Poland’s 2013 potato crop is estimated at 6.4 MMT, of which ware production accounts for 3.6 MMT. Total production declined nearly 30 percent overall year-over-years while ware production fell 14 percent. The share of ware to total production continues to increase. The potato production in the year 2014 is forecasted to increase by 17 percent in comparison with 2013. The 2012/13 marketing year represented the first year during which the starch market operated as a free market. Supplementary national payments for starch potato producers, not connected with production, are the only part remaining of the government’s previous support program.
