The onion season in France will be better than last year, prices are high

France's 2023 yellow onion season looks more promising than 2022, which was "catastrophic" in terms of volume and prices. EastFruit writes about this with reference to FreshPlaza. A representative of the French company Solema-Luzo, Olivier Magaud, noted that the onion harvest in France this year “is very good, with medium calibers (4/6 and 5/7, and slightly less than 6/8). However, prices on the market are now “very high.” This is great for producers who would like to keep prices high and “live off their labor.” But this trend may change sooner than expected, given the situation in other countries that are “experiencing serious harvest difficulties.” This is the case, for example, in India, where yields have fallen significantly this year. Therefore, the government imposed a 40% tax on all products crossing its borders. African and Asian markets usually buy onions from India, so they can now source onions from Europe. Read also: Egyptian onions were forced out of the European ...