Netherlands: Onion export makes a flying start

The export figures of GroentenFruit Huis show that in the first four weeks of the 2022-2023 export season, weekly volumes have already been achieved from 13,000 tons to more than 22,000 tons in week 30. The largest buyers so far have been the Ivory Coast, Great Britain and Guinea with 12,600 tons respectively. , 10,000 tons and 7,300 tons. The sale of onions to Senegal, traditionally the most important export destination for Dutch onions, will only start slowly in week 30. What is striking is that many onions have already been sold early in the season to countries such as Nicaragua, Belgium, Sweden, Haiti, Honduras, Malaysia and Poland. Jamaica, on the other hand, is slightly lacking compared to the first export weeks in 2021. The Dutch onion sector achieved an export record of 1.3 million tons last year. At the end of the export season, Senegal was overtaken by the Ivory Coast in the ranking of export countries. Ultimately, 180,000 tons of Dutch onions were shipped to this West ...