The Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) at Lasalgaon is said to be the biggest wholesale onion market in India.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs announced that the government has granted permission for the export of 99,150 metric tonnes of onions to six countries including Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka.

The announcement, made late on Friday, caught many traders off guard. "The extension is surprising and completely unnecessary, considering the falling prices with rising supplies from the new season crop," commented an executive at a Mumbai-based export firm.