In January-October 2019, Ukraine imported 161,05 thousand tons of potatoes worth 32,4
million dollars and this is the highest figure since 2011, when the volume of purchases for the whole year amounted to 5,18 thousand tons of products. This is evidenced by the HFS data.
The export of these products in January-October this year amounted to 5,63 thousand tons in the amount of 1,55 million tons.
The main countries from which potatoes were imported were:
1. Belarus - by $ 9,63 million (61,16%);
2. The Netherlands - by 1,63 million dollars (10,34%);
3. Egypt - 1,32 million dollars (8,4%);
4. Other countries - by 3,17 million dollars (20,11%).
Recall that the critical situation with the growth of potato imports to Ukraine reached its peak in October 2019. This month, the import record was again renewed - 92,6 thousand tons of marketable potatoes were brought into the country - more than ever in the history of Ukraine for the whole year. In total, since the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Ukraine has already imported more than 142 thousand tons of potatoes - 529 times more than in the same period of the previous season.
Source: http://news.siteua.org/