date:Nov 08, 2017
n of frozen potato products (397,092 MT in MY 2016/17) where the leading product is french fries (see Chart 3). Only 3.5 percent of Japans fresh potato production is used to make frozen potato products, 60 percent of which is used to make potato croquette.
The frozen potato product industrys access to imported potato supplies (such as dehydrated potato, potato flakes, mashed potatoes, and frozen whole potatoes) contributed to the industrys robust growth in MY 2016/17, leading to a 7.5 percent p