{"id":20277,"date":"2024-05-02T10:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20277"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:22:33","slug":"uaes-onion-prices-ease-after-india-allows-back-limited-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/05\/02\/uaes-onion-prices-ease-after-india-allows-back-limited-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE\u2019s onion prices ease after India allows back limited imports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is price respite for gourmets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after India allowed back onion imports in March 2024. Limited onion shipments totaling\u00a010,000 tonnes\u00a0<\/u><\/a>from India are currently taking place through the National Cooperative Exports Ltd (NCEL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, Emirati importers have been taking advantage of low at-origin prices and these could in turn favor customers back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UAE\u2019s importers are paying India\u2019s farmers\u00a012 to 15 rupees<\/u><\/a>\u00a0($0.14-0.18) a kilo and selling at 120 rupees ($1.44). In its part, India is currently scrutinizing the issue of unfair pricing by foreign buyers on local farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this profiteering, UAE’s groceries are now offering an affordable retail price of 5.29 dirhams ($1.44) per kg. The price has been at\u00a04.95 dirhams<\/u><\/a>\u00a0($1.35) per kilo since December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In normal times, Emirati retail prices of onions hover around 3 dirhams ($0.82) per kilo, based on the January 2023 price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, a survey shows that customers usually expect to pay between\u00a02 and 3 dirhams<\/u><\/a>\u00a0($0.54-0.82) for a kilo. This sometimes falls to as little as 1 dirham ($0.27) especially during discounted weekends and holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highest onion price in recent times has been in early 2024, at 7 dirhams ($1.91) a kilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the easing of the export ban in March 2024, however, prices have been retracting in the UAE and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India enforced a\u00a040% onion export tariff\u00a0<\/u><\/a>in August 2023 amid onion shortage, upon which prices skyrocketed in dependant nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2024, India reopened its onion export market and shipped a consignment of 14,400 tonnes to the UAE. This was a part of 79,150-ton offer to regional trade allies including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Middle-eastern nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE, for instance, relies on India for most of its onion supplies. In 2022, the country ranked 12th<\/sup> in global onion orders, with India providing half the supplies, equal to $71.2 million<\/u><\/a>.  The return to imports will definitely ease UAE\u2019s onion prices and bring reprieve back to customers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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