DA extends ban on onion importation until August

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172101596614220220818-red-onions-divisoria-GC-7.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Workers unload bags of red onions inside a storage area in Divisoria market in Manila on August 18, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Workers unload bags of red onions inside a storage area in Divisoria market in Manila on August 18, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Agriculture on Monday announced that it would extend the ban on the importation of red onions until August.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/19/24/onion-imports-suspended-as-supplies-sufficient" id="isPasted">• Agri dept suspends onion imports until May as supplies &#x27;sufficient&#x27;</a> </div><p>&quot;Hindi [talaga kailangan] mag-import ng onions, so I guess we would be extending (the ban) on a monthly basis,&quot; <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.</span></p><p>The importation ban was set last January and scheduled to end this month as the DA projected sufficient local supply.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/20/24/farmers-group-welcomes-suspension-of-onion-importation">• Farmers&#x27; group welcomes suspension of onion importation</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>—Report from Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oAqGEv3jyIw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p><i>The Department of Agriculture on Monday announced that it would extend the ban on the importation of red onions until August.</i></p>

The Department of Agriculture on Monday announced that it would extend the ban on the importation of red onions until August.

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DA extends ban on onion importation until August

DA extends ban on onion importation until August

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Published Jul 15, 2024 12:39 PM PHT

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