The flooding in Spain is creating a slight increase in demand for Dutch carrots. Normally, no carrots are shipped there, but due to harvest problems there, carrots are being imported.
Spain normally draws on its own harvest year-round. However, the areas where a lot of carrots are grown are now flooded, making harvesting impossible. According to a trader, it's still too early to assess the actual extent of the damage. Meanwhile, some carrots are already being shipped there because domestic growers are unable to supply at all.
The weather forecast for Spain and Portugal remains unfavorable. Based on this, demand is expected to increase in the coming weeks. This is in addition to demand from the regions where carrots are normally shipped. However, carrot sales are not yet booming. Some carrots are going to Germany and also to Eastern Europe.
Prices are also gradually rising. On Thursday, the Emmeloord stock exchange raised the price for conventional carrots by €2,50 to between €13 and €18 per 100 kilos. These are still not prices that will please growers who keep their products in cold storage.
That grower is therefore keeping its doors closed in anticipation of a better market. It's expected that sales and prices will also pick up. But how quickly that will happen is still unclear.
Recently, quite a few carrots have come onto the market, the quality of which wasn't great. There are numerous problems with ring rot. However, buyers who want really nice carrots will gradually have to dig deeper into their pockets. Buyers also expect that prices will naturally rise somewhat when sales pick up.
Prices for conventional carrots are stable. In that respect, organic sales are picking up somewhat. There is demand from Germany, where the domestic harvest was disappointing. As a result, prices for organic carrots are up by €2 this week and have now reached €50 per 100 kilos. The market for these carrots is optimistic.