Potato Economics Weekly — Week 36, 2026
POTATOES.NEWS Weekly Potato Economic Report
Week 36, 2026 · data period 31 August – 6 September 2026 · published 06.09.2026
Season 2026/27 opens with no free-market quotation for Belgian storage varieties yet, early potatoes holding at EUR 200/t, a European processing index edging up, and the first harvest signals pointing to below-average yields in Belgium and France.
Belgapom early-potato quotation in week 36, by year
Source: Belgapom quotation archive (2025: no quotation — no transactions)
This week in the potato economy
France: growers face a 23% smaller harvest
Industry estimates for France, Europe's third processing-potato producer, point to a harvest roughly 23% below last year after a season of drought and heat.
EU fries exports at their highest since 2023
Dutch exports peaked, lifting EU frozen-fry exports to the strongest level since 2023 — even as new-crop supply in the Benelux and France looks tight.
Regrowth and secondary growth cloud the quality outlook
Late-August rain after extreme drought triggered regrowth in stressed crops; processors are watching tuber length and dry matter, with large regional differences expected between Germany/northern Netherlands and Belgium/France.
No more potato futures: EEX delisted the contract on 5 June 2026
The European Processing Potato Future (FAPP) and its index were withdrawn by EEX; the June 2026 contract was the last. Price discovery for the new season relies on physical quotations (Belgapom, Fiwap, PotatoNL) and PRA indices.
stòran
- Belgapom quotation (open weekly data, JSON feed) — EUR/t excl. VAT, Fridays
- DCA Market Intelligence — public delayed benchmark ticker — EU-4 Potato Index, PAT, Frozen Fries 70-30
- Boerenbusiness — trial-dig report, 3 Aug 2026
- EEX — delisting notice
Method: only publicly available figures are shown; each number links to its source and carries the date it refers to. Figures are not estimates by POTATOES.NEWS. Paid market services are used as internal signals only and are never reproduced.
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