Onion prices refuse to drop despite imports from China

Wholesalers at the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Market are charging Rs130 per kg for Chinese onions and Rs135 per kg for the Indian product.

Nepali traders are sourcing onions from China as India continues to bar exports of the staple vegetable, but there is no respite for consumers as they still have to pay five times more than usual for the product, whether imported legally from the north or smuggled in from the south.