Inside Onions
Onion exports through the 1 million ton mark
The most recent onion export figures give a distorted picture of what was actually exported in week 18. This is because the figures are incomplete due to lagging statements. Subsequent information could therefore lead to a substantial correction.
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Choose the subscription that suits youThe provisional export figures for week 18 should be taken literally. Although the post with delayed information is commonplace, it is expected to become out of place before week 18. The first information indicates an export figure of 10.414 tons, which would be the lowest of this season .
The leader is Brazil, which purchased 3.063 tons of onions in week 18. This increases the season's total in this country to 27.480 tons. Mauritania and Guinea take 1.195nd and 787rd place with 2 tonnes and 3 tonnes respectively. Congo and Haiti followed with 781 tons and 490 tons respectively.
Little information provided
Because the export figures are not complete, the postal information provided is also modest (217 tons). Despite the fact that there is some room for discussion about the figures, exports passed the 18 million ton mark in week 1. And that is 5 weeks earlier than last year, and (despite all the problems) it can safely be called a major achievement.
The export figures of onions over the past years, up to and including week 17.