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After seeking import, Union govt slaps steep export charge on onions -Parthasarathi Biswas

-The Indian Express

The steep MEP will, in a way, stop all outbound shipment of onions from India.

THE UNION government on Friday slapped a steep Minimum Export Price (MEP) of $ 850 per tonne on onions, virtually putting brakes on the export of the produce. This is the first time that a MEP has been imposed on onions this year.

Simply put, henceforth exports will not be allowed if the consignments are priced below $ 850 per tonne. The steep MEP will, in a way, stop all outbound shipment of onions from India. During the financial year 2018-19, India had exported 21.82 lakh tonnes of the bulb.

This move comes days after the state-owned MMTC Ltd had floated a tender for import of onions from “Pakistan, Egypt, China, Afghanistan or any other origin”, triggering criticism from farmers in Maharashtra. The tender, dated September 6, has sought delivery of the imported shipments by November-end.

The MMTC, however, on Friday issued a corrigendum to its tender, excluding Pakistan as the country of origin, thereby making bids from the neighbouring country ineligible. The inclusion of Pakistan in the tender list had evoked extreme criticism from various quarters. Friday’s corrigendum issued stated that the “country of origin to be read as any country of origin, excluding Pakistan”.

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