Netherlands: Onion exports are slowly picking up the pace

Exports cannot keep up with last year's high pace. That is not surprising, because last year the export at the end of August was very good with quantities of around 35,000 tons per week. An important difference is that the onions still have to cost a little more than a year ago. That higher price level deters some buyers. More to Senegal, less to Ivory Coast In any case, sales to Senegal did not suffer in the first ten weeks of the season. Due to an early start of shipping to this African country, approximately 47,000 tons of onions have already been shipped. This quantity is more than 4,000 tonnes greater than in the same period last year. Exports to Ivory Coast have suffered. Exports to that country are barely half of last year. However, quantities have increased somewhat in recent weeks, with the current peak being a weekly export of just over 4,500 tons in the last week of August. Belgium and Germany buy more onions Sales to Mali are also positive. In the first week of ...