Halcon, a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Container Corporation of India (Concor), has exported 51,300 tonne of onions between April 1 and June 25, 2020.
The Centre had banned onion exports between September 29, 2019 and March 14, 2020 owing to scarcity of the produce in the domestic market. Though the ban was lifted on March 15, onion exports were again affected due to the lockdown.
“This overall led to drop in the onion export during last financial year.
Source: The Times of India
