The value of globally imported raw potatoes accelerated by an average 53.2% for all importing countries from 5 years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of those fresh or chilled potatoes were valued at $4.85 billion.
Year over year, the overall value of potato imports fell by -2.4% compared to $7.6 billion during 2024.
The 5 largest importers of potatoes are Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and the United States of America. The 5 major buyers purchased two-fifths (40.2%) of the world value for potatoes imported during 2025.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries bought the most imported raw potatoes during 2025 with purchases costing a total $4.85 billion or 65.3% of the global total.
In second place were importers located in Asia at 16.4% while 8.3% of potatoes imported worldwide was delivered to buyers in Africa. Another 7.2% arrived in North America.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Latin America (2.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.3%) led by Fiji, French Polynesia and Samoa.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh or chilled potatoes is 0701.
Potatoes Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of raw potatoes during 2025.
- Belgium: US$1.2 billion (15.5% of total imported potatoes)
- Netherlands: $572.4 million (7.7%)
- Spain: $503.1 million (6.8%)
- Germany: $393.7 million (5.3%)
- United States: $361.3 million (4.9%)
- Italy: $356.3 million (4.8%)
- Russia: $317.8 million (4.3%)
- France: $298.3 million (4%)
- Portugal: $191.9 million (2.6%)
- Greece: $115 million (1.5%)
- Romania: $111 million (1.5%)
- Algeria: $101.2 million (1.4%)
- Malaysia: $100.8 million (1.4%)
- Egypt: $99.6 million (1.3%)
- Mexico: $98.1 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased almost two-thirds (64.3%) of all potatoes imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, growth markets for potatoes since 2024 were: Russia (up 254.3%), France (up 11.7%), Germany (up 10.5%) and Algeria (up 4.7%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported potatoes purchases were led by: Egypt (down -38.8% from 2024), Netherlands (down -19.3%), Mexico (down -17.7%) and Spain (down -12.9%).
Searchable List of Potatoes Importing Countries in 2025
Below, the automated database showcases 100 key import markets for potatoes bought internationally during 2025.
Expanding the scope to the 100 most valuable importers of potatoes, 98.1% of globally imported potatoes was bought by the top 100 import countries.
| Rank | Importer | Potato Imports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | $1,151,937,000 | -8.7% |
| 2 | Netherlands | $572,431,000 | -19.3% |
| 3 | Spain | $503,054,000 | -12.9% |
| 4 | Germany | $393,690,000 | +10.5% |
| 5 | United States | $361,320,000 | -7.2% |
| 6 | Italy | $356,258,000 | -5.6% |
| 7 | Russia | $317,781,000 | +254.3% |
| 8 | France | $298,320,000 | +11.7% |
| 9 | Portugal | $191,926,000 | -9.5% |
| 10 | Greece | $114,992,000 | -11.2% |
| 11 | Romania | $110,996,000 | -2.6% |
| 12 | Algeria | $101,160,000 | +4.7% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $100,793,000 | -0.6% |
| 14 | Egypt | $99,614,000 | -38.8% |
| 15 | Mexico | $98,099,000 | -17.7% |
| 16 | Uganda | $97,715,000 | +627.3% |
| 17 | Afghanistan | $90,713,000 | +64.1% |
| 18 | Canada | $78,748,000 | +23.7% |
| 19 | Poland | $75,009,000 | +10.9% |
| 20 | United Kingdom | $70,335,000 | -40.2% |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | $69,842,000 | -18.6% |
| 22 | Czech Republic | $69,632,000 | -23.5% |
| 23 | Morocco | $63,965,000 | +19.3% |
| 24 | Iraq | $61,423,000 | +13.3% |
| 25 | Austria | $59,579,000 | -15.9% |
| 26 | Oman | $59,184,000 | -3% |
| 27 | Vietnam | $58,513,000 | +43.2% |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | $54,579,000 | +28% |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | $54,397,000 | +847.4% |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | $52,251,000 | -0.8% |
| 31 | Slovakia | $51,833,000 | -14.6% |
| 32 | Indonesia | $51,068,000 | +22.4% |
| 33 | Ireland | $48,519,000 | -32.3% |
| 34 | Thailand | $48,513,000 | +29.1% |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | $47,496,000 | -30.8% |
| 36 | Ukraine | $42,901,000 | +62.8% |
| 37 | Switzerland | $42,444,000 | -44.3% |
| 38 | Sweden | $39,501,000 | +4.6% |
| 39 | Lebanon | $39,324,000 | -11.9% |
| 40 | Japan | $38,813,000 | +34.8% |
| 41 | Croatia | $36,950,000 | +2.7% |
| 42 | Hong Kong | $34,019,000 | -7.4% |
| 43 | Hungary | $33,439,000 | -13.5% |
| 44 | Serbia | $33,325,000 | +58% |
| 45 | Denmark | $32,193,000 | -20.1% |
| 46 | Nepal | $31,637,000 | -11.5% |
| 47 | South Korea | $30,996,000 | +5.1% |
| 48 | Slovenia | $29,866,000 | -18.2% |
| 49 | Singapore | $29,375,000 | +0.6% |
| 50 | Türkiye | $29,010,000 | +15.9% |
| 51 | Tunisia | $28,754,000 | +50.7% |
| 52 | Moldova | $28,708,000 | +16.6% |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | $27,962,000 | -53.6% |
| 54 | Mozambique | $27,494,000 | +35% |
| 55 | Israel | $26,391,000 | -33.2% |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | $23,613,000 | -20% |
| 57 | El Salvador | $23,477,000 | +17.5% |
| 58 | Senegal | $23,113,000 | +3.6% |
| 59 | Philippines | $21,885,000 | +11.3% |
| 60 | Taiwan | $21,439,000 | +5.1% |
| 61 | Syria | $20,991,000 | -45% |
| 62 | Kuwait | $19,791,000 | -47% |
| 63 | Honduras | $18,476,000 | -11.2% |
| 64 | Mauritania | $18,087,000 | +25.6% |
| 65 | Latvia | $17,769,000 | +6.9% |
| 66 | Qatar | $17,692,000 | -16.2% |
| 67 | Fiji | $16,621,000 | +4.8% |
| 68 | Libya | $16,438,000 | +46.8% |
| 69 | Trinidad/Tobago | $15,687,000 | -16.7% |
| 70 | Bulgaria | $15,429,000 | -11.2% |
| 71 | Luxembourg | $15,327,000 | +19.7% |
| 72 | Mali | $15,301,000 | +69.5% |
| 73 | Brazil | $15,015,000 | +9.4% |
| 74 | Norway | $14,819,000 | -53.3% |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | $14,336,000 | +36.3% |
| 76 | Mauritius | $13,292,000 | +5.1% |
| 77 | Liberia | $12,942,000 | +2022% |
| 78 | Namibia | $12,674,000 | +12.8% |
| 79 | Ivory Coast | $12,620,000 | +26.8% |
| 80 | Guatemala | $12,510,000 | -15.3% |
| 81 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $12,245,000 | -12.1% |
| 82 | Jordan | $11,750,000 | -20.4% |
| 83 | Pakistan | $11,716,000 | +22.3% |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | $11,491,000 | +4079% |
| 85 | Lithuania | $10,252,000 | +34.9% |
| 86 | Paraguay | $9,507,000 | +15.9% |
| 87 | Sudan | $9,316,000 | +136.8% |
| 88 | Belarus | $9,226,000 | +429.9% |
| 89 | Myanmar | $9,156,000 | +4501% |
| 90 | Guyana | $9,006,000 | -6.9% |
| 91 | Albania | $8,601,000 | -34.1% |
| 92 | Bahamas | $7,994,000 | -18.6% |
| 93 | Rwanda | $7,617,000 | -1.4% |
| 94 | Costa Rica | $5,900,000 | +28.1% |
| 95 | Maldives | $5,795,000 | -7.4% |
| 96 | Cyprus | $5,731,000 | -24.5% |
| 97 | Finland | $5,115,000 | -21.6% |
| 98 | Iceland | $4,838,000 | +34.1% |
| 99 | Montenegro | $4,725,000 | +3.5% |
| 100 | Georgia | $4,427,000 | +83.5% |
Posting the strongest increases in their purchases of imported potatoes were buyers in Myanmar (up 4,501% from 2024), Kyrgyzstan (up 4,079%), Liberia (up 2,022%), Kazakhstan (up 847.4%) and Uganda (up 627.3%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2024 data was available.
Potatoes Imported into Belgium
Belgium’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$1.15 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Belgium imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- France: US$533.7 million (down -2.2% from 2024)
- Netherlands: $351 million (down -3.2%)
- Germany: $242 million (down -23.6%)
- Spain: $11 million (down -32%)
- Egypt: $5.9 million (down -40.4%)
- Italy: $2.4 million (down -41.3%)
- Luxembourg: $1.6 million (up 16.9%)
- Switzerland: $1.5 million (down 0%)
- Cyprus: $908,000 (down -72.4%)
- Austria: $842,000 (up 7554.5%)
- Morocco: $392,000 (up 76.6%)
- United Kingdom: $182,000 (down -73.1%)
- Portugal: $164,000 (down -7.3%)
- Hungary: $144,000 (down -21.3%)
- Lithuania: $92,000 (down -42.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.98% of potatoes imported by Belgium in 2025.
Among the above countries, growth suppliers of potatoes to Belgium since 2024 were: Austria (up 7554.5%), Morocco (up 76.6%) and Luxembourg (up 16.9%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Belgian importers included: United Kingdom (down -73.1% from 2024), Cyprus (down -72.4%), Lithuania (down -42.1%) and Italy (down -41.3%).
Overall, the value of Belgium’s imported potatoes went down by an average -8.7% from all supplying countries since 2024 when potatoes purchased cost $1.3 billion.
Potatoes Imported into the Netherlands
Dutch global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$572.4 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Germany: US$338.5 million (down -17.5% from 2024)
- Belgium: $105.9 million (down -14.3%)
- France: $84.5 million (down -25.2%)
- Israel: $15.2 million (down -19.5%)
- Denmark: $8.1 million (down -7.6%)
- Spain: $5.2 million (down -63%)
- Türkiye: $3.1 million (up 3554.7%)
- Italy: $2.1 million (down -66.2%)
- Slovenia: $1.6 million (up 189.6%)
- Luxembourg: $1.5 million (down -32.1%)
- Switzerland: $1.3 million (up 121.4%)
- Egypt: $1 million (down -71.8%)
- Finland: $570,000 (down -38%)
- Poland: $538,000 (down -58%)
- United Kingdom: $522,000 (down -42.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of potatoes imported by the Netherlands in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to Netherlands since 2024 were: Türkiye (up 3,555%), Slovenia (up 189.6%) and Switzerland (up 121.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Dutch importers included: Egypt (down -71.8% from 2024), Italy (down -66.2%), Spain (down -63%) and Poland (down -58%).
Overall, the value of the Netherlands’ imported potatoes fell by an average -19.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when potatoes purchased cost $709.6 million.
Potatoes Imported into Spain
Spain’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$503.1 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Spain imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- France: US$303.6 million (down -19% from 2024)
- Netherlands: $64.3 million (up 6.1%)
- Portugal: $32.8 million (up 21.7%)
- United Kingdom: $29.4 million (down -11.5%)
- Israel: $29.3 million (up 52.7%)
- Egypt: $19.9 million (down -36.3%)
- Belgium: $10.2 million (down -16.1%)
- Morocco: $4.8 million (up 2.1%)
- Denmark: $2.9 million (down -13.3%)
- Germany: $2.5 million (down -37.9%)
- Luxembourg: $1.1 million (down -63.2%)
- Cyprus: $787,000 (up 21.3%)
- Poland: $385,000 (down -31.9%)
- Italy: $351,000 (down -84.1%)
- Ireland: $346,000 (up 76.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of potatoes imported by Spain in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to Spain since 2024 were: Ireland (up 76.5%), Israel (up 52.7%), Portugal (up 21.7%) and Cyprus (up 21.3%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Spanish importers included: Italy (down -84.1% from 2024), Luxembourg (down -63.2%), Germany (down -37.9%) and Egypt (down -36.3%).
Overall, the value of Spain’s imported potatoes retreated by an average -12.9% from all supplying countries since 2024 when potatoes purchased cost $577.6 million.
Potatoes Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$393.7 million in 2025. Below are the top suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Netherlands: US$132 million (up 34.9% from 2024)
- France: $80.4 million (up 8.7%)
- Israel: $43.5 million (up 37.6%)
- Egypt: $37.9 million (down -15.4%)
- Spain: $26.3 million (down -29.5%)
- Belgium: $23.2 million (down -20.8%)
- Cyprus: $10.5 million (down -20.2%)
- Italy: $9.4 million (down -9.2%)
- Austria: $4.6 million (up 4.3%)
- Poland: $4.6 million (up 73%)
- Denmark: $2.6 million (up 11.4%)
- Slovenia: $1.3 million (down -68.2%)
- Finland: $952,000 (up 118.3%)
- Portugal: $835,000 (up 10.3%)
- Switzerland: $727,000 (up 74.8%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 96.2% of potatoes imported by Germany in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to Germany since 2024 were: Finland (up 118.3%), Switzerland (up 74.8%), Poland (up 73%) and Israel (up 37.6%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to German importers included: Slovenia (down -68.2% from 2024), Spain (down -29.5%), Belgium (down -20.8%) and Cyprus (down -20.2%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported potatoes rose by an average 10.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when potatoes purchased cost $356.2 million.
See also Potatoes Exports by Country, Sweet Potatoes vs Yams by Export Sales, Unit Price & Weight, Belgium’s Top Trading Partners and Netherlands Top 10 Imports
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