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Potatoes
1996
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2008
Production area early potatoes
(000 hectares)		 14 16 18 14 12 14 14 14 15 12 11 16 17
Production area maincrop
(000 hectares)		 165 150 147 164 154 151 144 132 134 124 129 124 127
Yield - potatoes earlies
(tonnes / hectare)		 23.5 23.8 18.8 23.3 22.6 12.4 16.4 18.2 16.8 14.3 15.7 12.5 13.3
Yield - potatoes maincrop
(tonnes / hectare)		 42.1 45 41.6 41.6 41.4 42.8 46.7 42.9 45.2 46.4 43.0 43.1 45.6
Production volume earlies
(000 tonnes)		 325 386 336 322 276 172 235 247 248 179 177 198 224
Production volume maincrop potatoes
(000 tonnes)		 6926 6767 6103 6809 6359 6477 6732 5811 5997 5800 5550 5367 5775
Prices of early potatoes
(£ / tonne)		 97 74 152 75 132 184 110 131 179 141 194 153 207
Prices of maincrop potatoes
(£ / tonne)		 98 63 119 119 83 111 81 97 112 95 125 141 144
Total production potatoes
(000 tonnes)		 7251 7153 6439 7131 6636 6649 6966 5918 6246 5979 5727 5564 5999
Total new supply potatoes
(000 tonnes)
See note: 2
 8061 7865 7296 7941 7577 8242 8334 7355 7671 7006 6532 6762 7199
Total domestic use potatoes
(000 tonnes)		 7684 7963 7643 7584 8297 7793 8393 7841 7603 7095 6942 7028 6957
Production as % UK use
(%)		 90 91 88 90 88 81 84 81 81 85 88 82 83

Note: 2  Total new supply = domestic production, plus imports, less exports

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Notes on use:
Data used in our AgriStats section was accurate at time of incorporation into our database but is primarily intended to illustrate trends. National figures concerning the industry are often revised and subject to changed methodology in calculation. As a result direct comparison between years should only be undertaken with care.

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