The potato in Spain, an export and import game

Published 2023년 5월 23일

Tridge summary

Spain's potato sector experienced a mixed year in 2022, with increased exports and imports contrasting against a decrease in production due to adverse weather conditions. The country's potato cultivation area rebounded slightly, with increases in Galicia and Murcia, but production fell by 7%, reaching a record low of less than 2 million tons. The sector faces challenges such as high production costs, potential for high stocks due to increased imports, and a shift in planting dates to produce higher quality, seasonal potatoes. There is growing demand for this type of potato from consumers and large distribution chains, and efforts are being made to develop quality seeds and expand the planting area using the new framework.

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Original content

Spain closed the year 2022 with an increase in potato exports and imports, in what seems like a game of comings and goings for a product, whose sector is beginning to think about a new reorganization of planting dates. The potato sector is a hallmark of our fruit and vegetable production. However, at a productive and commercial level, it continues to be a crop with many ups and downs, with a revaluation by the consumer that, although it has grown in recent years, does not quite reach the levels of other products, despite being essential in our gastronomic tradition. From a productive point of view, in 2022 the potato acreage in Spain suffered a rebound compared to the previous year (63,752 Has, 469 Has more than in 2021), but without getting out of the downward trend of the last campaigns and without recovering the barrier of 70,000 hectares exceeded in 2017. By areas, the increases in area of Galicia and Murcia stand out, while Andalucía and Castilla y León, the main producing ...

Source: EComercio Agrario