date:Nov 28, 2013
Since the beginning of the 2000s, potato consumption has largely stabilized at 15.0 16.0 MMT. The Russian Food Security Doctrine has set a target of 95 percent self-sufficiency in potato production in Russian. In 2012, domestic production minus losses accounted for 97 percent of both domestic industrial and food consumption, surpassing this goal.
Source: Rosstat
Although food consumption has remained steady in recent years, there has been a marked shift away from so called home-use of potato