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Brushed potatoes from the Southeast averaged ARS 18,000 per bag at the Buenos Aires Central Market on 25 September. That is about ARS 1,000 per kg, 25% below late July.
Potato prices in Brazil's IPCA-15 index rose 3.10% in September after falls of 10.03% in July and 25.14% in August. Over 12 months they are up 46.96%.
IBGE state data show São Paulo's third-season potato crop at 115,241 tonnes in 2026, down 56%. Minas Gerais also cut its winter crop by 17.5%.
Brazil's statistics agency IBGE expects 4.20 million tonnes of potatoes in 2026, 8.2% less than in 2025. Planted area fell 9.2%, while average yields held steady.
Morocco harvested 2.19 million tonnes of potatoes in 2024, twice the 2000 level. The area stayed near 60,000–67,000 hectares, so almost all the growth came from yields.
A seed trader told Maghreb Emergent that class 1 Arizona seed potatoes cost about 100 dinars when local and up to 400 dinars when imported. Prices rise every year.
EuroBlight early 2025 data show EU_36_A2 down to 34% of samples, while EU_43_A1, resistant to CAA and OSBPI fungicides, rose to 12%. France has the highest share.
Hungary grows potatoes on only about 5,065 hectares in 2026, a tenth of the 1990s area. The national potato board now backs an end to the state cap on retail margins.
Potato prices at Polish marketplaces rose 27.1% from July to 199.94 zł per decitonne in August, GUS data show. Prices remained 2.4% below a year earlier, while most farm prices fell.
Broker prices for multi-purpose ware potatoes in France reached €365 per tonne in weeks 37–38, the highest level in recent years. Imports of storage potatoes rose 25% in 2025/26, while exports fell 6%.
The Dutch Court of Audit finds that drought cut ware potato yields by 2.1% a year on average over 1998–2023. That equals 962 kg per hectare and €14–35 million of lost output.
Dutch potato processors handled 269,300 tonnes in August 2026, flat year on year. Imports covered 46.8% of supply, and the 12-month total fell to 3.58 million tonnes from 3.87 million.
