**Policy Summary: Export of Onions to UAE**
**Date:** April 3, 2024
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
**Subject:** Permits additional export of onions to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
**Key Provisions:**
* Authorizes the export of an additional 10,000 metric tons (MT) of onions (HS code 0703 10 19) to the UAE.
* Exports will be facilitated through the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL).
* This allocation is in addition to the quota previously established under DGFT Notification No. 65/2023 dated March 1, 2024.
* The notification is issued in accordance with Section 3 and 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, and Notification No. 81/2023 dated March 22, 2024.
**Contact:**
Santosh Kumar Sarangi
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
F.No. 01/91/191/060/AM24/EC
Key Entities Referenced
United Arab Emirates: Country to which the export of onions is permitted.
Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992: The legal act that confers powers related to foreign trade.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023: Policy document governing foreign trade.
National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL): The entity through which the export of onions to UAE is permitted.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT): Issuing authority for the notification related to onion exports.
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi: Location of Directorate General of Foreign Trade office in New Delhi, India
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India.
HS code 0703 10 19: Harmonized System code for the specific type of onions being exported.
To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii)
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Notification No. 02/2023
New Delhi, Dated: 3*°April, 2024
Subject: Export of Onions (under HS code 0703 10 19) to UAE.
S.O. (E).— In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and
2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 and in accordance with the provision contained in Para 2
of Notification No. 81/2023 dt. 22.03.2024, the Central Government permits export of additional
10,000 MT of onions (under HS code 0703 10 19) to UAE through National Cooperative Exports
Limited (NCEL) over and above the quota notified vide DGFT Notification No. 65 /2023 dt.
01.03.2024.
2. Effect of the Notification:
Export of additional 10,000 MT of onions (under HS code 0703 10 19) to UAE through National
Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) over and above the quota notified vide DGFT Notification
No. 65/2023 dt. 01.03.2024 is allowed.
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(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/191/060/AM-24/EC (e- 38291)