Retail and home consumption seems to have stabilised and improved following the heatwave last week. There is good demand for any new season potatoes, and some early salads will be coming onto the market in the coming weeks. Queens crops are looking very good and demand is reported to be adequate. As the season progresses, tare levels are increasingly high due to issues in store.
Across Europe, rejections remain high but contracts are generally running to schedule. The latest heat wave has caused a lot of crop stress across Europe. Very high temperatures have caused problems in factories and with transport during the week resulting in the delayed movement of contracts. One major supplier reports a reduction of deliveries of 20%. Export volumes have also been lower than anticipated.
