The Egyptian red onion season was started mid-May for the Staay Food Group. “The start was two weeks earlier than last year, and volumes are at a similar level. Stocks of Dutch red onions have decreased considerably, so there’s plenty of room for the Egyptian ones on the market,” Cees Bruyn says.
The Staay Food Group focuses purely on Egyptian red onions for the onion import. “Considering the situation in the Netherlands, the import of yellow onions is currently not a factor,” the importer says. “We can continue with red onions from Egypt until mid-August. We offer the red onions in big bags of 1,250 kilograms and bales of 10 kilograms in the sizes 40-60 mm, 60-80 mm and 80-100 mm.”