Potatoes and other vegetables

in Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France is one of France's leading agri-food regions, with a strong specialisation in vegetables. From Bonduelle to national and international leaders, companies in the sector benefit from the region's advantages: high-quality and nearby resources, access to markets and ports, competitive labour and costs.

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Made in France

As one of France’s top agrifood regions, Hauts-de-France is a major hub for processing vegetables and potatoes. Some top names are settled in Hauts-de-France, such as Bonduelle, Ardo, McCain, Greenyard and more recently Clarebout or Ecofrost. We’ve got direct access to quality raw material resources, direct access to markets and transport infrastructures, skilled and productive workforce, attractive operating costs: all these assets contribute to the development of this sector and its companies in the region.

VEGETABLES PRODUCTION - KEY FIGURES

970Kt of vegetables produced per year
+ 100 cooperatives

POTATOES PRODUCTION - KEY FIGURES

1st Region in France for potatoes production
+ 3,7Mt potatoes grown in 2022
+ 8500 farms
+ 60% of France's production

PODIUM OF THE VEGETABLES PRODUCTION IN HAUTS-DE-FRANCE

#1	#2	#3
potatoes	carrots	mushrooms
chicoré	cauliflowers	broccolis
brussel sprouts	spinach	-
endives	beans	-
onions	turnips	-
peas	leeks	-

Hauts-de-France is France’s #1 region
of potato production

France’s #1 region for potato production, with

62% of the national harvest
3.7 million tons grown in 2022

Direct access to the potatoes you need

Source : Panel UNPT/CNIPT/ Agreste – Campaign 2022-2023

Growth opportunities
from production to packaging

Come to Hauts-de-France to see how your business can grow. Hauts-de-France is strategically located in the heartland of NEPG, the North-western European Potato Growers association, whose members account for 60% of total European output.

You’ll find:

sites offering growers room to expand, including farmland, fields for seed potatoes (now an increasingly popular crop in their own right), widespread use of irrigation, and long-term storage facilities.
professional growers who are highly trained, well equipped, and increasingly willing to commit to fixed-price contracts, in some cases with multi-year terms.

We’re also the #1 potato-processing region in France, including: