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D-market-glut Dictionary

Market glut

A period when supply floods a market and prices collapse

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Plain meaning
A period when supply floods a market and prices collapse
How to use it
Avoid harvesting when everyone else does.
South African benchmark
South African fresh-produce market prices swing sharply with gluts (Article 48).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M7-U6
Calculate it
T-M7-04 Fresh Market versus Processor
Library sources
LIB-A043, LIB-A044, LIB-P-Potato, LIB-P-Potato-IP
See also
Planting window
Potato: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedPotato: how the business runsSold by10 kg bags or tonnes per hectare1Plant seed2Grow3Lift4Grade and bag5Fresh market or processorZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Potato Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M7 Potato.