Centre Withdraws 20% Duty On Onion Exports, To Be Effective From April 1

The central authorities on Saturday withdrew 20 per cent obligation on the export of onions imposed in September 2024.

The choice will come into impact on April 1, 2025. The Division of Income issued a notification to this impact right this moment on the Division of Shopper Affairs’s communication.

To make sure home availability, the federal government had taken measures to test export by the use of obligation, minimal export value (MEP) and even to the extent of export prohibition for nearly 5 months, from December 8, 2023 until Might 3, 2024.

The export obligation of 20 per cent, which now stands eliminated, has been in place since September 13, 2024.

Regardless of export restrictions, the federal government mentioned that the overall onion export throughout 2023-24 was 17.17 lakh tonne and in 2024-25 (until March 18), it was 11.65 lakh tonne.

Month-to-month onion export amount had picked up from 0.72 lakh tonne in September, 2024 to 1.85 lakh tonne in January, 2025.

“The choice stands as one other testomony to the federal government’s dedication to making sure remunerative costs to farmers whereas sustaining affordability of onion to the shoppers at this important juncture when each mandi and retail costs have soften following anticipated arrival of rabi crops in good portions,” Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals & Public Distribution, mentioned in a launch.

Although, the present mandi costs are above the extent throughout corresponding interval of earlier years, a decline of 39 per cent is noticed within the all-India weighted common modal costs, the discharge mentioned.

Equally, all-India common retail onion costs recorded declined of 10 per cent over the previous one month.

Onion arrival in benchmark markets Lasalgoan and Pimpalgaon have elevated from this month.

As per the estimates of Division of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, rabi manufacturing this yr at 227 lakh metric tonnes is over 18 per cent increased than 192 lakh tonne final yr.

The rabi onion, which accounted for 70-75 per cent of India’s complete onion manufacturing, is essential for total availability and stability in costs until the arrival of kharif crop from October/November onward.

“The estimated increased manufacturing this season is anticipated to additional ease the market costs in coming months,” the meals ministry mentioned.

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