Top figures for Netherland's onion export

Published 2021년 12월 3일

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The Netherlands is set to have a banner year for onion exports in 2021, with expectations to reach 1.3 million tons, a 4% increase from the previous year. The country has seen strong domestic consumption and increased demand, with over half a million tons exported in the first 18 weeks. Europe's onion harvest has also seen a significant increase to 7.4 million tons. The Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are among the countries driving the growth in export volumes. Despite Brexit, the UK, Italy, and Finland have also increased their purchases.

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The year 2021 seems to be another absolute top year for Dutch onions, reports Holland Onions. The expectations of the Dutch export umbrella organization with regard to the export stock, based on the harvest expectations, appear to be heading towards 1.3 million tons. After the previous season in which the epic export limit of 1.2 million tons was eventually easily passed, this export season has also reached full swing early, albeit that the demand is less broad than the previous season. The export counter for this season is already well past half a million tons after the first 18 weeks. In the previous season, 531,000 tons were sold abroad to 129 countries, compared to 486,000 tons in the previous season over the same period. The trend of sustainable export growth of an average of 4% per year thus remains fully in line with global production growth. A point of attention is that elsewhere the onion harvest is also strong, which makes this season extra exciting. Within Europe, for ...

Source: AGF