J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 7 POTATO GROWER 29 People, Product News For more information visit strikefumigants.com If you have scab problems, we have the solution. Healthy Fields. Healthy Yields. Fumigation with promotes early root development, targets common scab, and suppresses verticillium wilt. By improving Quality and Yield, increases your profit. www.TriEstAg.com TM obtained the necessary 60 votes to move the fix forward. Frozen and Fresh Exports Up; Dehy Down Total U.S. Frozen potato exports recovered in March, up 17% over March 2016 and bringing the total for the first three quarters of the marketing year to 754,953 metric tons, up 3% over the same period last fiscal year. The March recovery was led by the Philippines up 57%, Mexico 38%, Taiwan 36%, Indonesia 31%, Japan 28% and Korea 25%. The only real drag on exports to Potatoes USA target mar- kets was China down 31% for the month and now off 30% for the marketing year. Total Fresh potato exports were up 18% for March and at 318,977 met- ric tons are now up 10% for the marketing year. Canada continues to contribute substantially to this growth up 47% for the month and 18% on the marketing year for a total of 134,431 MT. For the Potatoes USA target markets, we actually saw a slight decline for the month with Japan off 12%, Korea down 71%, the Philippines off 62% and Taiwan down 34%. On the pos- itive side, Malaysia was up 120% and Mexico up 7% for March. Total U.S. Dehy exports had much smaller declines than early in the marketing year but were still down 2% for March and at 88,199 metric tons are now down 15% for the marketing year. Exports to the Potatoes USA target markets in Asia were actually up 18% in March led by increases of 168% to Korea, 135% to Japan and 29% to Malaysia. China, Indonesia, Mexico, Taiwan and the Philippines were all down for the month.