Many players on the potato market could not have imagined six months ago what had happened on the potato market. Demand has almost completely collapsed and there is little change in that for the last weeks of the 2024 harvest. Especially now that potatoes from the new harvest are rapidly approaching.
The input from Belgium and France in the DCA EU-4 Potato Index has remained unchanged at €5 per 100 kilos. In Germany, the bottom in the market feels fairly firm at €5, but it is mainly the more premium varieties where the premium price is quickly reduced. The Dutch input deviates both at the top and bottom in week 26 with a range of €4 to €12,50 100 kilos on the PotatoNL. This week the range is even wider at €3 to €15 per 10 kilos.
The DCA EU-4 Potato Index has fallen by €0,40 to €6,36 per 100 kilos. This brings the index quite close to a level last seen during the corona crisis.