"Ships full of onions are still going weekly to Africa, but the hectic export to the continent has passed. South America (Brazil) is currently out of the picture, so we are partially focusing on Central America now. Asia is also joining in, many shipments have been sent that way and the poor exchange rate helps the case. Onions can finally be sent to Indonesia, a few weeks ago this was not possible. All in all demand is coming mainly from overseas. There is some demand coming from Eastern Europe as well; this demand is due to their interest in how the Dutch onion stands out, with particular interest in the size of the layers," says Ewald.
"Last year we had relatively low prices but particularly good quality. This year seems to be different. The quality is still good, although the color of many onions is slightly off, but I expect the color to improve after the onions have some time to dry. The only question is: what will the quality be like after the onions come out of storage? Many of the onions could be damaged due to the heavy rains," says Ewald.