Is Ivory Coast the new Senegal?

There is currently a lot of talk about Senegal, the country known as the largest buyer of Dutch onions. Since the country purchases more onions almost year after year, at the time onions are loaded and transported without the Senegal border being officially open.

It is reported that more than 20.000 tons of onions (good for 1 month's consumption) are already on their way to Senegal, while the borders will not open until September 13 at the earliest. Official figures show that 29 tons of onions are already on their way to Senegal in weeks 30, 31 and 3.540.

Who bought the most onions?
Yet it is not Senegal that purchased the most Dutch onions in week 31. That honor goes to Ivory Coast, where (according to preliminary reports) 6.956 tons went. Last season, Ivory Coast was on the market every week and the country purchased an average of 2.129 tons of onions, giving the country a seasonal total of 106.477 tons.

Although the above volume shows 'Senegalese' proportions, a volume of more than 32 tons of onions was also exported to Ivory Coast in the past season (week 6.000). Great Britain also participates in week 31 okay. The country shows a decrease of 1.523 tons, which means that the English have already purchased 9.780 tons of onions this season.

Increasing results
The enthusiasm with which this season started continues in week 31. Subsequent information has increased the export result of previous weeks by 4.527 tons. Together with the weekly export figure of week 31 (17.566 tons), the counter for this season stands at 76.328 tons, which means an average of 15.269 tons per week.

The result is therefore close to the theoretical quantity that can be exported every week this season (until the end of the season). In 2018, 555.544 tons of onions were exported, compared to 517.492 tons in 2017 (this is from week 1 to week 31).The 2018 export figures are ahead of previous years.