U.S. fresh potato exports to Mexico are on fire.
From September 2023 to August 2024, U.S. fresh potato exports to Mexico climbed by 20% compared with the previous season.
USDA trade numbers showed the value of U.S. fresh potato exports to Mexico for the period was $131.9 million, up from $110.3 million the previous season and up 79% from two years ago.
The total value of U.S. fresh potato exports from September 2023 to August 2024 was $335.3 million, up 1% from the previous year.
The total quantity of U.S. fresh potato shipments in 2023-24 reached 581,695 metric tons, up 3% from the previous year.
At $576.50 per metric ton in 2023-24 compared with $588 per metric ton the previous year, the unit value for U.S. fresh potato exports was off 2% in the latest 12-month period.
Mexico accounted for 39% of total U.S. fresh potato exports in the 2023-24 season, followed in importance by Canada (21%), Japan (6%) and South Korea (6%). U.S. fresh potatoes were shipped to more than 50 countries in 2023-24, according to the USDA.
Below is U.S. fresh potato export value by country, with percent changed compared with the same period the previous season:
- Mexico — $131.9 million, up 20%.
- Canada — $71.6 million, down 29%.
- Japan — $19.2 million, down 8%.
- South Korea — $19.1 million, up 30%.
- Taiwan — %15.1 million, down 8%.
- Honduras — $15.04 million, down 10%.
- Dominican Republic — $12.6 million, up 90%.
- Philippines — $12.3 million, up 15%.
- Guatemala — $9.7 million, up 69%.
- Malaysia — $4.9 million, up 11%.
