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(Agraria.pe) The FAOSTAT database, updated in December 2024, provided new data on the global potato sector in 2023, highlighting the contributions of various regions. China led the way in potato production, with more than 93 million tonnes. Alongside China, India, Ukraine, Russia, the United States and Germany were notable contributors.

China is also seeing a record grain harvest this year. The country harvested 706.5 million tons of grain, including rice, soybeans and potatoes, the National Bureau of Statistics said, marking the first time the 700 million ton mark had been exceeded.

According to the Vietnam Cassava Association, from the beginning of December 2024 until now, although cassava prices have decreased sharply, the demand for purchasing from Chinese factories is still very slow. Inventory in Qingdao (China) is at about 120,000 tons (at a very low level compared to the consumption of cassava starch in the Chinese market during the main crop season every year). Currently, cassava starch prices offered to major ports in China are all low, currently the export price of cassava starch offered by Vietnamese factories is at 423-435 USD/ton, FOB Ho Chi Minh City port, down 20 USD/ton compared to the end of last month. The export price of cassava starch through Lang Son and Mong Cai border gates fluctuates at 3,130-3,250 CNY/ton, down 140 CNY/ton compared to the end of last month. According to the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), the export price of cassava chips continued to decrease compared to the end of last month. Currently, the export price of cassava chips to China fluctuates at 225 USD/ton, FOB Vietnam port, down 5 USD/ton compared to the end of last month; meanwhile, the export price of cassava chips to South Korea decreased to 280 USD/ton, FOB Quy Nhon, down 5 USD/ton compared to the end of last month.