<p>As many as 13 truck loads (5 to 15 tonne per truck) of onion have arrived from Pakistan, a senior official of Customs department in Amritsar told PTI without quantifying the total import consignment.<br /><br />“About five (Indian) importers have brought in onion from Lahore today for supply in the markets of Ludhiana,Amritsar, Jalandhar in Punjab and Delhi,” the official said.<br /><br />The landed cost of onion from Pakistan stood at Rs. 18-20 per kg, he said adding this included custom duty, cess, transportation and handling charges.<br /><br />According to importers, it was for the first time in this year, onions are being imported from Pakistan.<br /><br />“We this year exported onion to Pakistan in the month of March and April. Now we are importing it from them (Pakistan),” Rajdeep Uppal, the MD of a leading Amritsar trading company Narain Exim said.<br /><br />Uppal said as far as his company is concerned, it imported 100 Metric Tonne (MT) of onion today at a rate of USD 400 per MT .<br /><br />He said it would import 500 MT of onion in coming days from Sindh provision in Pakistan.<br /><br />Notably, onion prices in the country have doubled to Rs. 60-70 per kg in retail markets owing to low supply of crop from Maharashtra, Gujarat and southern states.<br /><br />India and Pakistan agreed to commence truck movement from Attari Check post in Oct 2007 after a gap of sixty years to boost bilateral trade.<br /><br />India mainly imports dry fruits from Pakistan and exports perishable commodities like onion, potato, tomato, garlic, livestock, cotton and maize through road route.</p>
<p>As many as 13 truck loads (5 to 15 tonne per truck) of onion have arrived from Pakistan, a senior official of Customs department in Amritsar told PTI without quantifying the total import consignment.<br /><br />“About five (Indian) importers have brought in onion from Lahore today for supply in the markets of Ludhiana,Amritsar, Jalandhar in Punjab and Delhi,” the official said.<br /><br />The landed cost of onion from Pakistan stood at Rs. 18-20 per kg, he said adding this included custom duty, cess, transportation and handling charges.<br /><br />According to importers, it was for the first time in this year, onions are being imported from Pakistan.<br /><br />“We this year exported onion to Pakistan in the month of March and April. Now we are importing it from them (Pakistan),” Rajdeep Uppal, the MD of a leading Amritsar trading company Narain Exim said.<br /><br />Uppal said as far as his company is concerned, it imported 100 Metric Tonne (MT) of onion today at a rate of USD 400 per MT .<br /><br />He said it would import 500 MT of onion in coming days from Sindh provision in Pakistan.<br /><br />Notably, onion prices in the country have doubled to Rs. 60-70 per kg in retail markets owing to low supply of crop from Maharashtra, Gujarat and southern states.<br /><br />India and Pakistan agreed to commence truck movement from Attari Check post in Oct 2007 after a gap of sixty years to boost bilateral trade.<br /><br />India mainly imports dry fruits from Pakistan and exports perishable commodities like onion, potato, tomato, garlic, livestock, cotton and maize through road route.</p>