The Government has lowered the minimum export price of onion by $100 a tonne to $150 tonne to boost outbound shipments that have declined. After lifting the ban on onion exports in October last year, the government had kept its MEP initially at a high $450 a tonne. Initially it was reduced to $350 a tonne and then to $250 a tonne in November, 2011, to make it competitive in the international market. But, even the lowering of onion export prices to $250 a tonne failed to perk up its outbound shipment as the commodity from China and Egypt were selling at less than $200 a tonne. Hence, the government decided to reduce the export prices to $150 a tonne.
As per a notification by the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) “The minimum export price (MEP) of all varieties of onions, except Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions, will be $150 a tonne”. Though, the export price of Bangalore Rose and Krishnapuram onions have also been reduced marginally to $250 a tonne from $300, the notification added.
Onion exports from India declined by nearly 23 per cent in the first nine months of the current financial year due to high price of shipment, onion growers and traders have long been demanding a slash in the export price to keep the commodity competitive in the international market.
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