TRADE AND MARKETING Potato growing in Cartagena stands out in the market the processing industries in Spain all year round. During the first-early season, he sometimes packages Spanish potatoes. During our visit, potatoes with red soil still on them were packaged in bags in the same way as is done by growers in Cyprus. This lot was going to Ireland. It is noticeable that he specifically displays the variety and the cropping area. In the Netherlands and Belgium, Beltran works exclusively together with Joh. van Kampen Wholesalers in the village of Hillegom. He regards the triangle collaboration of Stet Holland, Beltran and Van Kampen as a basis for the guaranteed marketing of high-quality Spanish first-early potatoes. Three important growing areas For the Spanish trader, growth must come from potato crops in other Spanish regions. Beltran already grows 600 hectares of first-earlies in the Cartagena region. In Albacete, a later area, someAngel Muñoz Tomás and Cosme Catalán Ochaíta of Intersur tell us in their office in La Palma that they are active in all the potato areas in Spain. what north of Murcia, Beltran grows another 500 hectares for the local market and Agrias for storage. He now also grows 120 hectares in the important, In Cartagena, potatoes are lifted manually for all destinations. 26 Potato World 2014 • number 1 Pagina 25
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