The organic carrot, yellow onion and table potato markets have seen little change in recent weeks and that trend continues. In the carrot market, quality continues to rule the market, while demand is declining. There may be a plus for table potatoes in the long term.
According to an insider, it has actually been the same story for weeks on the organic table potato market. Trade and work continue at a reasonable pace and market prices remain stable, but there is certainly no crowding. The prices are at a level at which growers are willing to supply potatoes. Keeping it for much longer is not worth the risk, some insiders say. Competition from fresh imported potatoes from outside Europe also plays a role. It does not alter the fact that confidence in the market has decreased among both growers and the trade, but there may still be an extra increase in the price towards May. Prices remain the same as last week and the moderate and very coarse lots amount to €52 to €62 per 100 kilos. Good lots of some varieties cost around €70 per 100 kilos.
With organic carrots, the weakened demand and mediocre quality are causing a less good mood than we were used to this season. Growers continue to say goodbye to low-quality carrots. While demand is also weakening further. This situation does not yet have any real impact on the market price. Carrots remain to some extent too scarce for that. The DCA Indicative Price remains the same as last week and amounts to €42 to €60 per 100 kilos, delivered from the grower. Good parties still pay around €60.
Yellow onion market a bit quieter
Things are not going very wild at the moment on the organic yellow onion market. With domestic demand and some export customers, processors certainly do not stand still, but trade is a little easier when sales go more smoothly. This means that the calm on the organic onion market no longer seems incidental. On the other hand, the question is how many onions are left at the moment. Insiders indicate that the storage facilities are now running low. This, together with the fact that imported onions are entering the European market, means that little can be expected from the market.
The DCA Indication Price for organic yellow onions remains the same as last week and amounts to €68 to €83 per 100 kilos. The fine size sorting is at the bottom and the coarse size sorting is at the top of this bandwidth. It should be noted that this indication is based on very few transactions.