Noticias sobre el Comercio de la Papa

With potato prices at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from northern India have started to import Pakistani potatoes that are 20% to 40% cheaper.

With potato prices ruling at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from Jammu and Kashmir have started importing potato from the two Line of Control (LOC) trade posts of Srinagar and Poonch.

A surge in potato prices has come as a sigh of relief to many farmers who incurred losses as massive production in the past two years has driven down prices. Prices of potato climbed 41 percent to Tk 18-Tk 20 a kilogram in the city yesterday from Tk 1...

Maria Cantwell, Senator of the State of Washington is pushing to get more northwest potatoes sold to Mexico;a market that has the potential to bring in millions for the industry. This week, Senator Cantwell asked a US Trade Representative about what's...

Potato Farmers in Kenya have opposed a decision by the government to import seed from the Netherlands, insisting that the move will kill the little but growing initiative to produce clean planting seed potato and will expose the country to potato disea...

Vegetable processor Simplot has reaffirmed its commitment to keep its two factories in the North-West Tasmania for as long as viable.

België heeft Nederland als grootste aardappelexporteur van de troon gestoten. Van de Belgische akkers is vorig jaar 3,2 miljard kilo aan verse aardappelen verwerkt tot friet, rösti, puree en diepvriesproducten.

Egypt threatened on Tuesday to take retaliatory measures against Russia if it keeps a ban on Egyptian potato imports.

Biologisch akkerbouwer Krispijn van den Dries uit Ens dumpte afgelopen zondag 6 ton aardappelen op De Dam in Amsterdam. Samen met vrijwilligers van de organisatie Youth Food Movement (YFM) deelt hij de aardappelen uit aan voorbijgangers. De 28-jarige ...

On March 15, 2012 the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA) went into force. John Keeling, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Potato Council (NPC), commented on the impact of this free trade agreement on the US potato Industry: “A...

In Assam, a state in north east of India, an Inter State Potato Marketing System was successfully inaugurated by Assam Agriculture, Horticulture &Food Processing Minister Mr. Nilamoni Sen Deka at Gingia, Biswanath Chariali for the benefit of its potato growers.

In de maand februari zijn er (bron PA) meer aardappelen verwerkt die afkomstig waren van invoer. Van het totale volume aardappelen verwerkt tot consumptieproducten (286.000 ton) bleek bijna 87.500 ton ingevoerd (30,6%) tegen 73.300 ton (26%) in februari 2011.

In februari is nagenoeg dezelfde hoeveelheid consumptie- en industrieaardappelen uitgevoerd als de maand ervoor: ruim 71.000 ton. Vergeleken met dezelfde periode vorig jaar is dat zo’n 20.000 ton minder. Opmerkelijk is de hoge invoer van zetmeelaarda...

Colorado Agricultural Commissioner John Salazar thought that the ban on Colorado potatoes into the heart of Mexico was solved last summer when the U.S. and its southern neighbor worked out an agreement to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. markets.

De vraag naar Bintje pootgoed laat nog even op zich wachten en ook voor deze maand verwacht de handel vanuit Brabant en België nog weinig vraag naar Bintje. Ook zal de vraag naar Bintje iets lager zijn dan andere jaren.

The Sri Lankan government has decided to impose a special tax on imported potatoes.

On the 1st of March new Rules and Practices of the Inter-European Trade in Potatoes (RUCIP) will start to apply. The RUCIP European Committee, composed of the European associations Europatat (Potato Trade), EUPPA (Potato Processing) and Intercoop Euro...

Europatat and the Dutch Potato Association (NAO) are pleased to announce the opening for registrations for the annual Europatat Congress, taking place in The Hague (The Netherlands) from 24 to 26 May 2012.