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STATISTICAL UPDATE: PORT VILA CENTRAL MARKET SURVEY

The Port Vila Central Market Survey summarises selected agricultural produces sold at the main wet market based on the Supply and Price of commodities. Data is collected on a fortnightly basis, analysed and published as quarterly average and by commodity groups.

Summary of Findings: The Port Vila central Market Survey of September quarter of 2025 showed an overall volume increase of 32 percent on the supply of commodities while the overall price decreased by -9 percent compared to the previous quarter.

Increase in the volume of Fruits and Vegetables group contributed to the increase in the overall volume index compared to the previous quarter.
The value of commodities increased by 42 percent in the quarter under review.
An average of 188 sellers was recorded for this quarter.

Overview

The Port Vila Central Market Survey in September quarter of 2025 showed an overall volume increase of 32 percent compared to the previous quarter. Fruits, and Vegetables produce contributed to the increase in the overall volume. (Refer to table 1 & 4).

The overall price decreased by -9 percent compared to the previous quarter. Fruits and Vegetables produce contributed to the overall price decrease. (Refer to table 2 & 5).

Staple Food Produce

The supply of Staple food produce decreased by -9 percent when compared to the previous quarter, while the average weighted price increased by 15 percent.

Commodities that contributed to the increase in price of staple produce were Banana green by 69 percent, Dried coconut by 53 percent, Manioc by 44 percent, Fiji Taro by 9 percent, Sweet Kumala (Potato) and Yam at 8 percent each.

When compared to the same quarter of the previous year, staple food produce volume decreased by -10 percent and its weighted average price increased by 21 percent. (Refer to table 1 & 2).

Fruit Produce

An overview of Fruits supplied to Port Vila Central Market in the quarter under review showed an overall volume increase of 65 percent compared to the previous quarter, while its weighted average price decreased by -9 percent. Fruits that contributed to the decrease in price were, Water melon by -16 percent, Green coconut by -13 percent and Ripe banana at -2 percent. When compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the quantity supplied of fruits to the Port Vila Central Market decreased by -43 percent and the weighted average price increased by 51 percent. (Refer to table 1 & 2).

Vegetable Produce

The supply of Vegetables to the Port Vila Central Market in September quarter of 2025 recorded an overall volume increase of 78 Kilograms and the average price per kilograms decreased by -11 percent compared to the previous quarter.

All vegetable produces contributed to the increase in the overall volume of vegetables supplied to the market in the quarter under review except Island cabbage which decreased by -19 percent.

When compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the supply of vegetables to the market decreased by -50 percent and its average weighted price increased by 3 percent. (Refer to table 1 & 2).

Seller Per Commodity Group

September quarter of 2025 recorded a total average of 188 sellers1 at the Port Vila Central Market, which is an increase of 31 vendors when compared to the previous quarter and a decrease of -10 vendors when compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

When compared to the previous quarter, vegetables produce vendors increased by 39 vendors, fruits produce vendors increased by 26 percent and staple produce vendors decreased by -6 percent

When compared to September quarter of 2024, Vegetables and Fruits produce vendors decreased by -20 percent and -3 percent respectively while Staple produce vendors remained unchanged. (Refer to table 6).

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[1] This is the total number of sellers at the market. However, one seller can sell more than 1 type of produce hence the analysis by sellers per produce

Value of Supplies

The average value of commodities at the Port Vila Central Market in the quarter under review recorded a value of VT1,163,000. This is an overall increase of 42 percent compared to the previous quarter and a decrease of -28 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. (Refer to table 3)

Staple produce registered the largest share in value at 52 percent. Staple produce increased in value by 11 percent over the previous quarter and it also increased in value by 10 percent over the same quarter of the previous year.

Vegetable produce registered the second highest share in value by 27 percent. Vegetables produce increased by value VT174,000 when compared to the previous quarter and decreased by VT317,000 over the same quarter of the previous year. Fruits produce registered the least share in value at 21 percent. Fruits produce increased by 78 percent over the previous quarter and decreased by -43 percent over the same quarter of the previous year.

Concepts and Definitions

The Port Vila Market Survey was instigated to measure the price and volume of specific agricultural produces in the main market. The survey is conducted on a fortnightly basis.

The data analysed in this report shows quarterly average supply and prices of the commodities under study. Weights are based on 2016 using HIES 2010 and Agriculture Census 2007 and were used henceforth.

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Table 1: Quantity Supplied (in kilograms)

						25-Sep
PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	542	292	172	537	486	-9	-10
Fiji Taro	258	139	118	253	230	-9	-11
Island Taro	446	148	120	760	951	25	113
Manioc	403	277	153	605	409	-32	1
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	799	855	134	215	357	66	-55
Yam	672	58	60	508	477	-6	-29
Banana - green	459	283	216	648	398	-39	-13
Dried coconut	754	282	401	768	581	-24	-23
FRUITS	642	396	149	221	364	65	-43
Banana, Ripe	1313	586	121	446	709	59	-46
Pawpaw	992	354	94	383	485	27	-51
Water Melon	0	543	315	28	156	451	0
Green coconut	264	100	64	28	106	281	-60
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	263	158	21	52	130	151	-50
Bowl Cabbage (white)	570	475	0	26	303	1044	-47
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	35	19	0	0	28	100	-22
Carrot	32	27	0	2	10	365	-69
Chinese Cabbage	455	70	36	70	108	56	-76
Cucumber	555	341	36	141	153	8	-72
Pumpkin	184	85	81	84	251	200	36
Island Cabbage	74	90	36	111	90	-19	23
Lettuce	158	54	0	8	39	399	-75
Tomato	303	260	0	26	192	640	-36

Table 2: Weighted Average Price Per Kilograms (in Vatu)

PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	143	118	187	150	173	15	21
Fiji Taro	133	106	132	145	158	9	18
Island Taro	209	106	168	209	194	-7	-7
Manioc	79	82	144	65	93	44	17
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	116	92	172	147	158	8	36
Yam	288	219	398	328	354	8	23
Banana - green	89	132	136	82	139	69	57
Dried coconut	86	91	155	77	117	53	36
FRUITS	128	163	173	212	193	-9	51
Banana, Ripe	172	111	153	187	183	-2	6
Pawpaw	153	107	113	102	107	5	-30
Water Melon	0	260	270	300	253	-16	0
Green coconut	187	176	154	260	227	-13	22
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	302	327	332	348	311	-11	3
Bowl Cabbage (white)	236	188	0	235	176	-25	-25
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	439	419	0	0	339	100	-23
Carrot	300	315	0	484	483	0	61
Chinese Cabbage	161	322	1061	380	213	-44	33
Cucumber	239	323	852	315	289	-8	21
Pumpkin	163	143	517	117	207	77	27
Island Cabbage	287	190	556	183	222	21	-23
Lettuce	423	720	0	520	419	-19	-1
Tomato	474	320	0	901	450	-50	-5

Table 3: Value of Supplies (in Vatu thousands)

PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	552	208	196	545	608	11	10
Fiji Taro	34	15	16	37	36	-1	6
Island Taro	93	16	20	159	185	16	98
Manioc	32	23	22	39	38	-3	18
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	93	79	23	32	57	79	-39
Yam	194	13	24	166	169	2	-15
Banana - green	41	37	29	53	55	4	36
Dried coconut	65	26	62	59	68	16	5
FRUITS	427	261	124	138	245	78	-43
Banana, Ripe	226	65	19	83	130	56	-43
Pawpaw	152	38	11	39	52	33	-66
Water Melon	0	141	85	8	39	365	0
Green coconut	49	18	10	7	24	234	-51
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	627	390	131	136	310	128	-51
Bowl Cabbage (white)	135	89	0	6	53	758	-60
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	16	8	0	0	9	100	-40
Carrot	10	9	0	1	5	363	-50
Chinese Cabbage	73	23	38	26	23	-13	-68
Cucumber	132	110	30	45	44	-4	-67
Pumpkin	30	12	42	10	52	432	73
Island Cabbage	21	17	20	20	20	-2	-5
Lettuce	67	39	0	4	17	303	-75
Tomato	143	83	0	23	87	269	-39
	1606	859	451	819	1163	42	-28

*on the days surveyed

Table 4: Volume Index (2016 = 100)

PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	116	62	37	115	104	-9	-10
Fiji Taro	347	187	159	341	310	-9	-11
Island Taro	81	27	22	138	173	25	113
Manioc	75	52	29	113	76	-32	1
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	84	90	14	23	37	66	-55
Yam	269	23	24	203	191	-6	-29
Banana - green	180	111	85	254	156	-39	-13
Dried coconut	116	43	62	118	89	-24	-23
FRUITS	146	90	34	50	83	65	-43
Banana, Ripe	302	135	28	103	163	59	-46
Pawpaw	175	62	16	67	85	27	-51
Water Melon	0	121	70	6	35	451	0
Green coconut	85	32	21	9	34	281	-60
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	132	80	11	26	66	151	-50
Bowl Cabbage (white)	185	154	0	9	98	1044	-47
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	67	36	0	0	52	100	-22
Carrot	41	35	0	3	13	365	-69
Chinese Cabbage	84	13	7	13	20	56	-76
Cucumber	162	99	10	41	45	8	-72
Pumpkin	409	190	180	186	557	200	36
Island Cabbage	43	52	21	65	53	-19	23
Lettuce	354	121	0	18	88	399	-75
Tomato	153	131	0	13	97	640	-36
	136	77	26	72	95	32	-30

Table 5: Price Index (2016 = 100)

PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	118	97	154	124	143	15	21
Fiji Taro	97	77	96	106	115	9	18
Island Taro	112	57	91	113	105	-7	-7
Manioc	144	149	261	117	168	44	17
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	159	126	235	201	217	8	36
Yam	129	98	178	146	158	8	23
Banana - green	75	111	115	70	117	69	57
Dried coconut	154	162	278	137	209	53	36
FRUITS	97	124	131	162	147	-9	51
Banana, Ripe	134	86	119	145	142	-2	6
Pawpaw	194	135	144	130	136	5	-30
Water Melon	0	141	146	163	137	-16	0
Green coconut	140	132	115	195	171	-13	22
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	128	138	141	148	132	-11	3
Bowl Cabbage (white)	108	86	0	108	81	-25	-25
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	209	199	0	0	161	100	-23
Carrot	182	191	0	294	293	0	61
Chinese Cabbage	120	241	795	285	160	-44	33
Cucumber	119	161	425	157	144	-8	21
Pumpkin	112	99	356	81	143	77	27
Island Cabbage	131	87	255	84	102	21	-23
Lettuce	81	138	0	100	80	-19	-1
Tomato	152	102	0	289	144	-50	-5
	122	126	207	160	146	-9	19

Table 6: Number of Sellers

PRODUCE	SEP.24.AV	DEC.24.AV	MAR.25.AV	JUN.25.AV	SEP.25.AV	% chng from prev qtr	% chng from Sep 24
STAPLE PRODUCE	63	40	36	67	63	-6	0
Fiji Taro	6	4	5	5	6	5	-12
Island Taro	8	4	6	10	10	0	24
Manioc	9	6	5	14	10	-28	6
Sweet Potato (Kumala)	10	10	5	5	6	24	-32
Yam	7	1	1	8	7	-1	9
Banana - green	12	6	7	16	15	-5	24
Dried coconut	11	9	7	10	9	-9	-20
FRUITS	50	49	23	38	48	26	-3
Banana, Ripe	18	20	5	16	21	30	16
Pawpaw	18	23	8	20	21	5	14
Water Melon	0	2	2	0	1	650	0
Green coconut	13	5	8	2	5	119	-61
VEGETABLE PRODUCE	96	85	28	38	77	101	-20
Bowl Cabbage (white)	9	8	0	2	7	326	-25
Bowl Cabbage (purple)	2	1	0	0	2	100	-9
Carrot	3	6	0	0	1	286	-52
Chinese Cabbage	16	4	2	4	9	131	-45
Cucumber	16	16	9	10	12	20	-26
Pumpkin	10	5	9	3	9	178	-9
Island Cabbage	14	16	9	16	15	-3	11
Lettuce	14	7	0	1	6	453	-60
Tomato	13	22	0	3	17	469	32
	208	174	87	144	188	31	-10