Inside: Onion Market
All corners of the world contribute to the export bag of onions
23 March 2017
The export figure for week 8 is 11.784 tons based on preliminary information.
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Information from previous export weeks increases this season's total export figure by 1.566 tonnes. The total now stands at 775.015 tons (last year 781.508 tons), which corresponds to an average of 22.143 tons per week. The counter for the 2017 calendar year stands at 168.565 tons, compared to 196.774 tons last year.
The largest buyer is again Great Britain with 1.789 tons (total season 93.067 tons), in second place Malaysia with 1.738 tons (total season 48.641 tons), followed by Guinea with 956 tons (total season 39.776 tons), Brazil with 924 tons ( total season 4.336 tons) and Mauritania with 600 tons (total season 35.540 tons).
