Subject: Amendment in Export policy of Onions

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015=2020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment with immediate effect on the export policy of Onions for the item description at Serial Number 51 & 52 of Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) classification of Export & Import Items.

"Export policy of onion for the item description at Serial Number 51 & 52 of Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) classification of Export & Import Items is amended from free to prohibited till further orders".

Effect of this Notification: Export of all varieties of onions, as described above, is prohibited with immediate effect.

(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/922/AMO8/EC (Vol. 4))