Will Egypt break Eastern Europe's potato export record in 2024/25?

The European potato market has been in a state of information fever since the beginning of summer, and its participants cannot agree on what to expect from the main potato season of 2024/25. Problems with seed potatoes and bad weather conditions this summer coexist in forecasts with a record expansion of potato areas in the EU. The situation in the eastern part of Europe is still more vague, although Ukraine has already started importing food potatoes from Lithuania and Poland in September, which is not particularly typical for this market at this time. Meanwhile, suppliers from more southern countries have been assessing their export prospects on the European market since the beginning of the new year. For example, Egyptian exporters, according to EastFruit, were able to supply a record volume of food potatoes to Eastern Europe in the 2023/24 season (July-June) and would not mind expanding their presence here in the new season. Let us briefly recall the chronology of events on ...