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The irony is that while Colombian's Andean region is where potatoes historically originate, consumers prefer imported, frozen French fries.

Sales to the United States grew by 6.9%, while exports to Mexico surged by 20.7% and Venezuela by 46.3%.

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Even though potatoes are native to Colombia, agricultural and supply chain inefficiencies allow European imports to compete on price.

In 2018, Colombia implemented import duties of up to 8% on frozen potato fries from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Of the total corn subsidies paid by the US government, 68.7% went towards the production of ethanol, amounting to $0.06646 USD per kilogram subsidy.