Peru Onion Imports 1,333% Above Last Week, 116% Above Five-Year Median

Peru border-crossing volume came in at 255 (10,000-lb units) for the week of August 20, up 1,333% on the week and 116% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports. Domestic shipments followed the same direction: California at 544 units, Oregon at 114 and Idaho at 347, each well above week-ago levels. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbos held mostly $16.00, 50-lb sacks as of August 21, per USDA shipping-point reports.

• Peru onion imports: 255 (10,000-lb units, week of August 20), up 1,333% week-over-week and 116% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Oregon shipments: 114 (10,000-lb units), up 673.5% on the week but still 14% below the five-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Idaho exports: 13 (10,000-lb units), up 201% on the week and 101% above the four-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• California shipments: 544 (10,000-lb units), up 134% on the week and 113% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports. Yellow jumbo FOBs last quoted mostly $15.00, 50-lb sacks (USDA shipping-point, August 14).
• Idaho shipments: 347 (10,000-lb units), up 52% on the week and 119% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Washington FOBs: yellow jumbo mostly $15.00, 50-lb sacks, 58% above the five-year median and flat on the week. Medium $13.00, 50-lb sacks, 73% above the five-year median and down 4% on the week (USDA shipping-point, August 21).

Georgia yellow jumbo last quoted mostly $24.00-25.00, 40-lb cartons (USDA shipping-point, August 21). New Mexico yellow jumbo last quoted mostly $18.00-20.00, 50-lb sacks (USDA shipping-point, August 13).

Data note: Imperial Valley series have not updated in over two weeks. Those figures are stale. The Georgia series is also flagged as stale in the same data pull, though the yellow jumbo carton price carries an August 21 quote date.