Lamb Weston: The industry was inaugurated in Mar del Plata, for which many producers took the plunge (to discover that

Published 2025년 10월 8일

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Finally, after a long wait, Lamb Weston Holdings inaugurated a 40,000 square meter plant in Mar del Plata, where it will process 90,000 tons of potatoes per year to produce frozen pre-fried potatoes, flake puree, and potato starch for the foreign market.
The news was received with mixed feelings by many potato producers. On the one hand, it brings relief that a new player has appeared in the demand for the tuber. But on the other, the delay in the inauguration promoted a commercial catastrophe this year.
The story began in March 2022, when the then Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, approved the inclusion of the project presented by Lamb Weston within the Investment Promotion Regime for Exports, which allows the company, among other benefits, to dispose of 20% of the foreign currency obtained from exports.

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Finally, after a long wait, Lamb Weston Holdings inaugurated in Mar del Plata a 40,000 square meter plant where it will process 90,000 tons of potatoes per year to produce frozen pre-fried potatoes, flakey mashed potatoes, and potato starch for the foreign market. The news was received with mixed feelings by many potato producers. On the one hand, it brings relief that a new player has appeared in the demand for the tuber. But, on the other, the delay in the inauguration promoted a commercial catastrophe this year. The story began in March 2022, when the then Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, approved the inclusion of the project presented by Lamb Weston within the Export Investment Promotion Regime, which allows the company, among other benefits, to dispose of 20% of the foreign currency obtained from exports. The investment was subsequently ratified in September 2022 by the then Minister of Economy Sergio Massa, but the works of the Lamb Weston plant, which only ...

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