Sweet potatoes and yams are the fastest growing categories of vegetable imports in Russia

Published 2021년 4월 6일

Tridge summary

Russian consumers are showing a preference for yams and sweet potatoes despite the country's historical love for potatoes. This shift is evident in the significant increase in imports of these exotic tubers, with sweet potato imports surging 12 times over the last five years and yams eight times. The trend is largely driven by social media influencers, with sweet potatoes finding favor for their nutritional benefits and variety, and yams due to their heart-friendly characteristics. Egypt, Honduras, Israel, Guatemala, China, and Vietnam are the primary suppliers of sweet potatoes to Russia, while Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Ghana and Nigeria, dominate the yam market. This shift towards diverse vegetable options highlights a growing global demand for these tubers.

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Original content

EastFruit analysts draw attention to an interesting trend in the Russian vegetable market - against the background of record low prices for potatoes of its own production and even its large-scale export in recent seasons, Russian consumers have begun to take an active interest in alternative products - yams and sweet potatoes. As a result, imports of sweet potatoes and yams to Russia are growing much faster than imports of other categories of vegetables. In particular, only in 2020, when, we recall, the incomes of consumers in the Russian Federation decreased, the import of these expensive tubers more than doubled. The import of sweet potatoes reached 2.3 thousand tons, an increase of 1.2 times, and the import of yams - 55 tons, an increase of 2.3 times compared to 2019. Over the past five years, the import of sweet potatoes to Russia has increased 12 times, and the import of yams - eight times. These niche types of tubers in Russia are gaining more and more popularity, despite ...

Source: Eastfruit