Small Dutch potato harvest in 2021/22, but a lot of import and export

Published 2023년 2월 17일

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Last year, potatoes, including fresh and processed, were traded internationally for a total of 13.5 billion euros. The Netherlands is a major player in this trade, especially in the export of seed potatoes and starch potatoes. The country also has a large harvest of consumption potatoes, despite a drought, making it the second largest in the past decade. Belgium is a significant importer of Dutch potatoes, mainly for industrial use. The Netherlands exported 1.6 million tons of ware potatoes last season, with Belgium being the largest customer. The majority of consumption potatoes is used by the processing industry.

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Last year, potatoes (fresh and processed) were traded internationally for a total of 13.5 billion euros. The value of the export of frozen products, at 7 billion euros, was much greater than that of (fresh) consumption potatoes, which had a volume of 3.4 billion euros. The international trade in other processed potato products amounted to 2.3 billion. And those of seed potatoes 0.7 billion euros. These figures do not include the often innovative products made from the 'starch' potatoes. In any case, in Northwest Europe, the bulk of consumption potatoes goes to the (frozen) industry. The large companies have branches in various Northwestern European countries. This explains the large mutual trade between the major growing countries France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Despite the rather prolonged drought in the spring and summer in the Netherlands, a large harvest is expected for the current season, namely 3.93 million tons. In the last ten years, only in 2011 and 2017 was ...

Source: AGF