Belgien: Kartoffelproduktion seit 2000 um 61 % gestiegen, da Flandern die Anbaufläche bis 2026 um 23 % reduziert
Die zentralen Thesen
- 4.7 million tonnes of Belgian potatoes harvested in 2025
- 61% more Belgian potato output than in 2000 (our calc)
- 23% smaller potato area in Flanders in 2026 than in 2025
- 48% cut in Flemish early potato area in 2026 plantings
Warum es wichtig ist
- Für Landwirte
- Flächenreduzierungen von 23 % in Flandern und 12 % in Wallonien könnten das Angebot verknappen. Prüfen Sie die Marktpreise, bevor Sie alle Tonnen vertraglich festlegen.
- Für Prozessoren
- Die belgische Kartoffelbasis schrumpfte im Jahr 2026. Sichern Sie sich frühzeitig Rohstoffe und erwägen Sie eine stärkere Versorgung aus Frankreich und Wallonien.
- Für Händler
- Eine geringere Anbaufläche für flämische Frühkartoffeln (-48 %) wird das Angebot in der frühen Saison im Jahr 2027 verringern, wenn die Landwirte an ihrer bisherigen Vorgehensweise festhalten.
- Für Lieferanten
- Wallonia now produces almost as much as Flanders. Sales teams for storage and harvest equipment should cover both regions equally.
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Belgium built its fries industry on land, not on higher yields. The country lifted about 4.7 million tonnes in 2025, a fifth more than a year earlier, and the harvest was shared almost equally by the Flemish north and the Walloon south. Compared with 2000, output is up by roughly three fifths, while hectare yields today are close to where they were a quarter of a century ago, so the growth came from extra fields. That base proved fragile in 2026: after low prices and full stores, Flemish growers planted about 23% less, with early potatoes nearly halved, and Walloon growers about 12% less. For factories that turn Belgian and French potatoes into frozen products, this is a signal to secure contracts early. The 2026 regional numbers are preliminary farm declarations; final figures from the Flemish agency are due in spring 2027, so the size of the cut may still change.
Belgium is one of the few European countries where the potato crop has grown strongly this century. The statistics office Statbel said in May 2026 that the 2025 harvest of early and storage potatoes reached 4.7 million tonnes. This was 21% more than in 2024. The area grew 7.2% and the yield rose 13% to about 45,900 kg per hectare. The farm press in Belgium and the Netherlands (VILT and Nieuwe Oogst) reported the same figures.
The crop is split almost evenly between the two main regions. Flanders produced 2.5 million tonnes and Wallonia 2.2 million tonnes. Both regions had about the same yield per hectare.
Wachstum seit 2000
FAOSTAT data for Belgium alone start in 2000, when the country produced 2.92 million tonnes at 44.4 t/ha, according to Our World in Data. In 2024 production was 3.98 million tonnes at 39.6 t/ha. This means the area grew from about 66,000 ha to about 100,000 ha. With 4.7 million tonnes in 2025, output was about 61% higher than in 2000.
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Belgian growth came from more land, not from higher yields. Yields in 2024 were lower than in 2000, and even the good 2025 yield was only slightly higher than the 2000 level. Belgium also buys large volumes abroad: France sends about 45% of its potato exports to Belgium, according to CNIPT data reported by Terre-net.
The 2026 cut
After the large 2025 crop, prices fell. In June 2026 the Flemish Agency for Agriculture and Fisheries said that the potato area in Flanders was 23% smaller than in 2025, based on early farm declarations. Wallonia cut its area by 12%. In Flanders the area of early potatoes fell by 48% and the area of storage potatoes by 19%. The agency said the cut followed several years of strong growth, a very good 2025 yield, large stocks and very low prices. Final figures for 2026 are expected in spring 2027.
Warum es wichtig ist
Belgian potato supply has grown mainly through a larger area. A cut of about one fifth in Flanders in one season shows that this base can shrink quickly when free-market prices are low.
Wallonia is now almost as important as Flanders for supply. For buyers this means that the weather and farm decisions in the south of the country matter as much as in the north. Potatoes from France may become even more important for Belgian buyers in 2026/27.
Photo: Potato lifting in Sint-Laureins, East Flanders, Belgium (illustrative). Spotter2 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Was kommt als nächstes
Statbel will publish harvest estimates for 2026 later in the year. The Flemish agency expects final 2026 area figures in spring 2027.
Quellen
- VILT (Statbel) — Definitieve raming van de oogst 2025: aardappelproductie stijgt met 21 procent — https://vilt.be/nl/nieuws/definitieve-raming-van-de-oogst-2025-aardappelproductie-stijgt-met-21-procent
- Nieuwe Oogst (Statbel) — Belgische aardappelproductie stijgt met 21 procent — https://www.nieuweoogst.nl/nieuws/2026/05/28/belgische-aardappelproductie-stijgt-met-21-procent
- AGF.nl (Departement Landbouw en Visserij) — Vlaams aardappelareaal krimpt met 23% — https://www.agf.nl/article/9847201/vlaams-aardappelareaal-krimpt-met-23-na-lage-prijzen-en-grote-voorraden/
- Terre-net (CNIPT) – Bilan 2024-2025: Rekordmenge für exportierte Mengen – https://www.terre-net.fr/pommes-de-terre/article/894020/bilan-2024-2025-record-battu-pour-les-volumes-de-pommes-de-terre-exportees
- Unsere Welt in Daten / FAOSTAT — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/potato-production
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