Kartoffeln Cockpit, 19.10.2018

The supply of German ware potatoes is safe for the time being. Now it is also off the regionally produced potatoes. There is a steady supply from the main growing region of Lower Saxony, which at the current high prices in Eastern Europe still has no sales. Therefore, this product pushes into the marketing areas in West and Southwest Germany. The price discipline is also high in Lower Saxony, so that the prices probably no longer come under pressure even if imported goods from France can also be found in German supermarkets. Traders have already signaled that quoted prices will hold until the turn of the year. For the time being, however, there is nothing more in it. Therefore, the REKA farmers are advised not to hold back at least potatoes from Flächenlägern. The high price level is justified by the below-average yields this year. What was stored in the west of table potatoes, despite the weather extremes this summer, in good quality and the demand is greater than the supply. Nevertheless, farmers should not speculate. In France, best qualities are hardly offered. These potatoes are preferably stored.The AMI writes that the local producer price level reflects only the current weak quality level and not that of the entire harvest. Different qualities also seek different utilization possibilities. The pricing policy of the French is not so easy to see through. One hears of producer prices of 24 to 40 € / dt. French also mention the competition with German providers. As the potato harvest in France almost reaches the high volume levels of previous years, we should keep an eye on the local supplier behavior. During the harvest, which is not yet there, the French potato processors have already made significant contributions to consume quality-critical potatoes. In the months of July to September, the factories there have taken 45,000 tons of free potatoes. The proportion of contract-free goods in these months was no longer so high. This compensated for the lack of imports from Belgium, which did not materialize this year. Also surpluses from own contract cultivation did not exist. So these quantities must have been from the potato cultivation, whose cultivation area was known to be significantly expanded.France has been exporting large quantities since August, securing good sales markets in the south and east of Europe. Germany and Great Britain supply themselves from there very early. In the past week, the dealers reacted to the futures exchange on the weaker Belgapom quotation for quality-critical Bintje, which still needs to be passed through a salt bath before processing. Initially, the Belgian potato processors noted this variety with 25 € / dt. After the harvest comes to an end and becomes clear, which effort the processors have to operate to separate the glassy potatoes from the useable, they can compensate for this by a discount of 5 € / dt. Today, the price went back by another 2 € / dt to 18 € / dt. Other fries of good quality in the Netherlands and Germany are between 25 and 30 € / dt. A low Belgapom listing for Bintje pushes the April 19 prices on the futures market back below the € 30 mark today. Sales remained manageable this week at the Leipzig Potato Terminals Market.The durability of Bintje with at least 30% glassiness is undoubtedly limited. It can be assumed that this problem no longer accompanies us until April-19. Thus, the big difference in spot market prices should not stay long and the EEX potato index will not be affected any more.