Netherlands: "Two years in a row, the sky-high export of red onions to Asia is no guarantee for the future"

Tholen - In the first half of the onion season, an export stop from India led to a gigantic export of Dutch red onions to Asia. Meanwhile, the cards on the market have been shuffled very differently. Carl van de Wiel of Agro Center Holland from Langeweg, which specializes in packaging and exporting red onions and shallots, calls the line very fragile. "The fact that we can now send so many onions to Asia two years in a row is really unique, but offers no guarantee for the future. We really need those crop failures elsewhere." "Nobody expected that Asia would open full house again this year. Countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka bought enormous volumes. In the end, even more onions went there than last year, also because more exporters are focusing on exports to Asia. The start was fantastic, but the end was a little less. Due to problems in shipping, many containers arrived too late. So it all started very well, but ended less well. " "But we must not forget that the ...