Azerbaijan: Patata ekoizpena sei aldiz handitu da 1992tik, baina inportazioak 67,202 tonara iritsi dira lau hilabetetan
Funtsezko garraioak
- 1992ko ekoizpena 156,040 tona izan zen, hektarea bakoitzeko 8.3 tonako etekinarekin.
- 2024ko ekoizpena 954,005 tona izan zen, hektarea bakoitzeko 21.0 tonako etekinarekin.
- 77,400 t exported in January to July 2026, up 9.2%
- 67,202 t imported in January to April 2026, down 19%
Zergatik da garrantzitsua?
- Merkatarientzat
- Plan winter and spring shipments carefully: Iran's volumes rose 14-fold while Türkiye and Georgia lost about half
- Hornitzaileentzat
- Check demand for seed and storage in mountain districts such as Gadabay and Dashkasan, where most potatoes are grown
- Inbertitzaileentzako
- Assess storage projects that extend the domestic season; spring imports of about 67,000 t show the size of the gap
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Azerbaijan has turned into a sizeable potato grower but has not closed its supply gap. FAOSTAT shows the crop rising about sixfold after 1992, to a peak of 1.07 million tonnes in 2022, before easing to 954,000 tonnes in 2024. Yield more than doubled, and by our calculation the harvested area also more than doubled. Trade flows run both ways. Customs data put exports for the first seven months of 2026 at 77,400 tonnes, most of it going to Russia in earlier periods. Yet in the first four months of 2026 the country bought 67,202 tonnes, and Iran replaced Türkiye as the largest supplier. The agriculture minister still names potatoes among sectors that fall short of self-sufficiency. For traders in neighbouring countries this is a large but volatile outlet. Caveat: regional data are from 2019, and the import split rests on a single news agency report.
Azerbaijan harvested 156,040 tonnes of potatoes in 1992, according to FAOSTAT data published by Our World in Data. The yield was 8.3 tonnes per hectare. In 2024 the same data show 954,005 tonnes at 21.0 tonnes per hectare.
Output rose about six times over this period. By our calculation, the harvested area grew from about 18,900 hectares to about 45,500 hectares. The series peaked at 1.07 million tonnes in 2022. It then fell in 2023 and again in 2024.
Where potatoes are grown
Potatoes are grown mainly in the mountain districts of Gadabay, Dashkasan and Tovuz and in Jalilabad in the south, according to the national outlet Azernews. The outlet reported sown areas of 59,300 hectares in 2018 and 56,900 hectares in 2019.
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Exports rise, mostly to Russia
Azerbaijan exported 70,830 tonnes of potatoes worth USD 28.1 million in January to July 2025, according to the State Statistics Committee. This was 47% more by volume than a year earlier. Russia took 59,376 tonnes.
In January to July 2026 exports rose again, to 77,400 tonnes worth USD 29.7 million. This was 9.2% more by volume, according to the State Customs Committee data reported by the news agency Report.az.
Imports stay large
The country also imports many potatoes. In January to April 2026 it bought 67,202 tonnes, excluding seed potatoes, worth USD 24.6 million, according to Report.az. The volume was 19% lower than a year earlier.
The supplier mix changed sharply. These were the main sources:
- Iran: 24,548 tonnes, 14 times more than a year earlier
- Türkiye: 23,696 tonnes, down 51%
- Georgia: 8,227 tonnes, down 56%
- Russia: 3,987 tonnes
- Belarus: 3,184 tonnes
In May 2026 the agriculture minister Majnun Mammadov said the country still faces challenges in potato production, as well as in meat, milk and wheat.
Zergatik da garrantzitsua?
Azerbaijan is a two-way potato market. It sells potatoes mainly to Russia. At the same time, it buys large volumes early in the year. The data suggest that domestic stocks do not cover the spring months.
For exporters in Iran, Türkiye and Georgia, the market is large but volatile. For investors, storage that extends the domestic season could replace part of the spring imports.
Photo: A view of Gadabay district, a potato-growing area of Azerbaijan (illustrative). Sefer azeri / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
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Iturriak
- Gure Mundua Datuetan, Patata ekoizpena / Patata uztak (FAOSTAT datuak, 2026ko otsailaren 25ean eguneratua) — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/potato-production ; https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/potato-yields
- Report.az (Azerbaijan exported 77,400 tons of potatoes in 7 months), 19.08.2026 — https://report.az/en/business/azerbaijan-exported-77-400-tons-of-potatoes-in-7-months
- Report.az (Azerbaijan sharply increases potato imports from Belarus), 14.07.2026 — https://report.az/en/business/azerbaijan-sharply-increases-potato-imports-from-belarus
- Report.az (Majnun Mammadov: We face challenges in production of meat, milk, wheat and potatoes), 25.05.2026 — https://report.az/en/aic/majnun-mammadov-we-face-challenges-in-production-of-meat-milk-wheat-and-potatoes
- FreshPlaza (Azerbaijan increases potato exports by 47% in January–July 2025; source: State Statistics Committee via abc.az), 24.09.2025 — https://www.freshplaza.com/north-america/article/9768462/azerbaijan-increases-potato-exports-by-47-in-january-july-2025/
- Azernews (Potato yield up), 04.09.2019 — https://www.azernews.az/business/155515.html
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