German potato consumer prices up 11.3% in September, Destatis says
Destatis: German potato consumer prices rose 11.3% in September 2026; producer prices for table potatoes were up 61.5% in August.
German consumer prices for potatoes were 11.3% higher in September 2026 than in September 2025, according to a press release from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) dated 15 October 2026. Prices for French fries and similar frozen products went the other way and were 4.7% lower year on year, Destatis reports.
Destatis also reported a much larger rise at the producer level. Producer prices for table potatoes were 61.5% higher in August 2026 than in August 2025. The office describes this as the strongest year-on-year increase since August 2023, when prices were up 114.6% against August 2022. For comparison, producer prices for agricultural products as a whole fell 7.0% in August 2026 year on year, while prices for plant products rose 12.3%, according to the release.
The harvest provides context. In its first harvest estimate of 24 September, Destatis put the preliminary 2026 potato harvest at 10.4 million tonnes, 24.8% below 2025, with planted area down 11.1% to 268,300 hectares. According to the 15 October release, the 2025 harvest was 13.9 million tonnes on 301,800 hectares, and yield is now expected at 38.9 tonnes per hectare against 46.0, a decline of 15.4%. Destatis says the lower yield is likely due mainly to the extreme heat and drought of this summer.
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Destatis also cites preliminary figures from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) that put Germany’s potato self-sufficiency rate at 145% in the 2024/25 marketing year. According to Destatis, a large share of potatoes and potato products is therefore exported.
Sources: Destatis, press release N070, 15 October 2026; Destatis, first harvest estimate, 24 September 2026.
