November 20 2007, 11:44

Onion production 2007 in EU increased 5% almost up to top records

The experts estimate onion harvest in EU in 2007 to amount to 4.8 mln. tons, or 5% as greater than in 2006, and only 1% less than the top record harvest of 2005. eBronisze.pl portal provides this information with the reference to Zwiebel-Markinfo.

Onion harvest will reach 4 mln. tons in EU-15. The production increase was the most significant in the main countries-producers of EU. Onion production increased 10%, up to 650,000 tons in Poland in 2007, +11% in Spain and +14% in Netherlands. The source informs onion prices tend to decline in EU.

So, in line with the forecasts of the analysts of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits", Russia and CIS countries will be the main exports market for Ukrainian onion this season - Ukraine will mostly compete with Poland and Netherlands there. Ukrainian onion suppliers have a serious advantage over EU suppliers on CIS markets - there are no import tariff rates for Ukrainian products, and, transportation expenses are significantly less.

The leading experts of the industry will present the details of onion exports and the price forecast for this crop in the coming 12 months during the fourth international conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2007. Meeting New Leader" on the 4th-6th of December 2007 in Kyiv on the territory of the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine". We'd like to remind that there are only four days left to submit application forms of the participants of the conference and wholesale-retail center!