You can philosophize about export figures for hours. What is not good for one person, the other judges in the opposite way. Let it be that the export pace in the third and fourth quarter of the onion season is at a different pace; can that be called 'bad' by definition?
The provisional export figure for week 19, at 14.118 tonnes, manages to keep the pace of recent weeks fairly constant and is certainly not bad. The average weekly export figure from week 1 2021 is at a higher level at 15.481 tonnes (more than 1.300 tonnes more). An additional 17 tons of additional information was received over the period weeks 18 and 273. The total export figure therefore rises to 1.108.319 tonnes, which gives a weekly average over the entire season of 24.093 tonnes. The lead compared to last year up to and including week 19 is still 7.612 tons, compared to 13.718 tons last week.
Italy has to give up third place
The list of customers does not differ much from last week, with the understanding that Italy has to give up its third place to Guinea. With 2.957 tons, Great Britain is again the largest buyer in week 19, bringing the season's total to 93.457 tons (+11.715 tons compared to last year). Germany imported 1.610 tons of onions, good for a decrease of 24.099 tons this season. Guinea is the next in line with the largest buyers and, based on provisional figures, purchased 1.473 tons of onions. In week 19, onions were exported to 75 countries, with Maldives leading the list of smallest buyers with a purchase of 3 kilos.{{dataviewSnapshot(2_1622634116)}}