India's gain will be an additional business of $300 million to $400 million per month if 10-11% of Bangladesh's export is diverted to Indian hubs like Tiruppur.
The off-spot prices were Rs 3.50 a kg two weeks before, with farmers planning to dump on the road instead of selling in mandis.
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The government has withdrawn the 'export licence' restriction for overseas sale of onion, as the prices of commodity have started to soften in domestic market. The Director General of Foreign Trade has notified that the export of onions could be undertaken after getting the no-objection certificate from NAFED and 12 other state trading agencies.
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The Bangladeshi prime minister said that India's sudden decision to stop onion exports has led to a bit of difficulty for her countrymen.
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Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar urging him to ban onion export from Maharashtra and re-direct the vegetable to New Delhi to keep the prices steady.
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In the retail markets, rates have fallen to Rs 30-35 a kg from Rs 100-level.
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Congress leaders claim the rising price of onions is due to hoarding by pro-BJP traders. Renu Mittal reports
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Increased production of pulses, oilseeds, and cereals will help boost domestic supplies and contribute to keeping inflation low in the coming months.
Onion prices had peaked to Rs 57 per kg on August 22.
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Onion production in the country is likely to be around 10.5 million tonnes in 2010-11, down from 12 million tones last year.
India on Tuesday set a minimum export price for onions of $300 per tonne to discourage overseas shipments amid an inflation scare that threatens to stoke public anger over rising prices at local food markets.
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Onion supply to the city, which comes from Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is normal at 12,000 quintals in Azadpur, Asia's largest wholesale market, it added.
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Retail prices across the country continued to be at Rs 80 a kg.
"After weeks I ate onions today with bhindi," Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Saturday, admitting that the skyrocketing price of the vegetable had affected her kitchen too.
Onion prices have been ruling at Rs 70-90 per kg in most parts of the country and even touched Rs 100 per kg in some cities like Patna and Jammu.
Retail price of onion is expected to ease across the country in the second week of November as dealers foresee plenty of fresh stocks to flood the markets.
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Onion is selling for Rs 30 a kg in some parts of the country, as supply of the edible kitchen bulb has been choked by hoarders betting on further price rise due to floods in the main producing states of Karnataka and Maharashtra, government officials said.
The most plausible suspect for the price surge, therefore, is the inability of the market to channel onions from growers to consumers without too many intermediaries adding to costs.
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Because of late monsoon, arrival of kharif (summer) onion crops would be delayed by a month in key growing areas of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, threatening to push up prices in the late September and October.
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