The onion price situation in Germany is very bad
German potato marketing is running very smoothly at the moment. “There have been some price increases recently. This in turn contributes to farmers’ reluctance to sell. The reason is they speculate that there will be further price increases in the coming weeks. “Personally, I also expect further price increases in the run-up to Christmas, although I cannot rule out that I have reached the threshold slowly but surely all,” said Slave Spaseski, a potato wholesaler at the Berlin wholesale market and managing director of Openica Ltd, based there.
In general, there are fewer potatoes available on the German market, says potato trader FreshPlaza. Currently, East Germany and Lower Saxony export many agricultural products. They send the potatoes to Eastern European countries such as Hungary and Romania. This also impacts the supply situation in the local market.
the current marketing situation for onions is even worse than for potatoes. “The prices of German products are terrible; sometimes 50 percent higher than last year. Spaseski conveyed this. Shallots have recently increased in size; they now sell it at €0.70-0.80/kg. So far, I haven’t noticed any quality issues, although we often overlook the amount of work completed before it reaches us.”
source: https://east-fruit.com/en/news/catastrophic-price-situation-for-german-onions/
