(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii))
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
 
Notification No 75 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated : 20th September, 2011
 
Subject:- 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 amends Notification No. 73(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 09.09.2011 with immediate effect as follows.
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 | 
            0703 10 10 
            0712 20 00 | 
            Kg | 
            Onions (all varieties except Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions) excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form. | 
            STE* | 
            Export permitted subject to Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 475 per Metric Ton or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time. | 
        
        
            | 44.02 | 
            0703 10 10 
            0712 20 00 | 
            Kg | 
            Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions excluding cut, sliced or broken in powder form | 
            STE* | 
            Export permitted subject to Minimum Export Price(MEP) of US$ 475 per Metric Ton or as notified by DGFT from time-to-time.. | 
        
        
            | 44.03 | 
            0712 20 00 | 
            Kg | 
            Onions( of all varieties) in cut, sliced- or broken in powder form. | 
            Free | 
              | 
        
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 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The prohibition on export of onions is withdrawn and export of all varieties of onions is now allowed.
 
 
 
 
(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)