Morocco confidently increases exports of sweet potatoes

Published Mar 29, 2023

Tridge summary

Morocco has seen a significant increase in the export of sweet potatoes, with a 67% annual rise in the past few years, including doubling its supplies in 2022 to a record 1.2 thousand tons. The country has established a presence in the premium markets of the EU and the Middle East, with the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK as its main consumers in 2022. The growth in sweet potato exports is attributed to the health-conscious consumer market, the willingness to try new tastes and pay a premium price, and the high proportion of ethnic minorities in these countries. Since 2013, trade in sweet potatoes and similar root crops has grown annually by 8%, while world imports of regular potatoes have decreased by 1% year on year.

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Sweet potato, or sweet potato, recently regarded as a "superfood", has become another export-oriented crop for Morocco, according to EastFruit. In just a few years, Moroccan exporters managed to establish the export of these products literally from scratch, entering the premium markets of the EU countries and the Middle East. Thus, on average, in recent years, Morocco has increased the export of sweet potatoes by 67% annually, and in 2022 it doubled the volume of its supplies, which reached a record 1.2 thousand tons. For comparison, in 2017, Morocco exported only 90 tons of this product, and a year later, exports were kept at a minimum of 23 tons in recent years. Moreover, it was 2022 that became the first year in the history of Morocco when sweet potato was exported without interruption, i.e. monthly. In addition, the country managed to stretch the peak of its supplies for a significant period, although before that it happened mainly in June-July. Morocco also entered 2023 with ...

Source: Eastfruit