No ban on exports of onion: Commerce Ministry

27 Feb 2023 Evaluate

The commerce ministry has said that there is no ban on exports of onion. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal stated that from July to December 2022, onion exports have consistently been above the $40 million mark every month.

The government made this statement days after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule clamied that the Centre was trying to ban onion exports. The government said the extent export policy of onions is ‘free’. Only the export of onion seeds is ‘restricted’ and that too is permitted under authorisation from Direction General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

As per the government data, in December 2022, onion exports rose by about 50 per cent to $52.1 million. During April-December this fiscal, the exports rose by 16.3 per cent to $523.8 million.

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