Root vegetables look flat on average, down 0.5% over the three months to 4 November 2026, but the family is split: four indices rose and eight fell. Over a year it is up 13.0%, ahead of the 8.3% for vegetables overall. Its 16 materials run from carrots and radishes to potato, celeriac, cassava and Jerusalem artichoke.
Celeriac and celery root carry identical figures, +20.1% over three months and +33.5% over a year, the strongest in the family. Potato rose 6.0% and turnip 4.5%. The European potato sector reported yields well short of normal following a very hot, dry summer, though quality was generally good, a 22 October note said.
Beetroot fell most of any root, by 11.7%, yet remains 8.0% higher than a year ago. In Poland, beetroot prices stopped falling on 28 September, though at a level described as extremely low. Sweet potato lost 9.7%, and radish and black radish 9.4% each. Egypt's sweet potato season was progressing well with larger volumes and growing European demand, news reported on 31 August.
All three carrot lines slipped over three months: carrot by 3.6%, yellow carrot and white carrot by 3.8%, while staying 13.1% to 13.2% above a year ago. In Belgium, carrots were reported to cost more on 30 October following the summer drought, with smaller roots also noted.
Cassava dropped 4.9% and has the family's deepest annual fall, at -25.9%. Vietnam's cassava exports fell in volume over the first nine months of 2026 while prices rose, according to a 19 October report. Parsnip (+21.9%) and rutabaga (+20.9%) only have one-year figures. Ube has no index; the Philippines suspended raw ube exports on 14 September to secure planting materials.