Onion export price today: India, Dubai and Oman

Latest published Nashik buying range: ₹39–44 per kg. This is the India buying rate, not the final FOB price. Compare CIF estimates by destination below.

AL NOOR EXIM has reduced its published India working range by ₹6 per kg and listed CIF prices by $60 per tonne compared with the previous update. These are indicative rates; confirm a firm quote before booking.

No. It is a working range for export-grade Nashik red onion. WhatsApp AL NOOR EXIM on +91 98981 16829 with your size grade, quantity and port for a firm FOB or CIF quote, with availability and quote validity confirmed in writing.

Send the destination port and shipment week. We confirm the available sailing, direct or transshipment route, freight and applicable surcharges before issuing a quotation. Do not assume that a published port rate includes inland delivery.

Approximate sea transit from Nhava Sheva (Mumbai): Fujairah / Khor Fakkan 5–7 days, Shuwaikh transhipped via UAE, Sohar / Salalah 4–6 days, Colombo 3–4 days, Hamad transhipped via UAE, Khalifa Bin Salman transhipped via UAE, Jeddah 8–10 days, Port Klang 7–10 days. Add 2–3 days for loading and documents.

CIF = the onion rate in India + grading and mesh-bag packing + transport to Nhava Sheva + port handling + reefer sea freight and insurance to your port. It does not include duty or clearing at destination.

Yes. From November to March the fresh kharif crop comes from the Pune belt (Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed and Shirur, traded at Manchar and Chakan), when stored Nashik rabi stock is thinnest and dearest. Pune kharif onion is milder and thinner-skinned with a 3 to 4 week shelf life; Nashik stored rabi keeps 45 to 60 days. Season calendar and full specification at alnoorexim.com/pune-onion.php.

The latest published export-grade Nashik buying range is ₹39–44 per kg. Check the source observation date and any carry-forward notice above. This is the rate for graded, cured bulbs sorted by size (45 mm and above for Gulf loads) bought at the Nashik-district mandis: Lasalgaon, Pimpalgaon and Chandwad. A mandi modal price describes a different lot mix and should not be treated as a packed export quotation.

A 40ft reefer takes about 28 tonnes of red onion in 25 kg mesh bags. At today's rate the onions alone come to about $12,992–14,672 per container before grading, packing, inland transport and sea freight. Indicative CIF per container at the listed rates: UAE (Dubai) about $21,980; Oman about $20,860; Sri Lanka about $20,076. WhatsApp +91 98981 16829 for a firm 40ft quote to your port, with its validity stated in writing.

Our latest listed CIF estimate into the UAE is $785 per tonne for export-grade Indian red onion delivered to Fujairah / Khor Fakkan, which is about $0.79 per kg on a CIF basis, before destination clearance and inland delivery. This is not a Dubai retail price. Destination duties, clearance and warehouse delivery are additional. Transit from Nhava Sheva is 5–7 days. One 40ft reefer carries about 28 tonnes.

Our latest listed CIF estimate into Oman is $745 per tonne for export-grade Indian red onion delivered to Sohar / Salalah. Transit from Nhava Sheva is 4–6 days. Oman requires palletised cargo on some lanes, so tell us your discharge port when you ask for a quote.

Kuwait (Shuwaikh) is quoted on request. Send the onion grade, bag weight, quantity and shipment week. We confirm the available route, any transshipment and current freight before issuing a CIF quote. The price for a UAE discharge port is not a delivered Kuwait price.

Both. FOB is from Nhava Sheva (Mumbai). CIF is quoted to your discharge port and includes sea freight and insurance. The prices shown on this page are CIF per tonne, and the India figure is our export-grade buying rate per kg at Nashik.