Structural Transformation of Exports: How Chinese French Fries Caught Up with Fresh Tubers and Are Changing the Global Market (Analytical Report based on PRC GACC data for January-February 2026)

The global landscape of agricultural trade is currently undergoing a period of profound structural restructuring, characterized by shifting production capacities, geopolitical disruptions in supply chains, and evolving consumer demand. Within this complex matrix, the potato processing industry has emerged as a crucial barometer of broader macroeconomic and agro-industrial trends. A comprehensive analysis of the latest export data released by the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) for January and February 2026 reveals a turning point for the Chinese agricultural sector. For the first time in history, the export volumes of potato products, dominated by frozen French fries, have officially caught up with the export volumes of fresh potatoes, and have multiplied in value. Moreover, according to the provided customs statements, the production and export of these value-added products demonstrate colossal growth, nearly doubling compared to the same period last year.

This unprecedented parity marks a definitive transition in China’s export strategy, signaling a rapid maturation from raw commodity exports to high-margin agro-industrial processing. For the audience of the Potatoes.news portal — agronomists, farmers, equipment suppliers, processors, and distributors — this data is not merely a statistical summary, but a roadmap for future market shifts.¹ The implications of this shift extend far beyond China’s domestic agricultural policy; they are poised to trigger a fundamental reorganization of the global French fry and processing markets as a whole.³

Historically, this market has been dominated by North American and European processors; however, they must now compete with a rapidly growing Chinese sector that is aggressively capturing market share in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and beyond.⁵ This process is catalyzed by strategic infrastructure investments, favorable exchange rates, and global logistical disruptions on maritime routes, primarily the Red Sea crisis.⁷ This detailed report systematically deconstructs the macroeconomic, sectoral, and geopolitical forces driving this transformation, drawing on primary data from PRC customs declarations and global market forecasts.

Detailed Analysis of Customs Statistics: January and February 2026

The foundation of this study is the official statements from the PRC GACC for the first two months of 2026 (HS codes 07019000, 20041000, and 20052000). An analysis of these primary images reveals the precise architecture of the ongoing shift.

Quantitative and Value Indicators

The customs data is clearly divided into three categories: fresh or chilled potatoes (07019000), frozen potato products (20041000 — predominantly French fries), and non-frozen potato products (20052000).

Volume analysis shows that in January 2026, fresh potato exports amounted to 45,482,667 kg with a value of 92,319,938 RMB. In the same month, exports of frozen potato products reached 41,370,674 kg with a staggering value of 310,335,750 RMB. Particular attention is drawn to the red mark on the charts indicating the volume for January 2025 — 26,974,457 kg. This represents a 53.3% jump in volume over just the first month of the year. Non-frozen products added another 1,236,709 kg (33,633,257 RMB).

February 2026 confirms and amplifies this trend. Fresh potato exports plummeted to 24,857,478 kg (59,229,770 RMB). Meanwhile, frozen products showed a volume of 31,902,872 kg (239,304,341 RMB). The comparative base for February 2025 was 23,747,369 kg, demonstrating steady year-over-year growth of 34.3%.

Period (2026)	Category (HS Code)	Volume (kg)	Value (RMB)	Price per kg (RMB)	Volume in 2025 (kg)
January	Fresh/Chilled (07019000)	45 482 667	92 319 938	2.03	No data
January	Frozen products (20041000)	41 370 674	310 335 750	7.50	26 974 457
January	Non-frozen products (20052000)	1 236 709	33 633 257	27.19	No data
February	Fresh/Chilled (07019000)	24 857 478	59 229 770	2.38	No data
February	Frozen products (20041000)	31 902 872	239 304 341	7.50	23 747 369
February	Non-frozen products (20052000)	787 508	22 136 011	28.11	No data

The Intersection Point: Processing Surpasses Raw Materials

Consolidated data for the first two months of 2026 show a historic intersection of the curves:

Total volume of fresh potatoes (Jan-Feb): 70,340,145 kg.
Total volume of potato products (Frozen + Non-frozen): 75,297,763 kg.

As the initial query correctly noted, the export volume of potato products has already caught up with and even slightly surpassed the export volume of raw potatoes. While the total volume of frozen products in 2025 was 50,721,826 kg, it reached 73,273,546 kg in 2026 — a cumulative growth of 44.4%, confirming the thesis of a colossal buildup in production capacity aiming to double historical industry averages.

The most important takeaway lies in the unit value calculation (RMB/kg). Fresh potatoes were sold at an average of 2.03–2.38 RMB per kilogram. At the same time, frozen French fries were consistently exported at exactly 7.50 RMB per kilogram in both months. This stable price of 7.50 RMB/kg highlights product standardization and the presence of long-term contracts with global Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chains.⁹ The value added during processing increases export revenue by 3.5 to 3.7 times. With comparable physical volumes, fresh potato revenue amounted to 151.5 million RMB, while processed products brought in over 605.4 million RMB.

This shift signifies that China is no longer merely exporting cheap water and starch in the form of heavy tubers; it is exporting technology, energy, standardization, and shelf life in the form of frozen French fries, integrating itself into premium supply chains.

Macroeconomic Environment and China’s Foreign Trade Policy (First Quarter 2026)

To fully comprehend the surge in processed potato exports, these data must be contextualized within China’s broader macroeconomic indicators in the first quarter of 2026. The country’s foreign trade sector demonstrated an exceptionally strong start, defying global economic headwinds. According to the GACC, the total value of goods trade showed double-digit growth, increasing by 18.3% year-on-year in January-February to reach 7.73 trillion RMB (about 1.12 trillion USD).¹¹

Within this volume, exports rose by 19.2% to 4.62 trillion RMB, and imports increased by 17.1% to 3.11 trillion RMB.¹¹ This expansion is not merely a quantitative increase but reflects a qualitative transformation of China’s export portfolio. As noted by analysts at the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, combined with active order-seeking by foreign trade companies, have injected new momentum into the high-quality development of trade.¹¹

The “China Shock 2.0” Effect and RMB Devaluation

The structural factors behind this export surge are multifaceted. In 2025, China’s trade surplus reached a record 1.2 trillion USD, driven by domestic economic imbalances.¹³ Overproduction across various industrial sectors, combined with weak domestic consumption, has led to a strategic pivot toward global markets — a phenomenon analysts have termed “China Shock 2.0”.¹³ While this narrative is most frequently applied to high-tech sectors like New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) and integrated circuits, the underlying economic mechanics apply equally to the agro-processing sector.

As domestic consumption growth remains sluggish, Chinese food producers are actively seeking to monetize excess capacity through exports. This outward push is further stimulated by the depreciation of the yuan (RMB), making Chinese exports significantly more cost-competitive for international trading partners.¹³ Consequently, as exports to traditional Western markets have faced tariff barriers or softening demand, Chinese exporters have rapidly pivoted to emerging markets. In 2025, exports to Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America accounted for nearly three-quarters of China’s total export growth.¹³

This geographical pivot is acutely visible in early 2026 customs data. Trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) jumped 20.3% year-on-year to 1.24 trillion RMB, solidifying ASEAN’s status as China’s top trading partner.¹² Similarly, trade with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) amounted to 4.02 trillion RMB, a 20% year-on-year increase.¹² In contrast, trade with the United States fell by 16.9%.¹² For the potato processing industry, this means that the primary growth vectors are in the emerging markets of Asia and Eurasia, where a rising middle class is driving rapid expansion in the fast-food sector and frozen retail.⁹

Macroeconomic Indicator (Jan-Feb 2026)	Value / Growth Rate	Source
Total foreign trade volume	7.73 trillion RMB (+18.3% y/y)	¹¹
Total export value	4.62 trillion RMB (+19.2% y/y)	¹¹
Trade with ASEAN	1.24 trillion RMB (+20.3% y/y)	¹²
Trade with Belt and Road countries	4.02 trillion RMB (+20.0% y/y)	¹²
Trade with the US	609.7 billion RMB (-16.9% y/y)	¹²

The Decline of Raw Material Exports: Why Are Fresh Potato Shipments Falling?

To grasp the scale of the explosive growth in deep-processed products, one must first examine the downward trajectory of fresh potato exports. Historically, China has been a major regional supplier of fresh tubers, primarily serving Vietnam, Malaysia, and Russia. Top destinations in 2023-2024 included Vietnam with a 54% share (about 124 million USD) and Malaysia with a 20% share.¹⁵

However, recent data records a sharp contraction. In February 2026, China exported fresh potatoes worth 8.51 million USD, representing a steep 35% decline from 13.1 million USD in January 2026.¹⁶ More alarmingly, fresh potato exports in February 2026 fell by 49.6% year-on-year.¹⁶

This rapid decline was primarily driven by shrinking shipments to traditional markets. Exports to Kyrgyzstan fell by 64.9% (-4.85 million USD), to Hong Kong by 87.3% (-1.04 million USD), and to Russia by 33.9% (-1.01 million USD).¹⁶ This decline is attributed to several structural factors:

Development of local production: Importing countries in Central and Southeast Asia are increasingly meeting domestic needs through localized production, protecting their markets with quotas or tariffs.
Logistical constraints: Fresh potatoes are 80% water. Transporting them involves enormous costs for moving useless weight, high spoilage rates (rot, sprouting, shrinkage), and sensitivity to freight rate fluctuations.
Domestic competition for raw materials: This is the most critical factor. As giant French fry factories come online within China, domestic processors are systematically outbidding export consolidators for quality raw materials. High-quality tubers with the correct dry matter content are now being directed to automated domestic processing lines rather than crossing borders in sacks.

The Global Potato Products Market: Demand Drivers and Market Valuations

The aggressive expansion of processing capacity in China is perfectly synchronized with a global boom in demand for frozen potato products. The global potato processing market, valued at 40.97 billion USD in 2023 and 43.32 billion USD in 2025, is projected to reach 60.08 billion USD by 2031, and 73.02 billion USD by 2034, driven by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.³

Within this broader landscape, the French fry market represents a highly profitable sub-segment. Various market intelligence models (including data from Fortune Business Insights and IMARC Group) estimate the global French fry market size at between 17.94 and 28.04 billion USD in the 2024–2025 period, projecting growth to between 24.87 and 40.34 billion USD by the early 2030s.⁹

Growth Engines: Foodservice, Delivery, and Home Air Fryers

This steady global growth is underpinned by several irreversible consumer trends:

Expansion of the QSR Sector: The rapid global expansion of quick-service and casual dining restaurants remains the undisputed engine of demand.⁹ French fries serve as the most ubiquitous, high-margin side dish in global foodservice. As multinational fast-food franchises (McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King) penetrate deeper into tier-two and tier-three cities across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, demand for strictly standardized, pre-cut frozen fries grows linearly.
The Era of Food Delivery: The widespread adoption of food delivery platforms has created a secondary layer of demand for specialized coated fries that retain heat and crispness during courier transport.¹⁸ This requires sophisticated food technologies, such as starch-dextrin glazing, which adds value to the product.
Retail and Home Consumption: Alongside foodservice, the retail segment is showing robust growth. Influenced by rising urbanization, shrinking household sizes, and demand for convenient ready-to-cook meals, retail freezer penetration has reached an all-time high.⁹ The integration of home air-fryers has specifically catalyzed home consumption of frozen potatoes, altering consumer expectations regarding texture and oil content.¹⁸ Frozen products account for the vast majority of this market — estimated at an 82.85% global share by 2026.²²

Market Segment	Estimated Value (2025/2026)	Projected Value	Projected CAGR	Source
Global Processing	$43.32 billion (2025)	$73.02 billion (2034)	5.97%	¹⁷
Global French Fries	$18.44 billion (2025)	$24.87 billion (2030)	6.40%	¹⁸
Global French Fries	$28.04 billion (2025)	$40.34 billion (2032)	5.33%	¹⁹
Global French Fries	$19.22 billion (2024)	$27.11 billion (2030)	5.89%	²¹

For export-oriented suppliers from China, frozen French fries offer unparalleled logistical advantages: simple storage in temperature-controlled environments, minimal prep time for end users, standardized quality in bulk shipments, and immense demand from the HoReCa (Hotel, Restaurant, Café) sector in emerging Asian economies.¹⁴

Investments, Technologies, and Agronomic Base: The Secret of China’s Leap

China’s rapid path to parity between processed and fresh potato exports is no organic accident. It is the result of deliberate strategic investments, technology transfer, and national programs. For a long time, China, despite being the world’s largest potato producer (growing nearly 100 million tons annually), processed only about 15% of its crop, lagging far behind the US, Canada, or Belgium.³ The turning point came in 2022 when China officially became a net exporter of frozen French fries for the first time.³

Integration of Multinational Corporations: The McCain Foods Case

A primary catalyst has been the deep integration of multinational processing giants into China’s agricultural landscape. A prime example is McCain Foods (Canada), which has been operating in the PRC for 30 years. McCain has built a fully integrated supply chain covering seed cultivation, processing, and distribution.²³

In 2023, the company commissioned a state-of-the-art 200 million USD factory in Yangling (Shaanxi province) — a region unofficially dubbed China’s “agri-science city”.²³ The facility was symbolically named “SUDU” (Chinese pinyin for “speed”), reflecting the incredibly fast pace of its launch thanks to local government support.²³ The capacity of this enterprise is 100,000 tons of French fries and other potato products per year.²³ As part of its operations in China, McCain collaborates with local farmers, developing over 1 million mu (about 66,667 hectares) of high-standard potato fields.²³ The integration of such giants means they are using China not just as a domestic sales market, but as an export hub to serve all of Asia, directly stimulating the surge noted in the Jan-Feb 2026 GACC data.

Equipment Modernization and Staple Food Policy

The second catalyst is the rapid automation of processing lines. Historically, a significant limitation on China’s export competitiveness was a lack of automation, leading to inconsistencies in quality, cut uniformity, and moisture content.³ To close this gap, Chinese processors initially imported automated cutting, drying, blanching, and frying lines from leading European equipment manufacturers.⁶ However, the current production boom is increasingly supported by domestic manufacturers building commercial-grade gas and electric fryers with advanced oil filtration systems.¹⁰

Underlying these commercial successes is steadfast Chinese government policy. The national strategy elevating the potato to staple food status (alongside rice, wheat, and corn) has provided the sector with colossal state support.²⁰ This is driven by food security imperatives: potatoes offer higher calorie yields per hectare and require less water than traditional cereals, making them highly suitable for cultivation in the PRC’s arid northern regions.⁴

Agronomic Challenges: Seed Production and Storage

Despite its export triumph, the sector faces serious agronomic hurdles upstream in the supply chain. French fry production requires specialized varieties with elongated-oval shapes, high dry matter content, and low levels of reducing sugars (to avoid browning during frying due to the Maillard reaction).

Currently, China’s processing sector is somewhat constrained by gaps in the breeding of specialized varieties.⁶ Reliance on imported genetic material creates vulnerabilities. To maintain a doubling production trajectory, massive investments are required in seed breeding programs and microclonal propagation laboratories (similar to those used by advanced companies in Russia, such as Aksentis LLC, whose high-tech greenhouse complex and European equipment are frequently featured in industry analytics).²⁴ In Russia, the share of domestically bred seeds is currently only nine percent ²⁵, and China faces similar challenges with reliance on Western genetics for deep processing needs.

Furthermore, harvest seasonality conflicts with the year-round operational cycles of mega-factories. To run non-stop, processors require massive, climate-controlled storage infrastructure utilizing sprout inhibitors, which is still underdeveloped in China compared to the US or the EU.⁶

Competitiveness Assessment: Porter’s Diamond Model

To rigorously assess the sustainability of the Chinese export leap, the scientific community often applies Michael Porter’s “national diamond” model. Studies by the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences offer the following breakdown ³:

Factor Conditions: China possesses immense land resources and labor. However, a weak point remains specialized processing varieties and storage infrastructure.⁶
Demand Conditions: A huge, growing domestic fast-food market allows for colossal economies of scale before the product even goes to export.⁹
Related and Supporting Industries: A developed packaging industry, general engineering, and rapidly expanding cold-chain logistics create a solid foundation.⁶
Firm Strategy and Rivalry: Fierce competition between multinational subsidiaries and rapidly consolidating national companies forces the industry to continuously innovate and cut costs.²⁰

The Porter model analysis confirms that while a lag behind the Netherlands or Canada in sustainability (circular economy) or raw material chain efficiency persists, China’s position is structurally robust.³

Geopolitics and Logistics: How the Red Sea Crisis Handed Asia’s Markets to China

While domestic capacity expansion dictates supply, external geopolitical events are profoundly altering demand flows, creating a highly profitable vacuum for Chinese exports. The most significant external catalyst for the export leap in early 2026 has been the ongoing shipping crisis in the Red Sea.

Historically, the route through the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait handled about 30% of global container shipping, serving as a vital artery connecting European potato processors with lucrative Asian markets.⁷ However, escalating hostilities and Houthi attacks on commercial vessels disrupted this corridor. By late 2025 and early 2026, vessel traffic through Suez had plummeted by three-quarters.⁷

To avoid the conflict zone, major maritime carriers have been forced to reroute ships around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.⁷ This detour adds thousands of nautical miles to the journey, which for the frozen French fry market—entirely dependent on energy-intensive refrigerated containers—has catastrophic consequences. The extended transit time dramatically increases the risk of cold chain breakdown and cargo spoilage.

Moreover, this disruption has led to an exponential rise in freight costs. On Asia-Europe routes, freight and insurance costs have surged nearly five-fold.⁷ Massive logistical inflation has effectively priced European (Dutch, Belgian, French) producers out of highly competitive and price-sensitive Asian markets. Although European processors retain a reputation as top-quality suppliers, the cost of shipping a container of fries from Antwerp to Manila, Tokyo, or Kuala Lumpur has rendered their products economically unviable for many Asian restaurants.⁵

A return to the shorter Suez route remains uncertain, delaying normalization until at least the second half of 2026.²⁷ This prolonged disruption acts as a strategic accelerator for China. Geographically proximate to Southeast Asia and unburdened by the Red Sea bottleneck, Chinese exporters have gained a colossal advantage through logistical arbitrage: significantly lower transport costs, faster delivery times, and supply reliability.⁵ The doubling of Chinese potato product exports is a direct response to this emergent vacuum, allowing Chinese firms to permanently secure market share previously held by Europeans.

Competitive Landscape: Europe, North America, India, and Egypt

The rise of the Chinese processing sector must be evaluated against the shifting positions of its competitors. The global market in early 2026 is characterized by acute oversupply in the West and fierce price competition in the East.²⁸

The European Dilemma: Oversupply and Lost Export Destinations

European processors entered 2026 facing severe commercial pressure.⁵ Factories in the Netherlands and Belgium maintain a steady operational rhythm (e.g., Dutch plants processing over 300,000 tons of raw materials per month), but their traditional export engines are stalling.⁵ The EU market is grappling with oversupply, high inventories, and stagnant demand.²⁸ Consequently, export prices in France remain under strong downward pressure, hovering around $319 per metric ton in early 2026.³¹ However, this low FOB price is completely negated by astronomical shipping costs to Asia. As a result, European plants are forced to redirect volumes to markets in the Americas or within the EU-27.⁵

Stability in North America

The processing market in North America (the US and Canada) paints a picture of stability, albeit without significant volume growth. The US and Canada process over 60% of their massive potato harvest.⁶ US yields have reached 52 t/ha, supplying factories with an abundance of raw materials.²⁸ However, amid fierce export competition from Europe and Asia, US acreage is expected to decline in 2026.²⁸ Canadian export prices have also softened to 680–690 USD per ton.³¹ Accordingly, North American producers are largely focusing on protecting their highly profitable domestic retail and foodservice segments, yielding volume growth in emerging Asian markets to Chinese competitors.

The Rise of Regional Rivals: India and Egypt

China is not the sole beneficiary of these changes. It faces intense regional competition from India and Egypt.²⁹ India, the world’s second-largest potato producer, currently processes only about 7% of its crop.³ Nevertheless, it is experiencing explosive export volume growth, aggressively attacking the lower end of the market with ultra-low prices.²⁹ The domestic Indian market has seen a severe price crash: raw potato costs plummeted by 30–35% to 7–8 rupees per kilogram (about $85–95 per ton) in early 2026 amid peak harvest arrivals.³¹ This cheap raw material translates into highly competitive export prices for frozen products. However, the Indian sector is hindered by weak automation and fragmented cold chain logistics.

Egypt is also strengthening its position, leveraging its early harvest window and low logistical costs to neighboring regions.²⁹ The country is capturing new markets; for instance, Egypt’s share of potato imports to Malaysia grew from 0.5% in 2024 to 1.5% in early 2026.³¹

In contrast to India’s “rock-bottom” price strategy, China is implementing a more balanced approach. China’s export prices in early 2026 show signs of recovery and gradual firming, supported by robust, quality-oriented demand from Southeast Asia.³¹ This indicates that Chinese processors are increasingly competing on product consistency, cold chain reliability, and scale, rather than solely on dumping, elevating them to direct competition with EU suppliers.

Exporting Country	Price Trend (Early 2026)	Market Dynamics and Status	Source
France	~$319 / MT (Declining)	Oversupply of raw materials, prohibitive freight to Asia.	³¹
Canada	~$680-$690 / MT (Declining)	Easing shortages, focus on the domestic market.	³¹
China	7.50 RMB/kg (Strengthening)	Strong demand in SEA, capturing EU market share.	¹⁶
India	7-8 rupees/kg (raw, Sharp decline)	Peak harvest, record volumes at low quality.	³¹

Strategic Conclusions and Recommendations for Industry Professionals

For the Potatoes.news audience — professionals in the B2B sector — the PRC GACC data for January and February 2026 should serve not merely as a statistical reference, but as a signal for strategic action. The fact that Chinese French fry export volumes have caught up with fresh tubers and demonstrated colossal growth is a direct indicator of a structural shift in the global potato economy.

The future trajectory of the industry (between 2026 and 2030) will be dictated by the following imperatives:

Consolidating Market Share in Asia: The Red Sea crisis has presented a unique historical window of opportunity. Asian processors and traders must use this period of weakened European competition to secure long-term contracts with QSR franchises. When maritime logistics normalize, switching costs for buyers must be prohibitively high.
Vertical Agronomic Integration: To shield production from raw material base volatility, processing firms need to adopt the multinational model of McCain Foods. This implies direct intervention in agriculture: partnering with large farming enterprises to control microclonal propagation, irrigation, the breeding of high dry matter varieties, and the construction of climate-controlled storage.
Localization of Processing Technology: Currently reliant on imported European lines (a characteristic also shared by advanced Russian farms), equipment manufacturers in China must accelerate the development of domestic blanching systems, sorting tech, and commercial fryers, thereby lowering the capital expenditure threshold.
Focus on Value-Added Logistics: Fresh potato exports will continue to decline due to the unprofitability of shipping water and spoilage. The future of the industry belongs to the cold chain, automated cutting, and finished product standardization. Investments in freezer warehousing and refrigerated containers will become the primary survival factor for exporting companies.

In conclusion, the era in which China acted primarily as a supplier of raw, cheap potatoes to its immediate neighbors is rapidly coming to an end. In its place, an automated, highly efficient, and ambitious deep potato processing powerhouse is emerging. The collision of domestic production capacities with geopolitical logistical shocks has forever altered the “rules of the game” in the global French fry market, shifting the industry’s center of gravity to Asia.

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The Red Sea Shipping Crisis (2024–2025): Houthi Attacks and Global Trade Disruption | Atlas Institute for International Affairs, дата последнего обращения: апреля 20, 2026, https://atlasinstitute.org/the-red-sea-shipping-crisis-2024-2025-houthi-attacks-and-global-trade-disruption/
Red Sea return poses disruption threat to Asia-Europe trade – Journal of Commerce, дата последнего обращения: апреля 20, 2026, https://www.joc.com/article/red-sea-return-poses-disruption-threat-to-asia-europe-trade-6142224
World potato markets: Expanded 2025 industry report, дата последнего обращения: апреля 20, 2026, https://www.potatoes.co.za/world-potato-markets-expanded-2025-industry-report/
Competition changes the rules in the fries market – Potato News Today, дата последнего обращения: апреля 20, 2026, https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2026/01/17/competition-changes-the-rules-in-the-fries-market/
Europe’s potato reality check: Surplus pressure, export competition, and the 2026 pivot, дата последнего обращения: апреля 20, 2026, https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2026/02/24/europes-potato-reality-check-surplus-pressure-export-competition-and-the-2026-pivot/