India exports 2.60 lakh tonne of onion till July 31 of current fiscal year

08 Aug 2024 Evaluate

India has exported 2.60 lakh tonne of onion till July 31, 2024 in current financial year 2024-25. Government has lifted the onion export prohibition from May 04, 2024 and has allowed the export with minimum export price of (MEP) of $550 per MT and export duty of 40%. India had exported 16.07 lakh tonne of onions in the last fiscal. The government had procured 4.68 lakh tonne, majorly from Maharashtra, through National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) for the price stabilisation buffer.

In comparison with last year (2023), the price realisation by onion farmers in current year has been much higher. The average monthly mandi modal prices of onion in Maharashtra between April and July, 2024 were in the range of Rs 1,230 to Rs 2,578 per quintal as against Rs 693 to Rs 1,205 per quintal for corresponding period last year (2023). The average procurement price of onion for the buffer in current year was Rs 2,833 per quintal which is 64% higher than the procurement price of Rs 1,724 per quintal last year.

India is a net exporter of onion and earns income from the export. The net export value earned by India for each of the last three years were Rs 3,326.99 crore in 2021-22, Rs 4,525.91 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 3,513.22 crore in 2023-24.

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