Japanese potato harvest amounted to 2.2 million tons

In the 2020-2021 market year (April - March), the potato area in Japan amounted to 71,900 hectares and production reached 2,204.00 tons. This means an area shrinkage of 3.4% and a decrease in production of 8.1% compared to the 2019-2020 market year. In 2020/2021, the season in Hokkaido was characterized by bad weather conditions, such as a shortage of sunshine hours and low temperatures in the second half of June. Adverse weather conditions in Hokkaido also affected potato production in the 2021/2022 season, as June and July were unusually hot and dry. As a result, FAS/Tokyo expects the potato harvest to fall another 18% in 2021-2022, to 1.8 million tons. Consumption MAFF categorizes the Japanese potato harvest on the basis of the different applications in consumption potatoes, starch potatoes, fodder potatoes, seed potatoes and losses. The categories of starch, seed and forage potatoes are fairly stable and generally represent about 34%, 5.5% and 0.1% of the national production ...