34 trucks of onions reach India from Pakistan
By IANSThursday, December 23, 2010
AMRITSAR - Thirtyfour trucks loaded with onions Thursday reached India as imports from Pakistan continued for the third successive day to check onion prices in the country, officials said.
A total of 98 truckloads had arrived here through the Attari-Wagah border Tuesday and Wednesday.
With onion prices touching Rs.100 a kg in some parts of the country earlier in the week, Indian traders are buying the vegetable from Pakistan at Rs.300-350 a quintal.
“Today (Thursday) 34 trucks reached Amritsar. We have sent them to traders in Punjab and Delhi. We are expecting 40-50 trucks tomorrow (Friday),” importer Rajdeep Uppal, vice-president of the Amritsar Exports and Imports Chamber, told IANS.
He added: We are getting onions at Rs.300-350 a quintal. We are hopeful Pakistan will comfortably export onions for another 9-10 days. Besides, we have observed that prices have started coming down in our markets,”
Importers here are looking to buy over 1,000 tonnes of onions from Pakistan.
Mahinder Singh, another importer, said: We are making sure that onions are supplied in a balanced manner to all parts of the state and Delhi. We had exported onions to Pakistan only in March-April this year.
Most of the onions coming to India are from the Sindh province. However, traders say the quality of the Pakistani onion is not as good as the onion produced in India.
