date:Jun 15, 2017
India's onion export has touched 30 lakh metric tonne for the first time, breaking the previous all-time high record after almost seven years.
The country exported 30.68 lakh metric tonne between April 2016 to February 2017, which is three times more compared to the corresponding period in the 2015-16 financial year. Around 80% of total onion export of the country comes from Lasalgaon APMC, which is the country's largest wholesale onion market.
The previous all-time high of onion export was 18