Potato Prices in Bangladesh up due to tight supply
Over the last month, potato prices in Dhaka, Bangladesh have seen large increases, as supplies are tight.
May 06, 2018
Sri Lanka increases import duties on potatoes as local prices drop
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Finance has announced that the special commodity levy on imported big onions and potatoes had been increased with effect from midnight Wednesday, May 2nd.
May 06, 2018
Two German Potato Packers fined €13.2 million for price fixing
Two potato packaging companies in Germany have been fined a total of € 13.2 million (USD 15.8 million) for price fixing related to their supplies to the Metro Supermarket group.
May 04, 2018
Potato Association Europatat welcomes Gilles Fontaine as new President
The European Potato Trade Association Europatat elected a new board yesterday. Gilles Fontaine was appointed President for the next three-years
April 27, 2018
Egypt: Chipsy launches agricultural program to produce all seed potatoes locally
Pepsico's joint venture in Egypt, Chipsy For Food Industries SAE, announced a major agricultural programme to produce all seed potatoes locally.
April 22, 2018
United States Potato Stocks up 2 percent
The 13 major potato States held 134 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2018, up 2 percent from April 1, 2017 according to a USDA report released last week.
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April 16, 2018
Searching for the occasional market for excess potatoes
Organisations representing potato farmers in Belgium and France, have started a project (interreg-GEPOS) to look for alternative destinations for potatoes in Belgium and the North of France in seasons marked by large surpluses.
April 15, 2018
United Kingdom trades more Processed Potato Products
United Kingdom potato trade saw strong performance from its processed potato sectors in the first seven months of the 2017/18 marketing season. Trade of frozen potato has seen strong growth both leaving and entering the UK, although imports still outweigh exports by ten-fold.
April 04, 2018
Potato Industry of Malta continues decline
Over a decade, Potato Exports from Malta fell from 7,200 tonnes in 2004 crop to just 3,100 tonnes in 2014, a massive 56% drop.
April 04, 2018
Global demand for potatoes is up, but US market share is down
Worldwide consumption of potatoes is increasing, according to Blair Richardson, chief executive officer of Potatoes USA during a recent meeting of Wisconsin potato growers
A federal judge ruled that the United States government illegally quarantined some Idaho potato fields infested with potato cyst nematodes (PCN), a pest that could threaten the state’s $1.2 billion potato industry.
March 22, 2018
India: Higher Potato Prices reported in Punjab, West-Bengal
Higher potato prices are reported in various states of India (Punjab, West-Bengal), offering relief (Punjab) or even a windfall (West-Bengal) for farmers.
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March 22, 2018
Georgia bans the import of potato from Turkey citing potato wart risks
Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture stated that they have banned potato imports from Turkey until July, 2018 to eliminate the spread of 'potato cancer' on Georgian territory.
March 20, 2018
Record amounts of potatoes in stock in Great Britain
Great Britain potato stock levels held by growers are estimated at 2.4Mt as at the end of January. This represents the largest end-January stocks figure since the stocks survey began in 2010.
March 20, 2018
Russia blocks two potato shipments from Egypt due to detection brown rot
Russia’s agricultural quarantine authorities flagged two potato shipments imported from Egypt that were found to be contaminated with potato brown rot.
March 18, 2018
Jamaica anticipates 100% self-sufficiency for table potatoes this year
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson says he is anticipating that Jamaica will achieve its goal of 100 per cent self-sufficiency in the production of table Irish potato this year.
March 16, 2018
Record Investments in the Belgian Potato Processing Sector continued in 2017
The record year of 2016 for the Belgian potato processing industry continued into 2017, according to Belgapom, the Belgian potato trade and processing industry association.
March 11, 2018
Jamaican Resort Group supports farmers to provide guests with local potatoes
Jamaican potato farmers receive financial support from an unexpected source: a hotel chain wanting to serve its guests with locally grown Irish potatoes