Senegal is the largest importing country for Dutch onions. The provisional export figures until 1 October are now known. Assuming that the import quota will be achieved in the last months of this year, a comparison can now be made with the export figures of previous years.
Much has been said and written about the quota that Senegal has imposed on importing Dutch onions. While a time period from September 1 to December 1 was initially assumed, it later became clear that the quota started on October 1 and will run until the end of 2017.
What do we end up with?
This season, exports started in week 29 to Senegal. The provisional export figures for week 39 were announced this week. This is the last week of September. Up to and including week 39, 62.828 tons of onions have been exported to Senegal this season. If the quota is used to the maximum, the counter will be 1 tons of onions on January 2018, 126.828.
Last season, exports to Senegal also started in week 29. 1 tons of onions were exported until January 132.658. This means that approximately 1 fewer onions can be exported to the African country this season until January 6.000 than 1 season earlier. In 2015, 127.892 tons of onions were exported, which also scored better than this season.
Port of Dakar
Last week it became clear that there is congestion originated in the port of Dakar. This week the reports are quiet and this will probably not have a significant impact on onion exports in the coming weeks.