Argentina: Exported onion amount grows in the first 2 months

The Program for Onion Origin Certification, made by FunBaPa, reports on the start of the exporting season for onion with certified quality. With 101 shipments certified during the first 2 months, it is seven times the amount shipped in the same period of the previous season. This tempo, at the beginning of the season, means they expect to surpass incomes of previous seasons. Export to Brazil, which remains the main market for the Patagonian onion, started earlier on the 16th of February. 100 shipments were certified for this destination, so the amounts exported to this country until the end of the month, will surpass the previous six campaigns. Although, shipments to the European Union are taking more time than in previous years, since up to the beginning of February, only one cargo was shipped.

The internal market during surpassed by a large number, the amount registered in the last 3 campaigns at the start of the season, the amount commercialized in January was 14,810 tons. FunBaPa will look at the complete statistics of onion commerce in the internal market, to quantify the national interest for the onion of the Patagonian Protected Region.

The program coordinator - agricultural engineer Úrsula Garcái Lorenzana - commented that they are getting ready "to face the strongest moment of the exporting season, between March and April, a team of 29 technicians is ready to work during the campaign". On the other hand, García Lorenzana informed that "51 packages were already inspected in the South of Buenos Aires. In Río Negro, the inspection and certification of the packages is done by Senasa".

Source: Lasuperdigital