Following the expiry of the Processing Potato futures contract at the end of April, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) recorded a volume of 110,275 tonnes of goods equivalent which was settled by the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC). This is the highest volume in a monthly expiry in this contract, corresponding to 4,411 open contracts.
This figure illustrates the high confidence of the participants in the "European Processing Potato Index" determined by EEX and used for the settlement of the contracts. The April expiry is considered as the most important expiry of EEX futures in the respective marketing season for processing potatoes.
