NOTIFICATION NO. 24/2010, DT. 18/02/2011

Removal of ban on export of Onions

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government supercedes Notification No. 13(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 22.12.2010 read with Notification No. 19(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 10.02.2011, and issues the following notification relating to export of onions. These will be with immediate effect.

Chapter 7

Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Note 1 Reference to onions in this chapter includes onions fresh or chilled frozen, provisionally preserved or dried.

S.No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of Restriction
44.01	07031010 07122000	Kg	Onions (all varieties except Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions) excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form.	Prohibited	Not permitted to be exported.
44.02	07031010 07122000	Kg	Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form	Prohibited	Not permitted to be exported.
44.03	07122000	Kg	Onions( of all varieties) in cut, sliced- or broken in powder form.	Prohibited	Not permitted to be exported.

(Above Chapter 07 has beeb amended vide NTF. NO. 73/2010, DT. 09/09/2011)

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Chapter 7

Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Note 1 Reference to onions in this chapter includes onions fresh or chilled frozen, provisionally preserved or dried.

S.No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of Restriction
44.01	07031010 07122000	Kg	Onions (all varieties except Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions) excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form.	STE*	Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 475 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time. [OLD- Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 300 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 275 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 230 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 200 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 170 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 225 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD- Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 275 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time ] [OLD-Export permitted subject to Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 350 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time] [OLD- Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 600 per Metric Ton or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.]
44.02	07031010 07122000	Kg	Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form	STE*	Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 475 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time. [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 400 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 350 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD-Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 600 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.] [OLD- Export permitted subject to Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 1400 per Metric Ton or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.]
44.03	07122000	Kg	Onions( of all varieties) in cut, sliced- or broken in powder form.	Free	]

(In above table, column 6 at Sl. No. 44.01 & 44.02 has been replaced by NTF. NO. 70/2010, DT. 07/09/2011)

(In above table column 6 at Sl. No. 44.01 has been replaced vide NTF. NO. 68/2010, DT. 24/08/2011 with immediate effect)

(In above table column 6 at Sl. No. 44.01 & 44.02 has been replaced by NTF. NO. 66/2010, DT. 12/08/2011)

(In S.No. 44.01, description "Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 230 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time." has been replaced by NTF. NO. 59/2010, DT. 15/07/2011)

(In S.No. 44.01, description "Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 200 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time" has been replaced by NTF. NO. 56/2010, DT. 08/06/2011)

(In S.No. 44.01, description "Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 170 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time" has been replaced by NTF. NO. 41/2010, DT. 31/03/2011)

(In above table column 6 at Sl. No. 44.01 & 44.02 has been replaced by NTF. NO. 36/2010, DT. 23/03/2011)

(In above table at Sl. no. 44.01, column 6 the phrase "Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 275 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time" has been replaced by NTF. NO. 34/2010, DT. 16/03/2011)

(In above table at column 6 the words "Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 350 per Metric Ton F.O.B. or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time" has been replaced by NTF. NO. 30/2010, DT. 08/03/2011)

* List of STEs would be as per Serial No. 2 of Notification No. 51(RE-2007) /2004-09 dated 14.11.2007.

2. Effect of this notification:

The export of onions is now allowed through STEs subject to applicable MEP depending upon the variety of onions. The export of onions (i) in cut form (ii) in sliced form and (iii) broken in powder form has been made freely exportable without any MEP, a new entry 44.03 has been added.

(Anup K. Pujari)

Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/922/AM’08/PC-III/Export Cell)

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