Marché de San-Pédro

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Wholesale · San-Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire · also called San-Pédro market, San Pedro

The market of the south-western port city, in the heart of the forest zone. Plantain, cassava and oil palm are the trade; the cocoa that also passes through San-Pédro leaves by ship under the Conseil Café-Cacao's system, not through this market.

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In season here in September: Rice

What trades at Marché de San-Pédro

Crop Sold by Supply peaks
Banana & plantain bunch —
Cassava basket —
Oil palm drum —
Rice sack September to November
Hot pepper basket November to January
Eggplant basket —

Selling by the bucket or the bag? The farming glossary turns those measures into kilograms — what a 20 litre bucket of each crop really weighs, level and heaped. Open the glossary →

Selling here

Trading days
Every day
Currency
XOF

Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Produce goes by the basket, the heap or the bunch — very little is weighed, so agree the measure before you unload.

Growers sell in bulk to traders who break the load down and resell. The best price for a full load, and the longest trip.

In San-Pédro, on the south-west coast.

Places that could sell into Marché de San-Pédro

Marché de San-Pédro prices, and what to grow for it

Prices here move hour to hour, so they belong in the app rather than on a web page — a printed number would be wrong before you read it, and a live one from the traders standing in this market will not be.

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Frequently asked questions

What is sold at Marché de San-Pédro?

Marché de San-Pédro trades banana & plantain, cassava, oil palm, rice, hot pepper, eggplant. The market of the south-western port city, in the heart of the forest zone. Plantain, cassava and oil palm are the trade; the cocoa that also passes through San-Pédro leaves by ship under the Conseil Café-Cacao's system, not through this market.

When is rice cheapest at Marché de San-Pédro?

Supply of rice into Marché de San-Pédro peaks September to November, and that is when prices are usually at their lowest. Selling just before the peak, rather than in the middle of it, is where the money is.

What currency is used at Marché de San-Pédro?

XOF. Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Produce goes by the basket, the heap or the bunch — very little is weighed, so agree the measure before you unload.

What are today's prices at Marché de San-Pédro?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché de San-Pédro — they move hour to hour, and a number printed on a web page would be wrong before you read it. Market prices are coming to the Divisi app, reported by the farmers and traders who are actually there. Install it and you will have them the day they land.

Last checked August 2026. Markets move and trading hours change — if something here is wrong, please tell us.

Sources

  1. Écho du marché : prix des produits dans les différents marchés en Côte d'Ivoire (data.gouv.ci)

Before you take a load

The guides for what you are selling, the words traded here, and the farmers who were on this floor last week.