The summer period saw a slowdown in roots and tubers consumption. Sale prices remained fairly stable, at a high level overall. What price variations there were, were most often caused by changes in the supplies. This was the case in particular for the plantain, its rates rising steeply after the fall registered in late spring. The breakthrough in dasheen shipments from Saint Vincent and the switch to the new harvest for Ghanaian yams temporarily boosted sales.
In July and August, the white-fleshed sweet potato supply was provided by Honduras and South Africa, in the absence of Egypt which had suspended its exports early, in mid-May. Rates for these products held up until September, when Egypt returned to the market with growing volumes. The orange-fleshed sweet potato market saw parallel development, with produce from Honduras, until the arrival of the first Spanish shipments in September. We should also note the appearance of a new origin in the orange-fleshed sweet potato supply – Senegal, a player hitherto unknown in this field. The first batches from this origin sold at high prices at the beginning of the period. They dipped in August down to the level of competing products. Some top-up batches of white-skinned and white-fleshed sweet potato from Italy (late July-early August) and Brazil (September) helped the varietal diversification. Orange and violet-fleshed sweet potatoes from the United States were also on the market throughout the period.
The yam market was driven primarily by the switch to the new Ghanaian harvest. After fairly low levels in July for the last batches of stored tubers, prices suddenly skyrocketed with the shipment of the first batches of the new harvest, synonymous with a lean supply. Colombia took advantage of this lack of produce to market some quantities in August. In September, the combined volumes from Ghana and Brazil again fully satisfied demand, leading to a dip in rates. Small price differences could be observed between different types of yam (Cuscus, Puna, white), according to the quantities available.
The price of Costa Rican cassava varied by around 0.10 euro/kg, downward in the second half of July, and then upward until late August. Rates took a downturn in September, and stabilised at the end of the month, at a lower level than was registered in early July.
There was a small price increase in Costa Rican eddoes from August, given the more limited supply.
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