Morocco purchased a record volume of seed potatoes for 5 years this season

게시됨 2023년 6월 22일

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Morocco has set a record for the past five years by importing a total of 60,000 tons of seed potatoes for the 2022/23 season, making it the country's second most imported horticultural commodity after dates. The import period lasts from October to April-May, with the Netherlands being the primary supplier, contributing to over half of the total imports. This surge in imported seed potatoes is attributed to Morocco's ongoing drought, which has negatively affected its potato harvest and prompted local producers to enhance their planting material quality. Consequently, Morocco's potato exports have seen a decline in 2023 due to the drought, but the country continues to increase its potato export volumes over the past few years, reaching nearly 54,000 tons in 2022.

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In Morocco, the production of potatoes is widely established, at the same time, the country actively imports seed potatoes, and the volume of imports from abroad is growing, EastFruit reports. Thus, for the 2022/23 season, about 60,000 tons of potatoes were supplied to Moroccan markets for planting - a record volume over the past 5 years. Considering that potatoes are grown in quite large volumes in Morocco (in 2021, a record harvest of 1.64 million tons was harvested in the country), local producers have a need for high-quality seed potatoes. As a result, the country is gradually increasing its purchases of planting material in foreign markets. The import season of these products in Morocco, as a rule, lasts from October to April-May, the peak of supplies falls on the winter period. It should be noted that seed potatoes in Morocco are the second commodities of the horticultural group after dates in terms of import volumes and the fifth in terms of import value. For example, for ...

출처: Eastfruit