Sri Lankan growers happy with import duty on onions

Growers and producer organizations in Sri Lanka have expressed their satisfaction with the government's decision to increase the import duty on large onions. Kamalasiri Subasinghe, representative of a producer association, thanked Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage for solving this lingering issue. He said that a kilo of large, imported onions is sold on the open market for €0.25 to €0.34. Dailynews.lk quoted him as saying: "We invest about €0.38 per kilo in the cultivation of the onions and growers sell the onions for €0.36. Many growers have even pawned their jewelry to grow onions. " The ...