6 kmt of excess supply of potatoes in Northern Cyprus

The monthly potato consumption has gone down from 1.2 kmt to 0.7 kmt in Northern Cyprus due to the Covid19 outbreak. As a result, there is an excess supply of 6 kmt of potatoes in the domestic market.

Turkey has imported potatoes from Egypt which has limited export possibilities from Northern Cyprus. As a result, the farmgate price of potatoes went down from 0.45 USD per kg in 2019 to 0.30 USD per kg in 2020.