Onion exports continue to ripple towards the end of the season. The trend of gradually decreasing export figures will also continue in week 25. Great Britain, together with a number of African destinations, remains the most important market for Dutch onions.
The provisional export figure for week 25 is 7.191 tons. That is a decrease of 28% compared to exports a week earlier, which stood at 10.027 tons. Over weeks 18 to 24, another 2.400 tons were added to the export total based on subsequent information.
A total of 25 million tons of onions were exported in the 1,185/2020 season up to and including week 2021. The weekly average so far this season is 22.788 tons. Compared to last season, 7.854 tons more onions were exported, which increases the lead compared to last week.
Great Britain has regained the leading position as the most important export destination for Dutch onions with 2.054 tons, more than 200 tons more than a week earlier. Furthermore, the top 5 is dominated by African countries. Ivory Coast and Guinea purchased 25 and 1.203 tons of onions respectively in week 1.102. Gambia follows at a considerable distance with 372 tons and the Democratic Republic of Congo with 203 tons.