It’s difficult to make a curry without onions or tomatoes with the exorbitant prices of the products on the shelves. Will we return to more affordable prices? Explanations from Frédéric Vienne, president of the Chamber of Agriculture on the 6/8 ANSANM set, this Thursday, April 18.
“On tomatoes at the moment, prices have collapsed and I would like to remind consumers that the price of tomatoes will never again be around 1€, the cost of production will explode in the same way as the bodies of professions”
“I assure you that this onion has no legitimacy to be at 10 euros per kilo, it has not suffered the effects of the cyclone, it is only speculation. The price paid in Pakistan, it has not moved, the price paid in the Netherlands, it has not moved. It is the local speculation of intermediaries which has caused the price to reach this level. he adds.
In Reunion, we consume nearly 8,000 tonnes of onions and only produce a tenth of them, the rest comes from exports distributed between India, Pakistan, and Madagascar.
“We are so dependent that if China or Australia no longer exports we will have the same problem with carrots, potatoes or garlic” concludes the president of the chamber of agriculture.
