Potato trade Australia: Slight increase in potato imports after fall in 2021

AUSVEG has reviewed Global Trade Atlas import data to better understand:
 

• the changes in the levels of potato imports pre- and post-COVID, as well as
• the changes in import levels over the last 12-months as growers have faced significant increases in costs of production.

While potato imports have increased 12% in value and 15% in volume over the last 12-months, the level of imports has decreased year-on-year since 2017/18.
 As the below graphs demonstrate, there has been an overall decline in the value and volume of frozen potato imports from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
 AUSVEG will continue to monitor the levels of potato imports and will provide further updates to industry to ensure growers are aware of the current global trading environment for potatoes.