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

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 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. 13/2015-20 dated 26.06.2015 read with Notification No. 73 (RE- 2013)/2009-14 dated 12.03.2014 relating to export of onion.

2. The amended para 2 of Notification No. 13/2015-20 dated 26.06.2015 will now read as:-

""Export 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 shall be permitted subject to a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of US$ 400 F.O.B. per Metric ton".

3. Effect of this notification:

Export of all varieties of onions as described above will be subject to a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of US$ 700 F.O.B. per MT.

(Pravir Kumar)

Director General of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in

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