Nafed holds meeting with onion importers to help fast clearance of imported stock

KOLKATA: NAFED today organized a meeting, in Mumbai to understand and resolve issues relating to clearance of imported stock of Onion arriving at JNPT, Mumbai, with regards to phyto-sanitary and food security issues.

Chaired by Managing Director (NAFED) Shri Sanjeev Chopra, the meeting was attended by leading onion exporters / importers and senior officials of FSSAI. The meeting covered exhaustively all ground problems being faced by importers and majority of the issues were resolved to the satisfaction of all the stake holders.

It is expected that there would be a higher production of onion in the kharif season across the country which will ease the pressure on onion prices. There is a likelihood of arrivals of around 600 tonnes of imported onion at Mumbai within the next week, which will further increase supply.