Belgium
Fiwap/PCA market message:
Industrial varieties: general price, 35 mm +, min 60% 50 mm +, min 360 gr / 5kg of EPS, bulk, friable, selling price, excluding VAT, direct delivery:
Bintje: 2,00 to 3,00 €/a, depending on quality and destination; calm market. Very little industrial purchase. The peelers target the best batches, and sometimes only buy big sizes;
Challenger: Unavailable due to lack of transactions this week;
Fontane: 6,00 to 7,00 €/a, with the most popular price being € 6.00/a. Stable market.
Innovator: 6,00 to 7,00 €/a for immediate delivery, stable market. Gradual end of the season.
The export continues to release small amounts to various destinations in Southern and Eastern Europe, and to Great Britain.
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European physical markets
Summary of rates (source: NEPG):
Future market
EEX in Leipzig (€/a) Bintje, Agria and various related for conversion, 40 mm+, min 60 % 50 mm +:
Netherlands
Along with rising temperatures, supply increases as well. Although short weeks have somewhat reduced the needs of industries; therefore, the physical market is very narrow, with few transactions, and prices that are maintained at the same level at best. The courses of some categories are slightly down, including Fontane for the industry, as well as the export course: export is gradually reducing, and holidays have slowed down even more activity.
PotatoNL course: also available on www.potatonl.com
VTA course (Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw)
France
Unwashed industrial potato, bulk, selling price, excl. VAT, North Seine, €/a, min – max (avg) (RNM):
Germany
On the 8th of May, prices dropped on the fresh market; with 11.75 €/a (-0.6%) for firm pulp, and and an estimated price of 11.58 €/a (+ 0.4 %) for soft pulp. In potatoes for the industry (french fries), the course slightly declined for Rhineland, yet remains slightly higher in Lower Saxony. In organic potatoes, the producer price remains steady around 48,00 €/a.
Native early harvest: the first early harvest of the Bremen region (North-West), from mini tunnels, at 120 €/a (30 €/per 25 kg bag).
*you will have to deduct €1,00/a from these prices in their starting fields in the table above for sorting fees!
Great Britain: Average producer price (all markets combined) for week 18: 10.91 €/a.
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