Indian Onions Prominent in Southeast Asia

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India is the second-largest onion-growing country globally, with the country’s onions famous for their pungency and available all year round. In addition, Indian red onions are well known for their color, taste, and nutritional value. Greenland Fresco is a leading agricultural exporter in India and has been exporting onions to most Asian countries, including the Middle East and Southeast Asia. As a reputable onion supplier from India, Greenland Fresco strives hard to meet all the international standards of quality & product handling procedures.

Regulating the Quality of Onions

Greenland Fresco works directly with leading Indian farmers in Nasik to ensure reliable and high-quality sourcing at the most competitive prices and is well connected with Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO). The company prefers to procure conventionally cultivated onions that are free from health-hazardous pesticides, as well as keeping hygiene and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) a priority.

The global onion market is quality-sensitive, with different importing countries preferring specific quality markers. According to Greenland Fresco, some Southeast Asian markets such as Vietnam prefer smaller onions and Malaysia medium sizes while the case is different in Europe where large onions are high in demand. As a result, the company sources different sizes of onions to meet the specifications of each market.

Outlook for Indian onions

The onion crop undergoes three sowing seasons, Kharif (planted between July-August and harvested in October-December); late Kharif (planted between October-November and harvested in January-March); and Rabi (planted between December-January and harvested in March-May). Following the lifting of the onion export ban on January 1, 2021, demand has been slower to recover due to higher-than-average prices.

According to the Indian Ministry of Agriculture, however, there will be an increase in the Kharif onion area in non-traditional states. Five non-traditional onion growing states are set to increase the onion area in the Kharif season of 2021 to 51K hectares from 41K hectares in 2020. This will help boost supply and, in turn, potentially lower Indian onion prices towards the end of the year.