Netherlands: The cost price of consumption potatoes continues to rise

Published 2022년 12월 23일

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The Working Group on Consumption Potatoes (WCA) of the NAV has predicted a significant increase in the cost price for potatoes for the 2023 season, following a similar trend from the 2022 season. The calculated cost price for clay delivery from land and delivery from the barn in week 17 are 20.7 cents/kg and 27.4 cents/kg, respectively. Factors contributing to the cost increase include labor, fertilizers, wearing parts, and energy, due to high inflation. The industry is also expected to raise contract prices for French fries potatoes significantly. The WCA calculates a margin of 15% on the basic cost price for the risk taken by the farmer. The cost price of table potatoes is expected to be higher than that of chips potatoes, and growers are encouraged to calculate their own cost price based on yields and quality requirements.

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The Working Group on Consumption Potatoes (WCA) of the NAV has again made an estimate of the cost price for the coming season (2023). For the current season (harvest 2022), potato growers have already had to deal with a significant increase in costs. The WCA calculates that these costs will continue to rise for the coming season. The first signals are that the industry is introducing a substantial increase in contract prices for French fries potatoes. For example, the calculations of the WCA come to 20.7 cents/kg (2022: 16.1 cents) for clay delivery from land and 27.4 cents/kg (2022: 23.7 cents) for delivery from the barn in week 17. Since 2010, the WCA has been calculating the cost price of consumption potatoes every year for an example company on sandy soil and on clay soil. These calculations are always performed in the same way, so that they can be compared over the years. The cost price is calculated excluding VAT and excluding the costs of pre-watering. The WCA charges € ...

Source: AGF