[EBOOK] Info ROOT VEGETABLES (Field and postharvest machinery and materials)

Measured in planted area, onions are the second crop in Germany, after asparagus and close over carrots (11293 ha in 2017). Yearly production is about 500.0001.

Planting starts in March/April and the produce is cropped between August and October. Being a product of easy storage - over seven months -, consumption can be regulated along the year.

In spite of that, domestic production does not cover consumption. Between 2012 and 2016, average yearly imports amounted to 238.0001.

Another fact conditions the onion market in Germany. As a matter of fact, there are two markets in the country. Sweet onions, which have a good caliber and a soft taste, do not grow in Central Europe and must be imported all year round. From Mediterranean countries - mostly Spain - or from the Southern hemisphere in the offseason. Domestic produce ("Haushaltware") with much intense taste can be stored. In spite of that, in a long storage organoleptic properties spoil. New Zealand becomes then an important supplier. Its produce is on the market between March and July. Spanish produce is all year round available, even when it also suffers when submitted to long storage periods.

In spite of those complexities, the good storage characteristics of the onions help to keep the German market somehow stable all year round.

[EBOOK] Info ROOT VEGETABLES (Field and postharvest machinery and materials)

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