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Frozen
potato
producers are currently conducting their business in a tough, pricedriven environment. Striving to widen thin margins, producers look to further cultivate overseas markets
, value-added novelties and fat-subtracted, healthy-eating products. Alin Ciolac reports.
EU-27 exports of frozen
potato products in 2008, MT
2006 2007 2008 Jan.-Jul. 2009
World EU-27 Saudi Arabia Russia Brazil Australia
2,603,851 2,194,476 82,706 53,958 31,695 8,166
2,793,857 2,385,977 64,392 63,037 35,703 11,329
2,997,120 1,845,081 2,558,643 1,561,756 65,203 48,595 63,248 31,877 33,756 25,967 30,851 13,129
Source: Global Trade Atlas
EU-27 leading exporters and their main export markets, MT
Markets Netherlands Belgium Poland Germany France
Saudi Arabia Russia Brazil Australia Total
48,588 15,417 7,262 17,109 196,938
12,389 * 6,298 40,452 20,252 * 7,298 * 131,625 62,401
2,366 * 6,240 6,405 29,179
1,858 * * * 3,724
Source: Global Trade Atlas
crisis, food safety issues and discussions on carbon footprint, etc. will have an overall effect on demand as well. The Hague expects EU-27 exports of frozen potato products for the 09/10 time frame to be somewhat up. Belgium's production is already on an uprising trend and its processing capacity is expanding; therefore the expectations are towards Belgium playing a bigger role in
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