Competitiveness of potato sector in France

Published Aug 9, 2021

Tridge summary

France is the world's largest exporter of potatoes, with a surplus of 591 million euros for fresh potatoes and a deficit of 322 million euros for processed products in 2019. The country has the second largest potato production in Europe, with a quality product that meets European marketing standards. However, the trade balance for processed potatoes remains in deficit, primarily due to the EU. The competitive advantage of French potatoes lies in their superior quality and yield for transformation, but national processing capacities are limited with high imports of processed potatoes. The sector also faces upstream weaknesses, such as lack of investment in farm storage and a lack of financial support for communication campaigns.

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Original content

A surplus of 591 million euros for fresh potatoes against a deficit of 322 million euros for processed products (excluding starch): in two figures (2019), FranceAgriMer summarizes the ambivalence of the French potato industry. With a production of 8.8 million tonnes developed over 208,000 ha, France is the second European producer of potatoes and the world's largest exporter. “This very good export performance is partly explained by the quality of French production which meets European marketing standards in terms of washability, sizing, storage, etc.) as well for the market. costs only for industries, in particular Belgian and Dutch which obtain their supplies in France, ”notes FranceAgriMer in a study commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, deciphering the competitive forces of all the agricultural and agrifood sectors. Industrial sub-equipment The French trade balance for trade in processed potatoes remains very clearly in deficit with a deficit which has widened since ...

Source: Pleinchamp