At the start of a new export season, the eyes on the onion market are often focused on Senegal. But in the wake of this African wholesaler of Dutch onions, another country on the west side of Africa is also asserting itself: Ivory Coast.
The recently published export figures for week 36 indicate a weekly export of 25.964 tons. With these figures and completed items of 567.712 tons, this results in a seasonal volume of 192.019 tons. On average, this amounts to a weekly export of 19.201 tons. The current growing season is 7.314 tons behind last year.
Export is lagging behind
Just like a week earlier, Senegal is the largest buyer of Dutch onions, this time amounting to 5.721 tons. Another West African country takes second place. Importers from Ivory Coast purchase a total of 5.031 tons. Ivory Coast is showing well this season. This season, 30.145 tons of onions have already been purchased, which is approximately 10.000 tons more than last year in the same period. However, the figures are approximately 4.000 tons behind the 2018 growing season.
The third customer in week 36 is also a well-known name. Great Britain accounts for a purchase of 2.280 tons. In addition, there are 4 other customers with exports above 1.000 tons. In order of size, Mali, Belgium, Mauritania and Guinea complete the top 7.