Ukraine’s New Era News Agency quoted Potato Business on September 21. Ukraine produced 23 million tons of potatoes in 2019, making it the world’s third largest potato producer.

Last year, Ukraine produced 23 million tons of potatoes, making it one of the world's top three producers, second only to India (53 million tons) and China (93 million tons). It is worth noting that the top three countries account for 45% of the world's potato production. Russia, the United States, Bangladesh, Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Canada and Belarus accounted for about a quarter of the world's potato output in 2019.

At the same time, the countries with large potato exports are: France (3.5 million tons), Germany (1.9 million tons), the Netherlands (1.8 million tons), Belgium (1 million tons) and Egypt (700,000 tons), which together account for world exports. 60% of the amount.

Previously, the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture planned to ban the import of potatoes from Russia. In the second half of 2019, Ukraine imported 231,000 tons of potatoes, 500 times the import volume in 2018/2019 and 2,800 times the import volume in 2017/2018.

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