Indian onion export

Onion (Allium cepa) is one of the important commercial vegetable crops grown in India. It is widely grown in different parts of the country mainly by small and marginal farmers .Onion is produced and consumed not only in India but also throughout the world. Onion is classified as a vegetable and has special qualities which add taste and flavor to food. It is used extensively in Indian cuisine and culinary preparations both in cooked and raw form. Onion possesses very good nutritive and medicinal values. Onion is consumed by all classes of people-poor and rich and hence assumes a place of an essential item. Nitin Gadkari said India is the third-largest exporter of onions after the Netherlands and China. It enjoys 19% share of the global onion production. The annual average production is 12 lakh tones. In this study an attempt is made to know about the Indian onion export.