date:Nov 28, 2013
ars, commercial production of potatoes at large agricultural enterprises, private farms in Moscow and in some Western provinces of the Central Federal District have increased.
The potato crop in 2013 is expected to be down as a result of excessive rainy weather, especially at harvest. Russia is largely self-sufficient in potato production, and imports of potatoes remain relatively small, and in 2000-2010 it never exceeded 0.6 MMT a year. The highest year of imports was in 2011, when 1.4 MMT we