date:Nov 28, 2013
re imported after the severe drought of 2010 which decimated Russias potato crop. Potato importers are usually larger retail companies that focus on serving customers in large metropolitan areas such as Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Potato production
Since the late 1990s, potato production in Russia has been relatively stable - between 27 and 30 MMT per year.
Production in Russia remains dominated by household (backyard) production, which in 2012 still provided nearly 80 percent of all productio