October 08, 2024 | Articles

France is the new potato hotspot

After an eight-year absence, members of the European potato industry were very keen to return to France for the Potato Europe Show. More than 18°000 visitors attended the event in the north east of France, which is seeing a large increase in potato production. The exhibitor lines were almost three kilometres long and consisted of…

June 18, 2024 | Articles

Global potato & potato product trade reached new highs in 2023

The value of potato and product exports soared by 21.9% to €23.450 billion in 2023, driven by much higher prices. That value was 112.5% more than 10 years before in 2013. All categories posted an increase in value, with products leading the way. The largest category by value was frozen fries, which increased by 24.2%…

March 19, 2024 | Articles

World potato production reaches new highs

World potato production hit a new high in 2022, but that record may have been broken in 2023 despite another small European crop.

December 19, 2023 | Articles

The smallest EU crop since 2018?

The impact of the wet autumn on the European potato crop is not fully understood but it will have caused significant damage. At the beginning of December at least 10% of the EU-4 crop (Germany, France, Belgium and Netherlands) was still in the ground and potatoes that have been lifted have suffered higher than normal…

October 03, 2023 | Articles

Extra European potatoes will not cover

Ware production (maincrop and early consumption potatoes) in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands is expected to be 1.3 million tonnes more than in 2022 at about 23 million tonnes, according to the NEPG group of organisations from the four countries. Despite that figure being similar to 2021, greater needs by processors and more disease…

June 20, 2023 | Articles

2022 saw potato trade records smashed

Potato trade broke new volume and value records in 2022 as demand came roaring back as the pandemic subsided, unique analysis from World Potato Markets shows. The value of exports of potato products, fresh ware potatoes and seed potatoes leapt by 34.2% to €18.366 billion, which was €3.636 billion or 20% more than the pre-pandemic…

March 21, 2023 | Articles

2021 record production unlikely to be beaten in 2022

The world produced a record 376.1 million tonnes of potatoes in 2021, new figures from the UN FAO suggest. However, a smaller area and weather issues in key potato-growing countries may have seen that figure fall by nearly six per cent to 354.3 million tonnes in 2022, World Potato Markets calculations estimate. Please note that…

December 21, 2022 | Articles

Eight billion people means potato challenges and opportunities

This year has seen a significant milestone in the life of the world – its population has reached eight billion for the first time. Changes in world population will shape the potato industry in the coming years and it is not all about adapting to a growing number of people in the world.

September 27, 2022 | Articles

An overview of monthly ware trade

Worldwide late season demand for ware potatoes.

June 22, 2022 | Articles

Growth in world potato area halted by pandemic

The pandemic appears to have stalled the increase in potato production over the last two years but yields continue to rise as potato production consolidates into the hands of fewer and more professional growers.