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The performance and competitiveness of export of onion from India have been analyzed to find (i) instability in onion export from India, (ii) impact of trade liberalization on export of onion and (iii) export performance of onion in India. Data was collected from various published sources. Different techniques used for analysis as Coefficient of variation, growth function, nominal protection coefficient and export performance ratio. Coefficient of variation and annual compound growth rate for two periods, before (1987-1995) and after (1996-2013) the commencement of WTO have been estimate the instability in onion export from India and impact of trade liberalization on export of onion. The export performance ratio (EPR) and nominal protection coefficient (NPC) has been estimated to examine the export competitiveness of India in onion. The study has revealed that the existence of high instability in export of onion …