More and more growers seem to be choosing to hand over (part of) their onions to the trade earlier than usual. As a result, there is no shortage of working stock for onion sorters, which is positive for the export engine to run at maximum. However, in order to create a mood in the onion market, some reduction in the supply would be desirable.
The Dutch onion market is on this cutting edge. The will to sell is great and confidence in the market is low. It does not seem easy to change that. All this results in an increase in pressure on onion prices, which became visible on the regional fairs.
No quotation for onion sets
In Goes the committee was unable to come up with a quotation for onion sets. The quotation of week 33 turned out to be the last of this season. For seed onions, Goes made a division between 30% and 60% coarse grading. Goes has thus indicated exactly how the fork works as far as the onion trade is concerned.
Different tone in Emmeloord
The quotation of onions in Emmeloord showed a different tone. The quotation has been reduced to 1 ex country quotation, so no split between direct delivery and grown. For onions, delivered ex-field, the quotation remained unchanged at €5 to €6 per 100 kilos for the 30% to 60% coarse grading and €6 to €7 per 100 kilos for the 60% coarse grading. The mood was expressed as calm.
Sales of onions
It is difficult to put current onion sales in a more positive light. However, this should not be a problem at all, because according to sorters and exporters, current sales are not disappointing. For the good, there could be more destinations among the current sales, but that does not affect the sales achieved so far.
Moreover, several destinations would be beneficial for the use of Dutch sorting capacity and shifting attention could also do wonders. Little is known about Senegal's introduction of a quota other than that it is imminent. There will probably only be more details after Tabaski.