Inside: Onion Market
Export figure on onions catches up with last season
It is clear from the latest export figures for onions that this season we managed to surpass the previous season. A special achievement. However, the feeling about sales this season is not purely positive.
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Choose the subscription that suits youThe volume of subsequent information is considerable, at 6.000 tons. In addition, in addition to the export information from week 22 (14.704 tons), this provides a seasonal total of 998.543 tons. On average, this amounts to an onion export of 20.802 tons per week.
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This season, up to and including week 22, more onions were exported than last season. This amounts to an additional 5.800 tons. The weeks in 2017 were good for an intake of 392.093 tons of onions, compared to a volume of 396.815 tons last year.
Main customers
Guinea was the country that purchased the most onions in week 22, with 2.629 tons. This brings the total for this season to 59.250 tons. Great Britain came in second place with 2.456 tons. The import total of Dutch onions has now risen to 130.458 tons.
Mauritania is in third place. That country purchased 765 tons of onions. France is in fourth place, with a decrease of 671 tons and Germany closes the list with 632 tons of onions.
The export of onions over the years, in tons.