<p> The sweet potato market has grown by 300% over the past 10 years, with experts claiming further growth over the next 5 years as Europeans clamor for more and more sweet potatoes, according to a press release from Phaff Export Marketing.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The United States is one of the biggest exporters of sweet potatoes to Europe, with approximately 50% market share, followed by Israel at 18%. In 2013, 80,000 tons were imported from the U.S.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Most sweet potatoes are grown in the southern part of the U.S., with North Carolina as one of the main growing states.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute (ASPMI) was recently founded to support the growing export of sweet potatoes from the U.S. ASPMI promotional activities will begin July 1, 2014, and will include Canada and Mexico as part of the campaign.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.phaff.com/en/content/index.html" target="_new"> Phaff Export Marketing </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
