TAD News Desk, New Delhi: It is a relief for the farmers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, who cultivate rose onions, as the ban on exports due to its pungent smell had been lifted.
Center banned the export of all onion varieties on September 14, this year to keep the price of vegetable in check and to usher a space of Indian market which has ample accessibility to the vegetable.
The ban on export of most of the varieties of onions is still intact, however the Directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) lifted the ban on Bangalore rose and Krishnapuram assortment. 10,000 tonne of these kinds can be exported to other Asian nations, where this kind of assortment is sought after and, the demand of these assortments is higher there as compared to the local market. These are cultivated by farmers, principally for export.
The DGFT notice allows the export of these assortments through Chennai port up till March 31, next year.
Need of certification –
It is required by the exporter of Bangalore rose to obtain a certificate from the horticulture commissioner of Karnataka government stating the amount of Bangalore rose and the content of the exports. This declaration must be enlisted with the Bengaluru’s Additional DGFT office.
Similarly the exporters of Krishnapuram Onion must get a certificate from the office of assistant director of horticulture department of Andhra Pradesh in Kadapa District. The declaration needs to be enrolled with the DGFT office.
The requests to lift the ban on exports of these assortments have been for sometime as there is no place for these variants in the domestic market. These pungent smelling small onions have prime market space in countries such as, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and, Sri Lanka.
Government had banned export of these assortments, last September as well but the ban was lifted in the end-quarter of the last financial year.
