Onions
Export Allowed without MEP for Two Months
[DGFT Notification No. 116 dated 8th
May 2012]
Subject: Export Policy of Onions.
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 the column “Nature of
Restriction” in Notification No.75(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 20.09.2011 with
immediate effect
2. Export of onions will be allowed without any MEP(Minimum Export Price) for the period upto
2nd July 2012. Any consignment for which
LEO (Let Export order) is not issued till midnight of 2nd July 2012,
will be allowed for export at applicable MEP, which will be as per notification
to be issued subsequently.
3. Each of the 13 STE’s designated for export of
onion will send a daily report about the quantity registered by them to
DGFT addressed to the e-mail onionexport-dgft@nic.in. The daily report email will have the subject header “Name
of STE /quantity allowed/date of issue of NOC” and will specify:
(i) Name of applicant
(ii) Quantity allotted
(iii) IEC number of applicant
4. Effect of this
notification:
The export of
onions is allowed without any MEP upto 2nd
July 2012.