The market was primarily supplied by Egypt and Honduras with white-fleshed sweet potatoes, at constant price levels. Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes came mainly from Israel, Honduras and Spain, with prices ranked according to the sources. Spain consolidated its presence in this market niche with mainly Beauregard variety tubers. This year brought a more marked presence of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes from Egypt, a country hitherto rather specialised in the white-fleshed sweet potato. This diversification is helping the source earn better value from its produce.
October brought batches of Italian white-skinned and fleshed sweet potatoes, which sold from 1.40 to 1.60 euro/kg. Batches of white-fleshed and/or violet-fleshed sweet potatoes from China sold in November on a footing of 1.20 euro/kg.
Some batches of French sweet potatoes also made their appearance in November. Shipped in small quantities, this produce came from Normandy. Exhibiting fairly heterogeneous quality compared to the competition, it obtained sale prices of around 1.40 euro/kg, though it was not on the market for long.
The yams market was supplied mainly by Ghana with white yams. Some Puna batches supplemented the shipments from Ghana, at a slightly higher price (+0.05 to +0.10 euro/kg). Brazil made regular white yam shipments, which on average sold at 0.50 euro/kg higher than competing produce. In mid-November French produce entered the market. Initially at 3.60 to 3.80 euros/kg, prices for this produce oscillated around 3.40 euros/kg until the end of the year.
Rates for the Costa Rican cassava were constant, with a slight leap in prices just before the festive period, followed by a fall in rates as demand waned.
Rates for Costa Rican eddoes were very stable, though with prices varying depending on the tuber size (1.80 to 2.50 euros/kg). What variations were observed at the beginning and end of the period were attributable to transient supply jolts.
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