Ningxia potatoes to enter Europe at high price

Four thousand five hundred kilograms of potatoes will be exported to Germany at the price of 1.5 USD per kilogram, marking the first instance of potato exports from China to Europe, according to news from Ningxia Daily.

Ma Shengke, an official of the Xingxia Guyuan Potato Shipping Association, said relevant European enterprises and experts he had previously asked to evaluate the potatoes grown in Guyuan found that they are of equal quality to those grown in Europe.

The total value of the potatoes to be exported to Europe is 6,637.5 USD, more than 20 times their value in the domestic market.

Source: People's Daily Online