔Potato
  • 🧅Onion
  • 🌱Green onion
  • 🧄Garlic
  • 🍎Apple
  • 🍅Tomato

US–Korea agricultural trade

Annual agri-food trade (HS 01–24) with South Korea, per U.S. Census Bureau trade statistics.

US exports to Korea

  1. Meat02$2.9B
  2. Cereals10$2.6B
  3. Fruit & nuts08$739.8M
  4. Misc. edible preparations21$639.5M
  5. Oil seeds12$604.1M
  6. Food residues & animal feed23$472.8M
  7. Dairy, eggs, honey04$452.9M
  8. Fish & seafood03$342.5M
Total$9.9B

US imports from Korea

  1. Cereal & flour preparations19$632.9M
  2. Vegetable & fruit preparations20$332.8M
  3. Misc. edible preparations21$289.6M
  4. Fats & oils15$272.5M
  5. Beverages & spirits22$174.2M
  6. Fish & seafood03$154.7M
  7. Meat & fish preparations16$75.2M
  8. Fruit & nuts08$43.6M
Total$2.1B

HS-2 chapter level · U.S. Census Bureau trade statistics

Source: U.S. Census Bureau · 2025Current

Livestock and eggs

Egg
  • XL
    KRW/30pcs
    5,084
    -61 wk
  • KRW/30pcs
    KRW/30pcs
    6,871
    +130 wk
Korean Beef
  • Grade 1
    KRW/100g
    11,876
    -260 wk
  • Defect, Excluded
    KRW/kg
    22,733
    -684 wk
Pork
  • KRW/100g
    KRW/100g
    2,649
    -259 wk
  • Excluded, 제주
    KRW/kg
    5,394
    -403 wk
Chicken
  • KRW/kg
    KRW/kg
    5,552
    -298 wk
  • Large
    KRW/kg
    1,400
    -53 wk
Source: e-KAPEPIA · As of Nov 2Current

National average retail prices

Rice
  • KRW/20kg
    63,282
    +240 wk
Potato
  • KRW/100g
    333
    -15 wk
Onion
  • KRW/kg
    1,890
    -275 wk
Green Onion
  • KRW/kg
    2,274
    -510 wk
Garlic
  • KRW/kg
    12,150
    +1,310 wk
Apple
  • KRW/10pcs
    21,408
Tomato
  • KRW/kg
    4,983
    -393 wk
Napa Cabbage
  • KRW/head
    3,775
    -762 wk
Source: KAMIS · As of Oct 30Current