The carrot market is in an anticipating mood. “Expectations have not yet been completely realised. It is too calm for the time of year, and I will have to wait and see if it works itself out,” says Willem de Boer of the carrot company with the same name from Westwoud. “Prices are failing. Polish carrots cost 20 cent, and we cannot compete with that.”
“I do not expect prices to rise, but I do not want them to drop even further, because purchase prices were too high for that. Prices of field crops should be slightly lower to compete with our Eastern European colleagues,” De Boer continues.
“Luckily we are now getting some demand from East European countries, such as Romania and Poland. Last week I was not confident at all, and there was no Polish loading in the Netherlands at all. But they are now cautiously starting to inform themselves. We just have to wait until one of them actually bites.”
“Luckily we are now getting some demand from East European countries, such as Romania and Poland. Last week I was not confident at all, and there was no Polish loading in the Netherlands at all. But they are now cautiously starting to inform themselves. We just have to wait until one of them actually bites.”
For more information:
W. de Boer & Zn
Oudijk 26
1617 KR Westwoud
Mob: (+31) 6-12438991
willem@deboerwestwoud.nl
www.deboerwestwoud.nl