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Export Policy of Onions- Removal of Minimum Export Price (MEP)

Updated on:2nd Feb, 2018
Notification No.  48/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 2 February 2018   Subject:- Export Policy of Onions-  Removal of Minimum Export Price (MEP).  S.O. (E)      In exercise of powers  conferred  by Section  3  of the  Foreign  Trade  (Development & Regulation)  Act,  1992  (No.  22 of  1992),  as amended, read  with  Para  l.02  of the  Foreign  Trade Policy,   2015-20,  the  Central  Government  hereby   amends,   with  immediate  effect,  Para  2  of Notification No.  39 I 2015-20  dated  23.11.2017  read  with  No.  43/2015-2020  dated  29.12.2017 and No.45/2015-2020 dated  19.01.2018    relating to export  of onions.  2.       The amended Para 2 of   Notification No. 39I2015-20 dated 23.11.2017  will now read as      "Export of onions  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 without any Minimum Export Price (MEP)  till further orders".  3.           Effect of this Notification: Requirement of Minimum  Export Price (MEP)  on  export  of onions  as  described  above stands  removed  till  further orders  and all varieties of onions  can now  be exported  without any MEP.