Onion exports has increased by 33% and stood at Rs 2,362 crore in the first eleven months of 2015-16 compared to Rs 1,771 crore in the year-ago period on account of higher sales realization. The average price realisation worked out to Rs 28,215 per tonne in 2015-16 as against Rs 18,507 for the whole of 2014-15.
As per data compiled by the National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF), exports stood at 9,80,566 tonnes during the eleven months of 2015-16 as against 9,70,442 tonnes in the same period of the previous financial year.
Onion output stood at 189 lakh tonnes (LT) in 2014-15 crop year (July-June). The country had exported 10,86,072 tonnes of onion for Rs 2,010 crore in 2014-15. In the 2015-16 crop year, production is estimated at 206 LT. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are the top three onion-producing states in the country.