Things are moving along a bit on the carrot market. There is relatively little trade and both growers and purveyors are keeping their wits about them. Quality is a point of attention with the early carrots that are still firm.
The export of carrots is only going moderately. It is of course not true that nothing happens at all, but the vast majority of processors are not busy at all. Eastern Europe has plenty of its own carrots and, according to various experts, we are just too expensive for Africa. In recent days, the rain almost destroyed the market, because no harvesting could take place for a few days. Next week the weather reports will be a lot better. So the chance that rinsers actually leave the working stock and make strange jumps just to get carrots is therefore not great.
A wide offer
The quality of the carrot determines whether there is a buyer for it or not. If there is really something wrong with it, you can almost put the cutter in it. The yields of the early carrots are generally good to excellent, so buyers have the choice, so to speak. It is still a bit too early for the harvest of storage carrots. What is harvested is processed and does not yet go into refrigeration.
The DCA Quotation for b-carrot has taken a small step back this week and amounts to €15 to €17 per 100 kilos. The DCA Quotation c-carrot has remained the same as last week at €10 to €14 per 100 kilos.