Subject:- Export Policy of Onions- Imposition of Minimum Export Price (MEP).

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect, in Notification No. 29/2015-20 dated 24.12.2015 relating to export of onion.

2. Para 2 of Notification No. 29/2015-20 dated 24.12.2015 is amended to read as:

"Export 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 shall be permitted without any Minimum Export Price (MEP) till further orders".

3. Effect of this notification:

Requirement of Minimum Export Price (MEP) on export of onions as described above stands removed till further orders and all varieties of onions can now be exported without any MEP.

(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/922/AM08/PC-III/Export Cell)