{"id":6770,"date":"2023-08-27T13:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2023-08-27T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T08:50:20","slug":"onion-shortage-in-india-drives-prices-up-mvr-5-kg-in-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6770","title":{"rendered":"Onion shortage in India; drives prices up MVR 5\/kg in Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Onion supply from India has shown a significant decline over the past weeks, which had impacted the price of the item in the Maldivian market.<\/p>\n<p>A few days back, 25kg sack of onions had a going rate of MVR 225, but the price had since surged to MVR 350; indicating an increment of MVR 5 per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors and retail traders alike echoed that the drastic price hike was due to the shortage of supply of onions in India.<\/p>\n<p>To address this shortage, Indian government has already implemented substantial increase in onion export duties, raising them by 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Maldives Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail said the surge in onion prices within the Maldives is not linked to the escalated export duty. 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