Malta potatoes are just right due to limited supply of new harvest

Tholen - This morning the first full trucks with Santé potatoes from Malta were unloaded at Altena Potatoes in Veen. "We started cautiously last week, but that wasn't allowed to have a name yet. Now we can really start," says Kees Schouten. "There is always a demand for the first Malta potatoes, but with the sunny weather that has now set in and Easter is coming up, I certainly don't expect this to be any less," says Kees. "And although the prices are quite firm, many customers are eager to get in. The market guys in particular are eager for a new harvest." Kees visiting Raphael Scerri in Malta "And the alternatives with imported potatoes are limited. Morocco has an export ban, so we hardly see Nicolas on the market. And there are also few new harvests coming in from other countries. Egypt does send potatoes, but of varying quality. Malta has even a lower harvest due to the rainfall." Altena has been working for many years with the Maltese potato company Quality Fruit & ...