India imports onions from Pak

India imports onions from Pak


Amid soaring prices of onions in the country, truck loads of the commodity arrived in India on Monday evening from Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah land route for supply to northern markets in India.

As many as 13 truck loads (5 to 15 tonne per truck) of onion have arrived from Pakistan, a senior official of Customs department in Amritsar said without quantifying the total import consignment.

This situation is likely to remain for longer as, according to reports, the government said that prices of onions are likely to remain high for the next three weeks. It was also said that the situation could improve after the government decided to ban onion exports till January 15.

The prices of onions have soared to Rs 60-70 per kg in retail markets in Delhi and many other important cities of the country from Rs 35-40 just a few days ago.