Potato Market Changes – EU Overview for the 2010-2019 Period

Abstract

The EU potato sector is analyzed regarding production quantities, harvested area, yields, consumption, price indices, import and export intra, and extra EU. The present paper was intended as an empirical secondary data analysis of the EU potato sector for the period 2010-2019. The methods used are the direct comparison, the method of indices, relative and absolute changes, Gini coefficients. Romania was the 4th producer of potatoes in the EU by harvested area and the 7th by potato production quantity in 2019. The yield in EU standard humidity decreased to 14.79 tonnes/ha, pushing next to the last place near Bulgaria.