Potato News from Asia

Lebanese Potato farmers looking to recover losses made during an unseasonably dry harvest season last year have had their hopes dashed, as prices of the produce plummet to below total costs by roughly LL150 per kilogram. The year’s first potato harves...

Heat and Control, a leading supplier of processing and packaging machinery to the global food processing industry, has acquired Flavorite Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Snack manufacturer Parle has tied up with the Priya Group to manufacture, supply and package wafers and snacks for its newly-launched brand Full Toss. Under the agreement, Priya will manufacture 3,000 tonne potato chips and snacks annually for the FMC...

Chinese Starch manufacturer the China Essence Group has released its annual report. On this occasion, China Essence Group Executive Chairman and CEO Zhao Libin made the following statement: I am pleased to report that China Essence has delivered anoth...

CKE Restaurants, Inc., today announced the opening of two Hardee’s® restaurants in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This marks the first of at least 12 Hardee’s restaurants to be opened in Kazakhstan over the next five years. Hardee’s is the first major western qui...

The Sri Lankan government has decided to increase the import tax on potatoes from Rs 20 to 30, International Monetary Cooperation Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama has said. The price of potatoes has gone down in local markets and the farmers complain tha...

McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited - the world’s largest producer of frozen French fries and potato specialty products, has launched new product for the Indian market.

Sequoia Capital invests $30 million in Indore-based Prakash Snacks for an undisclosed stake.

Nearly seven weeks after his detention, a Lebanese prosecutor is now mulling over the case of a Canadian farmer alleged to have exported rotten potatoes to Algeria.

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Himalya International India &J R Simplot Company, USA have signed memorandum of understanding to form joint venture in India.

Chifeng City Linkage Food Co. in Inner Mongolia celebrated this grand official opening on 29 December 2010.

India-based Namkeen brand from PepsiCo, Kurkure has launched three new products under the 'Ingredients of India' range made with a special ingredient, Dal.

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), announced results for the fourth quarter (“4Q FY2011”) and financial year ended 31 March 2011 (“FY2011”).

El Ministerio de Comercio de China ha negado que el país se halle en una guerra comercial contra la Unión Europea. El ministerio ha respondido así a la acusación de que China está imponiendo una disposición antisubsidio a los productos de almidón de pa...

China leg met ingang van 16 mei heffingen op aan Europese producenten van aardappelzetmeel die overheidssteun zouden krijgen.

This article contains several clarifications of interest by Zhou Qingfeng, vice director at the China Starch Association (CSIA)

China said Monday it would levy anti-subsidy duties of up to 11.19 percent on imports of EU potato starch.