Covid-19: After lockdown, the Lasalgaon onion market starts functioning May 24, 2021 Maharashtra has a 33 per cent share in India’s onion production, and 80-90 per cent of Lasalgaon’s arrival are of export quality. Maharashtra has a 33 per cent share in India’s onion production, and 80-90 per cent of Lasalgaon’s arrival are of export quality.× Witness about 10,000 quintals of arrivals with an average rate of ₹1,401 per quintal. After 12 days lockdown, the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee in the Nashik district started operations on Monday and received 10,337 quintals onion for trade with an average rate of ₹1,401 per quintal. Farmer leaders and experts have appealed to farmers not to go for a panic sale of the bulb crop as it would result in a price drop. While traders say that many farmers have no storage space, the arrival of summer crops will likely to multiply in the next few days.