Senegal keeps onion export going

Relatively shortly after the publication of the export figures for week 49, the provisional figures for week 50 have now been presented; they come out at 19.751 tons. Onion exports peaked from week 43 to week 48 (average was 27.279 tons per week), but weekend 49 then ushered in a quiet period (15.365 tons). The fact that the volume of week 50 was still so high is due to Senegal.

Senegal keeps exports on track
In week 50, Senegal will purchase 12.357 tons of Dutch onions, which is the second highest volume of this season. This has to do with the quota that Senegal instituted at the beginning of September. This originally ran until January 1, but has been extended to January 15. In order to supply this quota, the necessary onions were exported in the last weeks of 2018. 

With the high volume of week 50, the quota of 90.000 tons has been filled. It is expected that in week 51 and week 52 together, approximately 10.000 tons of onions will be exported to Senegal (the quota has increased due to extra licenses).

Season total
The additional information (21 tons) puts the season total at 544.064 tons, bringing the average weekly export to 22.669 tons. After Senegal, Guinea (1.119 tons) and Great Britain (1.049 tons) are the largest buyers of Dutch onions in week 50.