Violent protest of traders against Chinese garlic, auction in the yard closed today

Among the tons of Chinese garlic dumped in Gujarat, some gondal came: Big size Chinese garlic will break the Indian market in the competition, farmers are also afraid of not getting enough prices of garlic: In Saurashtra, the price of garlic is two and a half times higher than last year, per maund in a month Rs. 2500- 3400 increased to Rs. 3500-5100

Rajkot, : The import of Chinese garlic has been banned in India for a decade, but the traders and farmers of Saurashtra are outraged as Chinese garlic is sold four-five times in Gondal. The traders association of Rajkot yard has announced that the garlic auction found in Gondal is likely to be among the big containers smuggled from China and the government should conduct a thorough investigation and stop the import, and protest by stopping the auction of garlic in the yards of Saurashtra including Rajkot tomorrow.

Questions have also been raised as to who brought 750 kg of Chinese garlic to the Gondal yard, which is chaired by a BJP leader despite the ban from the Centre, and why the yard authorities allowed it. There have been rumors of Chinese garlic being caught in Upaleta's godown. Traders suspect that tons of garlic has been dumped into India from other countries via China, ignoring India's ban.

According to Rajkot Yard Commission Agent Assoc., Chinese garlic is large in size but its taste and quality are poor, so India's garlic is in demand worldwide. It is feared that this garlic was dumped in India via Afghanistan from China. In order to wake up the government system, the traders of Saurashtra will protest tomorrow by keeping the auction of garlic in the yard completely closed and also in other garlic cooking yards of the country.

On the other hand, the yard price of garlic in September last year was Rs. It was between 1400 and 2200. In the current year 2024 last dt. Till 9th ​​August Rs. 2500 to 3400 were available and dt. There has been a boom since August 10. Rs. Garlic reached 4400 on the previous date. 22 Aug Maximum Rs. 5500 today after reaching Rs. Prices range from 3500 to 5100. Which is two and a half times higher than last year. It is worth mentioning that more than 2 lakh tonnes of garlic is produced in Gujarat every year. Farmers are getting very good prices for garlic this year in the market yards of Saurashtra and there is a danger of market collapse if Chinese goods start coming in large-scale dumping.