European onion production recovering after 2013 decline
At country level the charts show a similar trend, albeit with minor variations. The differences are less pronounced. In Poland, the production decreased gradually, from 677,000 tons in 2011 to 642,000 tons in 2012. In 2013, production reached a low of 551,000 tons. Austria dropped after a peak production of 195,000 tons in 2011 to 130,000 tons in 2012. In the years after 2012, production increased to 139,000 tons in 2013 and 149,000 tons in 2014.
UK and Spain follow trend
Production in the UK reached a peak of 492,000 tons in 2011. A year later, production declined from 393,000 tons to 378,000 tons in 2013. This year, British production is again in a peak year, namely at 476,000 tons. Spain produces more this year than in the peak year of 2011. For 2014, the volume amounted to 1.334 million tons, three years earlier production peaked at 1.308 million tons. In 2012 and 2013 production sank to nearly 1.2 and 1.1 million tons respectively.
Netherlands and France deviate
Two countries show a deviation from these trends. Where most countries were able to recover, France maintains a downward trend. After a peak of 409,000 tons in 2011, the volume decreased from 322,000 tons in 2012 and 319,000 tons in 2013 to 312,000 tons in 2014.
The Dutch production peak, unlike other countries, was not in 2011, but in 2012. In that year, production peaked at over 1.03 million tons. And although the volume dropped in the following year, there was not a real decline. The production volumes from 2010 (835,000 tons) and 2011 (870,000 tons) were still below the 880,000 tons produced in 2013. In 2014, production surpassed the 2012 peak, surging to 1.05 million tons.