Potato News from Asia

The Sri Lankan government has decided to increase the import tax on potatoes from Rs 20 to 30, International Monetary Cooperation Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama has said. The price of potatoes has gone down in local markets and the farmers complain tha...

McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited - the world’s largest producer of frozen French fries and potato specialty products, has launched new product for the Indian market.

Sequoia Capital invests $30 million in Indore-based Prakash Snacks for an undisclosed stake.

Nearly seven weeks after his detention, a Lebanese prosecutor is now mulling over the case of a Canadian farmer alleged to have exported rotten potatoes to Algeria.

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Himalya International India &J R Simplot Company, USA have signed memorandum of understanding to form joint venture in India.

Chifeng City Linkage Food Co. in Inner Mongolia celebrated this grand official opening on 29 December 2010.

India-based Namkeen brand from PepsiCo, Kurkure has launched three new products under the 'Ingredients of India' range made with a special ingredient, Dal.

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), announced results for the fourth quarter (“4Q FY2011”) and financial year ended 31 March 2011 (“FY2011”).

El Ministerio de Comercio de China ha negado que el país se halle en una guerra comercial contra la Unión Europea. El ministerio ha respondido así a la acusación de que China está imponiendo una disposición antisubsidio a los productos de almidón de pa...

This article contains several clarifications of interest by Zhou Qingfeng, vice director at the China Starch Association (CSIA)

China leg met ingang van 16 mei heffingen op aan Europese producenten van aardappelzetmeel die overheidssteun zouden krijgen.

China said Monday it would levy anti-subsidy duties of up to 11.19 percent on imports of EU potato starch.

Calbee Inc. said Tuesday it will set up in June a joint venture with Haitai Confectionery &Food Co. of South Korea that will make potato chips and other snacks in the country.

Bangladesh Potato exports surged 71 percent to 16,570 tonnes in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year, exceeding the total quantity of the tuber exports last year.

Potatoes worth millions of rupees were gutted in a major fire in the Khedut Cold Storage (KCS), owned by the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee.

China's Ministry of Commerce said Monday it will impose [modified] anti-dumping duties on potato starch imports from the European Union (EU), effective April 19.

El Ministerio de Comercio de China anunció hoy la imposición de aranceles de importación por venta por debajo de su precio debido a los subsidios ("anti-dumping") a las importaciones de fécula de patata de la Unión Europea (UE), que entrarán ...