News on Potatoes in Retail from Asia

Potato farmers across the Rangpur region in Bangladesh faced a difficult Eid period as unsold harvests, low market prices and mounting losses overshadowed festive celebrations.

Lamb Weston has launched its retail range in Malaysia, bringing restaurant-quality frozen fries to homes. The range features six signature fry cuts with Stealth™ batter, is halal, vegan and gluten-free, and air-fryer friendly.

Lamb Weston entered Southeast Asia retail via Singapore, using it as a trend-setting test market. The company launched four oven- and air-fryer–ready fry SKUs, tailored to Asian habits, before planned expansion to Malaysia and beyond.

Lamb Weston launches its crispy, Stealth-coated fries in Singapore for the first time, offering four signature cuts at FairPrice stores. Packs use eco-friendly materials, with promo pricing and sampling roadshows starting 22 Nov.

Despite the beginning of the new potato harvest season in Azerbaijan, prices for this popular root vegetable still remain at record high levels.

The 16th Tengzhou Potato Industry Development Conference was recently held in Tengzhou, located in the Shandong Province in Eastern China, to promote industrial investments and tap development potential. 

Potato harvest has begun in Aksaray, one of Turkey's top 10 provinces for potato production, where 80 percent of the population earns a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Aksaray ranks first in many areas of animal husbandry in the country.

Faced with soaring potato prices, India secures a steady supply for three years by extending license-free imports from Bhutan.

While the potato production was less this year, the heatwave made transportation a nightmare, with the supply rotting during the transit.

Potato prices in Bangladesh are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation.

The extension of the existing import policy for potato between India and Bhutan brings clarity and eliminates the need for additional documentation.

According to the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan imported 404100 tonnes of potatoes worth USD 65.9 million from 16 countries in January-October 2022.

A program of signing the MoU was organized in the conference hall of Maharana Pratap Horticulture University, Karnal. Siddhi Vinayak Agri Ltd. Hemant Gaur, Managing Director, Vice Chancellor Prof. Samar Singh was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers.

Potato prices continue to rise. At the Garak Market in Seoul on the 4th, a box of 20 kg of potatoes was sold at KRW 75,367 (about USD 58.48). Compared to the average value (48,105 won) from 2019 to 2021, it rose by 57%.

Harsh weather conditions during last summer and suboptimal harvest conditions leads to uncertain potato quality and an earlier-than-usual demand for imported potatoes.

This historic event, which is helping to pave the way for commercial shipments of U.S. chip-stock to China, was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speeches by U.S. government officials and representatives from Potatoes USA.

At this stage, the sales volume of warehousing potatoes in the northern first cropping area of ​​potato is not large, and the price is mainly stable.

Kumpir takes first place in this as it is more of a street food that is closely associated with Istanbul’s Ortaköy district. It is a baked potato that gets mashed in its own peel with some butter and chees.