Poland – big producer of carrot

With the average harvests of carrot at the level about 900 thousand tons, Poland is the largest producer of this vegetable in the EU, followed by Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

However only about 5 % of Polish carrot is exported, while in EU-27 it is about 15 - 18 %. The consumption of carrot in Poland is about 20 kg per capita and it is at the highest level in EU. About 40 % of carrot is intended for direct consumption, the rest is for processing. The biggest amount of carrot is processed into frozen carrot, juices and dried carrot. Russia is the biggest recipient of Polish frozen carrot and Germany is the biggest importer as regards dried carrot. Many countries show also bigger and bigger interest in Polish carrot juices.

Source: fresh-market.pl (kz), on the basis of data from FAMMU/FAPA