July 2024-March 2025 U.S. Potato Exports Increased in Frozen, Fresh, and Seed Categories, Decreased in Dehydrated and Chips

June 11, 2025

DENVER (June 9, 2025) – U.S. Potato export volumes increased for frozen (3%), fresh (1%), and seed potatoes (16%), while export volumes fell for dehydrated potatoes (-16%) and potato chips (-17%) from July 2024 through March 2025.  Total export volume declined 4% to 2.3 million metric tons (fresh weight equivalent), driven primarily by a decrease in dehydrated potato exports. U.S. potato export value declined 1% to $1.7 billion compared to the same period last year, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data.

U.S. frozen potato exports, the largest export category, increased in Japan (9%), South Korea (11%), Canada (10%), Taiwan (13%), Guatemala (15%), and Saudi Arabia (4%). However, frozen exports decreased in the Philippines (-26%) and Malaysia (-9%), driven by increased exports to those countries from China and India. Frozen potatoes constitute about half of U.S. export volume (49%), followed by dehydrated (24%), fresh (20%), chips (6%), and seed potatoes (1%).

U.S. fresh potato exports, which include both table stock and chip stock potatoes, increased in Japan (76%), Taiwan (23%), the Dominican Republic (71%), and Guatemala (98%). At the same time, fresh potato exports decreased to Canada (-19%), South Korea
(-20%), the Philippines (-13%), and Malaysia (-37%). The decreases in Asia were again driven by increased exports to those countries from China and India. Fresh potato exports to Mexico were flat, but Mexico remains the United States’ largest fresh potato export market, accounting for 43% of all U.S. exports.

U.S. exports of dehydrated potatoes were down in eight out of the top 10 export markets (Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, China, and Israel). The other top 10 export markets, Indonesia (127%) and Malaysia (26%), saw notable growth in the last nine months.

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