Senegal boosts Dutch onion exports to 37,000 tons in week 37

The large quantity for the Senegalese market lifted the total weekly export in the second week of September to 37,135 tonnes. This is evident from provisional figures from the Quality Control Bureau (KCB) and the GroentenFruit Huis. A week earlier, more than 30,000 tonnes were exported in one week for the first time this season. This indicates that exports were strongly boosted in September. Despite the large export in week 37, the total sales of 36,000 tonnes to Senegal up to and including the first half of September is still around 16,000 tonnes smaller than last year. But a year ago, the Senegalese border opened much earlier for Dutch onions. Ivory Coast imports more Ivory Coast largely compensates for the difference in the figures for Senegal. Partly because the price level is more favourable for the purchasing party, Ivory Coast imported more than 14,000 tonnes of onions from the Netherlands in the first eleven weeks of the season. Total sales to that country ...