Three countries account for more than half of EU potato production

Eurostat announced that EU potato production in 2023 would be 48.3 million tonnes, a slight increase from 47.5 million tonnes in 2022.

But they point out that this is a long-term decline, so last year’s production was 27.9 million tons lower than in 2000, equivalent to a drop of 36.7%.

At a country level, Germany was the largest producer in the EU last year (11.6 million tonnes, 24% of the EU total), followed by France (17.9%) and the Netherlands (13.4%). Together, these three countries accounted for the majority of EU production (55.4%) last year.

Few farms in the EU produce organic potatoes

In 2020, there were 9.1 million farms in the EU, of which just over 1 million produced the crop.
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Number of potato farms (total and organic) producing in the EU in 2020

Four years ago, there were 25,000 farms in the EU producing it in an ecological manner, accounting for just 2.5% of all PPG that produced it. Austria topped the list with a 25.6% share.

They point out that the information comes from a detailed article, Statistical Explanation, which covers potato farms, prices and trade in the EU. Agricultural Club.

(24sata.info)