Senegal opens borders to imported onions

In August, the border was open for a few days because the local supply was not sufficient for the local onion market at that time. After that, the border was closed again to protect local production from cheaper imports. Now the market is really open for imported onions. That gives exporters the opportunity to supply that country with onions until January next year. Import companies in Senegal are calling on Dutch exporters to take it easy for the time being with regard to sales to Senegal. The local importers are afraid that the market will otherwise be flooded with onions and that would ruin their market. In the meantime, a boat full of onions was already on its way to Senegal. So the border is opening just in time for this cargo. But those are not the only onions that are suddenly coming onto the market. Quite a few containers that have already been sent that way in recent weeks are also waiting on the quay in the ports of Senegal. According to preliminary figures from the ...