The European sweet potato market features record import growth

IndexBox has just published a new report: ‘World – Sweet Potato – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights’. Here is a summary of the report’s key findings. Sweet potato imports in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain are gaining momentum. From 2018 to 2020, imports to Germany increased by 20% and reached 47.4K tonnes. Over the same period, supplies to Spain tripled from 3.8K to 15.3K tonnes, while imports to the Netherlands rose by 44% and peaked at 174K tonnes. In 2020, the Netherlands overcame the UK and emerged as the top sweet potato importer. In 2020, approx. 755K tonnes of sweet potato were imported worldwide; picking up by 6.9% on 2019 figures. Over the period under review, imports saw a buoyant expansion. The pace of growth was the most pronounced in 2016 with an increase of 28% y-o-y (IndexBox estimates). Global imports peaked in 2020 and are expected to retain growth in the immediate term. Related Content: In value terms, sweet potato imports expanded ...