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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9076513" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka is to get its first ship load of imported 'big' onions next  week as traders claimed they had run out of stocks Thursday after an  export ban imposed by India, the main supplier.                                The Pettah  Wholesale Traders' Association vice chairman Nihal Seneviratne said  stocks of 'big' onions, previously known as 'Bombay onions', had run out  by Thursday. India on Monday suspended exports of onions, a key food staple, after  prices of the vegetable soared, adding to the government's inflation  woes. Seneviratne said traders in Sri Lanka's main wholesale market in the  capital Colombo had enough stocks of the smaller 'red onions' grown  locally in northern Jaffna and north-western Puttalam. "There are enough stocks of red onions from Puttalam and Jaffna. There  is only one local harvest a year - the three months from August to  October." Traders had placed orders for big onions from Pakistan and the first  shipment is expected on Monday and the second ship by Friday,  Seneviratne said. "Then there will be no shortage of big onions but prices will go up.  Prices of imported onion have gone up because of the increased demand  and also some of the stocks will get spoiled during the voyage."                                                                                                       Sri Lanka usually imports 4,000-5,000 tonnes of big onions a week from India.                                <a href="http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=113090895" target="_blank">LBO</a></blockquote>

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