First 2018 free-buy WAPS price above the same period in 2012
GB Weekly Average Prices (£/t) |
Week to
11 August
|
Change |
GB Weekly Average Price (£/t) |
£202.80 |
n/c |
GB Weekly Average Free-buy Price (£/t) |
£296.92 |
n/c |
The first free-buy WAPS price for the 2018 crop has come in at £296.92/t. This is £53.42/t greater than the highest WAPS free-buy price recorded in August 2012, another season marked by severe weather.
Latest European and futures processing potato prices (£/t)
Fresh |
Week to 3 August |
Week to 10 August |
Netherlands* (2018 crop, export/fresh varieties, Source: VTA) |
-- |
-- |
Belgium* (2018 crop, fresh waxy varieties 35mm+, Source: FIWAP/PCA) |
-- |
-- |
Belgium* (2018 crop, fresh floury varieties 35mm+, Source: FIWAP/PCA) |
-- |
-- |
Germany (2018 crop, fresh waxy varieties, Source: AMI) |
-- |
-- |
Germany (2018 crop, fresh floury varieties, Source: AMI) |
-- |
-- |
Processing |
Week to 3 August |
Week to 10 August |
Belgium* (2018 crop, Fontane, Source FIWAP/PCA) |
134-151 |
-- |
Belgium* (2018 crop, Bintje, Source Belgapom) |
89 |
-- |
France* (2018 crop, processing- other varieties, Source RNM) |
-- |
-- |
Germany* (2018 crop, Innovator, processing 40mm+, Source REKA) |
-- |
-- |
Germany* (2018 crop, Fontane, processing 40mm+, Source REKA) |
-- |
-- |
EEX European Processing Potato futures 40mm+ (Apr '19) |
264.48 |
274.41 |
This week values in Euros were converted into GBP at a rate of: €1 = £0.89675
* Prices sourced from VTA Newsletter.
European prices published above represent new crop (2018).
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