The government of India has withdrawn 20 per cent duty on onion export, effective from April 1.
A notification to this effect was issued on Saturday by the Department of Revenue on the communication of Department of Consumer Affairs, India.
To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check export by means of duty, minimum export price (MEP) and even to the extent of export prohibition for almost five months, from December 8, 2023 to May 3, 2024.
The export duty of 20 per cent, which is now removed, has been in place from September 13, 2024, according to the Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food聽and聽Public Distribution.
Despite export restriction, the total onion export during the 2023-24 financial year was 17.17 lakh tonnes and during FY 2024-25 (till 18th March), it was 11.65 lakh tonnes.
Monthly onion export quantity had picked up from 0.72 lakh tonnes in September 2024 to 1.85 lakh tonnes in January 2025.
