Onion

QUALITY STANDARDS FOR EXPORTS :- The bulbs selected for export should be reasonably uniform in shape, size, colour and pungency. They should be mature, solid, reasonably firm with tough clinging skin, thoroughly cured and dried outer scales free from dirt and other foreign material. Defective, diseased, damaged bulbs caused by seed stem, tops, roots, moisture, dry sunscald, sun burn, sprouting, mechanical or other injuries and staining, free from moulds, soft rot and insect attack should not be used for export. The trained labourer are thus required for grading and packing of onions for exports.

PACKAGING :- The packing size for export varies from 3 to 40 kg depending on requirement of onion by importing country. Jute bags and Plastic Leno Bags are used for Onion Packaging meant for export markets. All the onions sorted and packed in India are done manually and it is a highly labour intensive process.

Indian Onion