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Potatoes: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in potatoes totaled $7.2 billion (17.7 million tonnes). The top exporters were France (22%), the Netherlands (15%) and Germany (14%); the top importers were Belgium (14%), the Netherlands (9%) and Spain (8%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 37%.

Summary

World trade
$7.2billion
Tonnes
17.7million tonnes
Price per tonne
$407
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

France 21.6% · Netherlands 15.1%
  1. France$1.6 billion · 21.6%
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  2. Netherlands$1.1 billion · 15.1%
    re-exports
  3. Germany$1 billion · 14.2%
  4. Egypt$463 million · 6.4%
  5. Canada$410 million · 5.7%
  6. United States$346 million · 4.8%
  7. Belgium$296 million · 4.1%
    re-exports
  8. China$260 million · 3.6%
  9. Spain$213 million · 3%
  10. United Kingdom$212 million · 3%
  11. Pakistan$169 million · 2.4%
  12. India$123 million · 1.7%
  13. Israel$101 million · 1.4%
  14. Denmark$86 million · 1.2%
  15. Italy$59 million · 0.82%
  16. Poland$54 million · 0.75%
  17. Cyprus$52 million · 0.72%
  18. South Africa$52 million · 0.72%
  19. Kazakhstan$49 million · 0.68%
  20. Australia$45 million · 0.62%

World supply

France 21.6% of exports · top 3 50.9%

France went from 9.2% to 21.6% of world exports of potatoes

In 2024, France accounted for 21.6% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 50.9%. HHI: 1,056 out of 10,000; equivalent to 9 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Trend in supply

Share of world exports of the largest exporter and of the three largest

Share (%)

  • Largest exporter each year 21.6%
  • Three largest 50.9%

Source: CEPII BACI

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Year19952024
Largest exporter each year25.7%21.6%
Three largest42.7%50.9%

Countries where France sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

Top importers

Belgium 14.5% · Netherlands 9.1%
  1. Belgium$1 billion · 14.5%
    re-exports
  2. Netherlands$652 million · 9.1%
    re-exports
  3. Spain$554 million · 7.7%
  4. United States$386 million · 5.4%
  5. Italy$362 million · 5%
  6. Germany$341 million · 4.7%
  7. France$261 million · 3.6%
  8. Portugal$218 million · 3%
  9. Egypt$156 million · 2.2%
  10. Greece$128 million · 1.8%
  11. Mexico$123 million · 1.7%
  12. United Kingdom$114 million · 1.6%
  13. Romania$111 million · 1.5%
  14. Malaysia$100 million · 1.4%
  15. Vietnam$96 million · 1.3%
  16. Algeria$95 million · 1.3%
  17. Russia$90 million · 1.2%
  18. Czechia$85 million · 1.2%
  19. Switzerland$77 million · 1.1%
  20. Austria$67 million · 0.94%

Trend

France has been the top exporter since 2018

Who sells it

France has been the top exporter since 2018

Value in USD billions. The five largest exporters in 2024.

  • France 1.6
  • Netherlands 1.1
  • Germany 1
  • Egypt 0.46
  • Canada 0.41

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
France0.231.6
Netherlands0.651.1
Germany0.151
Egypt0.170.46
Canada0.120.41

Price

The price per tonne rose 24% since 1995

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 24% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $407

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$328
1996$240
1997$197
1998$219
1999$244
2000$182
2001$195
2002$219
2003$204
2004$264
2005$235
2006$291
2007$345
2008$366
2009$335
2010$327
2011$390
2012$315
2013$365
2014$352
2015$303
2016$322
2017$319
2018$329
2019$346
2020$310
2021$323
2022$347
2023$397
2024$407

What it includes

Code 0701

Fresh or chilled; excludes frozen and fried potatoes.

  • 0701 · Potatoes

Sources and methodology

CEPII BACI and 1 more

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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