Spain: Losses of more than 25 million for onion producers in Valencian Community due to foreign competition

Onion producers in the Valencian Community have closed a "catastrophic" campaign, with estimated losses of more than 25 million euros as a consequence of the low prices paid in the field, which also coincide with a good harvest in all Spanish producing areas. and a lot of presence of imported products on supermarket shelves, according to La Unió Llauradora. The average price paid at origin has been, in the best of cases, around €0.10/kg, quotes that " they practically mean giving them away in exchange for collecting them", and that farmers, having a higher cost than they would charge, have ultimately chosen in many cases not to collect them and rotovate the fields. Production costs in this crop range between 0.25 and 0.30 euros/kg, below that figure “everything is a loss”. An onion producer from La Unió is very clear when explaining the situation. “They offered me 4 cents for a kilo of onions that had cost me so much effort to grow and with that amount I refuse to sell them, I ...