Top-5 potato producers in the EU

Published 2021년 8월 20일

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In 2020, five EU countries - Germany, Poland, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium - contributed to 75% of the bloc's potato production, with Germany leading and the total harvest reaching 55.3 million tons. The EU's potato industry has a value of € 9.1 billion, with a significant portion of the crop being processed into various products like frozen fries and chips, contributing 1.6% to the European food industry's production value.
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Original content

The EU countries harvested 55.3 million tons of potatoes last year. Germany became the leader in production. It is reported by Euroweeklynews.com. Thus, Germany accounted for 21.2% of the volume in the EU, followed by Poland (16.4%), France (15.7%), the Netherlands (12.7%) and Belgium (7.2%). These five accounted for almost 75% of the total potato production in the EU. In addition to exporting and trading raw potatoes for food and seed, in Europe, crops are processed into four main types of products: frozen potatoes (mostly fries), prepared or canned potatoes (chips), dried potatoes, and potato ...

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