Onion packers are currently keeping quiet on the Dutch onion market. As a result, many onion growers are focusing on sales to the industrial market in Poland.
The latest export figures are good for a week of 16.909 tons of onions, which means that the figures are again 3.365 tons higher than last year's figures. Despite the extensive lead, packers experience the onion market as quiet. Assuming that the Dutch export capacity is approximately 45.000 tons, the export figure for week 17 means that Dutch onion packers are working on average at 38% of their sorting capacity.
Packers and traders did not walk much on the farm. Because exports are quiet, many packers can keep calm. Now that the calendar is starting to play a role, it is easier for them to get their hands on offers. However, supplies are thin. Therefore, something only has to happen in terms of demand and people have to get back on track.
Because many growers have noticed that things have been quieter among packers in recent weeks, they are focusing on the industrial market in Poland, which has been close to Dutch prices for a long time. The result is that Poland now receives a lot of supply. As a result, Polish peelers are a lot calmer and industry prices have fallen slightly. However, it is expected that Poland will continue to ask for Dutch onions for the time being.
After weeks of rising prices, the regional stock exchange committees kept the quotations mainly stable this week. Almost all quotations have remained unchanged this week, only the stock exchange quotation of large onions in Emmeloord has dropped by €0,50 this week. When the fair prices are compared, €14 to €15 is paid for the medium sorting and €15 to €17 for the coarse sorting. The stock exchange committees in Middenmeer and Emmeloord both describe the onion market as quiet. This means that the supply is greater than or equal to the supply.
Bale prices are unchanged compared to last week. As has been the case in recent weeks, this week the demand is mainly for supers. An overview of the bale prices can be found in the DCA quotation Bale price of Onions.