FY2026 Rice Prices and Volumes (September)
Overview
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries compiled relative transaction prices and volumes for rice produced in FY2026 for September 2026. The average price across all brands was 21,293 yen per 60 kg of brown rice, and the total relative transaction volume across all brands was 54,000 tonnes. The price fell by 15,602 yen (42 percent) from the same month a year earlier and by 1,407 yen (6 percent) from the same month two years earlier. The price is a weighted average of prices for Grade 1 rice under relative transaction contracts and includes freight, packaging costs, and consumption tax.
Key points
- The average price across all brands in September 2026 was 21,293 yen per 60 kg of brown rice.
- Total relative transaction volume across all brands was 54,000 tonnes.
- The price fell by 15,602 yen (42 percent) from the same month a year earlier and by 1,407 yen (6 percent) from the same month two years earlier.
Overview
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries compiled and published “Relative Transaction Prices and Volumes for Rice Produced in FY2026 (September 2026).”
Under the review of rice policy beginning with rice produced in 2018, the government is improving the environment for producing rice in response to demand, based on producers’ and rice collectors’ and organizations’ independent management decisions and sales strategies. As part of this effort, since March 2014 it has provided detailed information on supply, demand, and prices related to distribution, as well as sales progress and inventories.
Details
Prices for each producing region, variety, and brand are weighted averages of prices for Grade 1 rice under relative transaction contracts and include freight, packaging costs, and consumption tax. Volume is the total quantity under those contracts.
Prices and volumes by producing region and brand, surveyed businesses, and aggregation categories are shown in the attached materials. This aggregation is based on information reported by rice shipping and sales businesses, organizations, and others.