News on The Potato Supply Chain from Asia

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March 16, 2018
Potatoes are gaining ground among consumers in China
Since 2015, China has selected more than 10 potato varieties suitable for processing staple foods and developed more than 300 potato-based versions of staple food.
Farmers reap potatoes at Bhabanandapur village in Ranishankoil upazila, Bangladesh (Courtesy: Md Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat)
March 05, 2018
Potato Farmers in Bangladesh worried by drop in potato price
Potato growers of the Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh are worried that they might not be able to recover the production cost due to sudden drop in the prices of the vegetable in the ongoing harvesting season.
Import of frozen french fries in South Korea from 2008 -2017 in thousands of tons
March 03, 2018
Dutch French Fries gaining ground in South Korea
Dutch potato processing companies are increasing their market share in the South Korean Frozen French Fry market.
Potatoes for sale on an open air vegetables market at the Kumtepa bazaar in Margilan, Uzbekistan in August 2016.
February 27, 2018
Uzbekistan will allow tax-free import of potatoes until 2019
Uzbekistan will allow tax-free import of potatoes until January 1, 2019. The measure is intended to eliminate the shortage of potatoes in the domestic market and to curb rising prices
Going forward, Taiwan will reject fresh potato imports with sprouts over five millimeter.
February 20, 2018
Taiwan changes rules for table stock and chipping potato imports
Taiwan authorities amended their quarantine documentation requirements for imports of fresh potatoes, both table stock and chipping potatoes.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries in India
February 20, 2018
Indian government announces plan to stabilize prices of potatoes, onions and tomatoes
Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the Indian federal government was planning to draw a sustainable roadmap to keep soaring prices of staples tomato, onion and potato under control.
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Potato starch is widely used in the food industry to make industrial materials, such as emulsifiers, as well as food products such as instant noodles.
February 11, 2018
China to review anti-dumping duties on EU potato starch
China will review anti-dumping duties levied on potato starch imported from the EU which are due to expire, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced earlier this month.
The potato production in West Bengal is expected to drop from last year’s 11 million tonne to 8-10 million tonnes in 2018, but is unlikely to impact the price, officials said.
January 31, 2018
West Bengal potato production to drop in 2018
The potato production in West Bengal is expected to drop from last year’s 11 million tonne to 8-10 million tonnes in 2018, but is unlikely to impact the price, officials said.
Although the production costs of potato in Punjab (India) are around Rs 5 per kg, potato is selling at Rs 2 per kg in the wholesale market.
January 21, 2018
Punjab to export potato to Russia and Middle East
Four months after farmers dumped potatoes on road in Mohali and other parts of the Indian state Punjab, seeking remunerative price for their potato crop, state government has allowed the staple food’s export to Russia and the Middle East.
An ammonia gas leak is not just damaging to potato plants. Exposure to ammonia gas can be lethal.
January 03, 2018
Farmers: Ammonia gas leak from cold storage destroys potato crop in 4 villages
An ammonia gas leak from a cold storage plant near Agra (UP, India) has caused damage to potato crops across four nearby villages, affecting some 500 farmers in the area.
Map of China's Four Potato Growing Zones
January 01, 2018
Potato Production in China to rebound this marketing year
According to a GAIN-report prepared by the USDA staff in Beijing, China’s fresh potato production in marketing year 2017-2018 is forecast at 97 million metric tons, a five percent increase from the estimated 92 million metric tons in the previous year.
In 2018 the produce section in this South Korean Lotte Mart Grocery store may again include table potatoes from the United States (Courtesy: Yonhap)
December 22, 2017
South Korea Re-Opens Market for Table-Stock potatoes from Idaho, Washington and Oregon
Potatoes USA reports that the South Korean government has reopened its market for table-stock potatoes from the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
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December 10, 2017
Kim Jong-un tours newly opened North Korean potato starch factory
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November 18, 2017
With 40% cold stores in Punjab flooded with old crops, potato glut likely this year too
Potato farmers in the Indian state Punjab are headed for another season of dwindling profits because the cold storage facilities are still flooded with old crop - and several other states are in a similar situation.
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November 12, 2017
Potato production in Bamyan, Afghanistan increases 15 percent to 350,000 tonnes this year
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November 12, 2017
WTO ruling against import licensing scheme Indonesia creates export opportunities for potato processing companies
The National Potato Council applauds the United States Trade Representative’s victory in the World Trade Organization (WTO) case against Indonesia’s restrictive import licensing scheme.
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Old potatoes dumped outside a cold store unit at Sadabad in Uttar Pradesh, India because there are no buyers...
November 05, 2017
Large amounts of potatoes remain unsold in parts of Uttar Pradesh
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