The value of globally imported raw potatoes rose by an average 21.3% for all importing countries since 2018 when international purchases of those fresh or chilled potatoes were valued at $4.66 billion.
Year over year, the overall value of potato imports accelerated via a 17.5% reduction compared to $4.81 billion during 2021.
The 5 largest importers of potatoes are Belgium, United States of America, Spain, Netherlands and Germany. The 5 major buyers purchased almost two-fifths (37.6%) of the world value for potatoes imported during 2022.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries bought the most imported raw potatoes during 2022 with purchases costing a total $3.17 billion or 56.2% of the global total. In second place were Asian importers at 22.2% while 10.4% of potatoes imported worldwide was delivered to North America. Another 8.1% arrived in Africa.
Smaller percentages went to Latin America (2.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.4%) led by Fiji and French Polynesia.
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 2022.
- Belgium: US$765.4 million (13.5% of total imported potatoes)
- United States: $413.3 million (7.3%)
- Spain: $379.8 million (6.7%)
- Netherlands: $341.2 million (6%)
- Germany: $227.1 million (4%)
- Italy: $223.8 million (4%)
- Russia: $194.8 million (3.4%)
- Egypt: $146.2 million (2.6%)
- France: $138 million (2.4%)
- Vietnam: $129.2 million (2.3%)
- Portugal: $129 million (2.3%)
- Malaysia: $100.3 million (1.8%)
- United Arab Emirates: $96.2 million (1.7%)
- Greece: $95.6 million (1.7%)
- Canada: $88.6 million (1.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 61.4% of all potatoes imported in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for potatoes since 2021 were: Vietnam (up 326.9%), United Arab Emirates (up 61.2%), Egypt (up 51.9%) and the United States of America (up 47.1%).
Four major countries posted declines in their imported potatoes purchases, namely: Canada (down -14.4% from 2021), Russia (down -12.3%), Netherlands (down -10.2%) and Germany (down -3.3%).
Potatoes Imported into Belgium
Belgium’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$765.4 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Belgium imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- France: US$354.1 million (up 26.8% from 2021)
- Netherlands: $210.1 million (up 4.9%)
- Germany: $163.5 million (up 32.3%)
- Spain: $17.7 million (down -30%)
- Egypt: $8.6 million (up 38.4%)
- Israel: $3.9 million (down -18.8%)
- Cyprus: $2.9 million (down -20.2%)
- Italy: $1.1 million (down -36.6%)
- Portugal: $902,000 (up 295.6%)
- Luxembourg: $330,000 (down -51.1%)
- Morocco: $235,000 (up 518.4%)
- Romania: $45,000 (down -32.8%)
- Austria: $15,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Latvia: $14,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Denmark: $7,000 (down -81.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of potatoes imported by Belgium in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to Belgium since 2021 were: Morocco (up 518.4%), Portugal (up 295.6%), Egypt (up 38.4%) and Germany (up 32.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Belgian importers included: Denmark (down -81.1% from 2021), Luxembourg (down -51.1%), Italy (down -36.6%) and Romania (down -32.8%).
Overall, the value of Belgium’s imported potatoes increased by an average 17.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when potatoes purchased cost $653.1 million.
Potatoes Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$413.3 million in 2022. Below are the top suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Canada: US$413.2 million (up 47.2% from 2021)
- Dominican Republic: $22,000 (up 633.3%)
- Qatar: $15,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Greece: $6,000 (2021 data unavailable)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of potatoes imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Overall, the value of the United States’ imported potatoes accelerated by an average 47.1% from all supplying countries since 2021 when potatoes purchased cost $280.9 million.
Potatoes Imported into Spain
Spain’s global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$379.8 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Spain imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- France: US$253.6 million (up 45.1% from 2021)
- Netherlands: $40.8 million (up 11.5%)
- United Kingdom: $27.2 million (up 4.7%)
- Israel: $21.4 million (up 56.5%)
- Portugal: $13.2 million (up 34.1%)
- Belgium: $9.7 million (up 86.4%)
- Egypt: $4.4 million (up 38.3%)
- Morocco: $2.9 million (up 78.3%)
- Germany: $2.1 million (down -19%)
- Denmark: $1.8 million (down -5.2%)
- Luxembourg: $1.3 million (down -11.1%)
- Cyprus: $926,000 (down -0.1%)
- Italy: $196,000 (up 110.8%)
- Ireland: $165,000 (up 106.3%)
- Greece: $72,000 (down -47.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.97% of potatoes imported by Spain in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to Spain since 2021 were: Italy (up 110.8%), Ireland (up 106.3%), Belgium (up 86.4%) and Morocco (up 78.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Spanish importers included: Greece (down -47.4% from 2021), Germany (down -19%), Luxembourg (down -11.1%) and Denmark (down -5.2%).
Overall, the value of Spain’s imported potatoes moved ahead by an average 36.5% from all supplying countries since 2021 when potatoes purchased cost $278.1 million.
Potatoes Imported into the Netherlands
Dutch global purchases of imported raw potatoes totaled US$341.2 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of potatoes during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Germany: US$222.2 million (up 4.5% from 2021)
- Belgium: $44.5 million (down -45.2%)
- France: $42 million (up 13.5%)
- Israel: $15.4 million (down -31%)
- Spain: $5.3 million (down -32.9%)
- United Kingdom: $3.5 million (up 145.9%)
- Italy: $1.6 million (down -51.2%)
- Poland: $951,000 (down -28.9%)
- Morocco: $859,000 (down -36.1%)
- Luxembourg: $615,000 (down -30.9%)
- Portugal: $576,000 (up 27.4%)
- Cyprus: $534,000 (down -62.1%)
- Czech Republic: $495,000 (up 167.6%)
- Denmark: $487,000 (down -89.6%)
- Switzerland: $296,000 (up 109.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of potatoes imported by the Netherlands in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of potatoes to the Netherlands since 2021 were: Czech Republic (up 167.6%), United Kingdom (up 145.9%), Switzerland (up 109.9%) and Portugal (up 27.4%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their potatoes supplied to Dutch importers included: Denmark (down -89.6% from 2021), Cyprus (down -62.1%), Italy (down -51.2%) and Belgium (down -45.2%).
Overall, the value of the Netherlands’ imported potatoes shrank by an average -10.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when potatoes purchased cost $379.9 million.
Searchable List of Potatoes Importing Countries in 2022
The automated database below showcases 100 key import markets for potatoes bought internationally during 2022.
Expanding the scope to the 100 most valuable importers of potatoes, 98% of globally imported potatoes was bought by the top 100 import countries.
| Rank | Importer | Potato Imports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Belgium | $765,380,000 | +17.2% |
| 2. | United States | $413,270,000 | +47.1% |
| 3. | Spain | $379,794,000 | +36.5% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $341,168,000 | -10.2% |
| 5. | Germany | $227,100,000 | -3.3% |
| 6. | Italy | $223,838,000 | +12.6% |
| 7. | Russia | $194,778,000 | -12.3% |
| 8. | Egypt | $146,236,000 | +51.9% |
| 9. | France | $137,976,000 | +16.7% |
| 10. | Vietnam | $129,157,000 | +326.9% |
| 11. | Portugal | $128,966,000 | +32.7% |
| 12. | Malaysia | $100,261,000 | +23.1% |
| 13. | United Arab Emirates | $96,195,000 | +61.2% |
| 14. | Greece | $95,602,000 | +36.8% |
| 15. | Canada | $88,606,000 | -14.4% |
| 16. | Mexico | $82,953,000 | +49.6% |
| 17. | Uzbekistan | $81,046,000 | +11.4% |
| 18. | Algeria | $73,656,000 | +76.2% |
| 19. | Romania | $63,717,000 | +20.8% |
| 20. | Nepal | $60,649,000 | -14.6% |
| 21. | Poland | $58,158,000 | +39.6% |
| 22. | Azerbaijan | $55,186,000 | -1.1% |
| 23. | Czech Republic | $54,168,000 | +19.5% |
| 24. | Iraq | $52,770,000 | +23.4% |
| 25. | Afghanistan | $49,246,000 | +1.2% |
| 26. | Israel | $48,575,000 | +140.2% |
| 27. | Thailand | $48,169,000 | +43.5% |
| 28. | Slovakia | $47,127,000 | +70.6% |
| 29. | Switzerland | $46,578,000 | +69.1% |
| 30. | Hungary | $44,464,000 | +4.8% |
| 31. | Saudi Arabia | $43,577,000 | +17.6% |
| 32. | Lebanon | $40,818,000 | +116.4% |
| 33. | Hong Kong | $40,695,000 | +168% |
| 34. | Sri Lanka | $39,785,000 | -5.2% |
| 35. | United Kingdom | $39,421,000 | -29.4% |
| 36. | Ireland | $39,222,000 | +7.5% |
| 37. | Indonesia | $36,564,000 | +54.7% |
| 38. | Morocco | $36,253,000 | +72.9% |
| 39. | Oman | $34,814,000 | -35.8% |
| 40. | Austria | $33,778,000 | -10.4% |
| 41. | South Korea | $30,932,000 | +73.8% |
| 42. | Japan | $30,897,000 | +5.9% |
| 43. | Syria | $30,215,000 | -5% |
| 44. | Sweden | $28,716,000 | +20% |
| 45. | Singapore | $28,443,000 | +9.8% |
| 46. | Croatia | $26,637,000 | +47.9% |
| 47. | Taiwan | $25,223,000 | +33.9% |
| 48. | Denmark | $23,939,000 | -4.5% |
| 49. | Mozambique | $23,026,000 | +5.9% |
| 50. | Kuwait | $22,873,000 | -29.5% |
| 51. | Slovenia | $21,053,000 | +30.2% |
| 52. | Dominican Republic | $20,390,000 | +74.6% |
| 53. | Qatar | $19,249,000 | +13.1% |
| 54. | Serbia | $19,216,000 | +113.8% |
| 55. | Norway | $17,744,000 | -26.8% |
| 56. | Somalia | $17,321,000 | +77.6% |
| 57. | Fiji | $16,507,000 | +41.6% |
| 58. | Philippines | $16,322,000 | +20.1% |
| 59. | El Salvador | $16,252,000 | -21.1% |
| 60. | Mauritania | $15,810,000 | +3.1% |
| 61. | Senegal | $15,473,000 | +46.9% |
| 62. | Latvia | $15,309,000 | +45.8% |
| 63. | Trinidad/Tobago | $15,278,000 | +20% |
| 64. | Tunisia | $14,753,000 | +30.8% |
| 65. | Bulgaria | $14,542,000 | +34.2% |
| 66. | Mali | $13,276,000 | -9.5% |
| 67. | Bahrain | $13,093,000 | +21.5% |
| 68. | Pakistan | $12,813,000 | -0.5% |
| 69. | Honduras | $12,502,000 | +21.2% |
| 70. | Sudan | $12,145,000 | +188.5% |
| 71. | Ivory Coast | $12,032,000 | -5.2% |
| 72. | Türkiye | $11,906,000 | -1.7% |
| 73. | Zimbabwe | $11,774,000 | +12.8% |
| 74. | Kazakhstan | $11,349,000 | -30.7% |
| 75. | Namibia | $10,406,000 | +2.6% |
| 76. | Moldova | $10,215,000 | +60.9% |
| 77. | Luxembourg | $10,174,000 | +0.4% |
| 78. | Libya | $10,173,000 | +85.7% |
| 79. | Mauritius | $10,008,000 | +29.7% |
| 80. | Lithuania | $9,979,000 | +87.3% |
| 81. | Bahamas | $9,782,000 | +22.2% |
| 82. | Cyprus | $9,362,000 | -4% |
| 83. | Brazil | $9,264,000 | +7.7% |
| 84. | Ukraine | $8,641,000 | -79.5% |
| 85. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $8,103,000 | +19.2% |
| 86. | Cuba | $8,092,000 | +7.6% |
| 87. | Paraguay | $7,844,000 | +7.4% |
| 88. | Guatemala | $7,716,000 | +86.5% |
| 89. | Bangladesh | $6,148,000 | +200.8% |
| 90. | Jordan | $5,655,000 | -13.6% |
| 91. | Finland | $5,208,000 | -8.9% |
| 92. | Maldives | $4,484,000 | +16.7% |
| 93. | Montenegro | $4,479,000 | +97.6% |
| 94. | Estonia | $4,467,000 | +73.3% |
| 95. | Guyana | $4,290,000 | +32.9% |
| 96. | Belarus | $4,208,000 | -64.2% |
| 97. | Georgia | $4,063,000 | +59.8% |
| 98. | Bolivia | $3,845,000 | +98.9% |
| 99. | Barbados | $3,837,000 | +6.3% |
| 100. | Suriname | $3,745,000 | +30.9% |
Posting triple-digit increases in their purchases of imported potatoes were buyers in Vietnam (up 326.9% from 2021), Bangladesh (up 200.8%), Sudan (up 188.5%), Hong Kong (up 168%), Israel (up 140.2%), Lebanon (up 116.4%) and Serbia (up 113.8%).
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 2021 data was available.
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
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on September 8, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 8, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 8, 2023
Wikipedia, Potato. Accessed on September 8, 2023
