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Imported onions go for sale at the Pasig City Mega Market on January 25, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Imported Onions in Market

Jervis Manahan

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172483334313220230125-onions-market-MD-17.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Imported onions go for sale at the Pasig City Mega Market on January 25, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Imported onions go for sale at the Pasig City Mega Market on January 25, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture has approved the importation of 16,000 metric tons of white onions due to its dwindling supply in the country.Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr confirmed that he has approved the order last Monday.&quot;Ang stocks natin [ng white onion] sa bansa ay depleted na. But marami pa tayong red onion. Ang red onion natin is good until March of next year. So, limited quantity lang ito ng white onion na ini-import para lang to stabilize prices of white onions,&quot; Tiu Laurel said.(Our stocks of white onions have been depleted, but we have a lot of red onions good until March 2025. We will import a limited quantity  of white onions just so we can stabilize the price.)Tiu Laurel said the DA timed the importation so it won&#x27;t coincide with the harvest of local onions by early next year.&quot;Dapat magparating yun by end of December para hindi maapektuhan yung ating mga farmers sa harvest season nila. I think by end of this week or early next week, papasok na yun in limited quantity,&quot; Tiu Laurel added.(The imports must arrive by December so it won&#x27;t affect farmers during the harvest season. I think it will start arriving in limited quantities by the end of this week.)&quot;By batches ang ginagawa ko para hindi rin ma-flood yung market at hindi ma-affect yung mga existing stocks ng red din,&quot; he said.(We imported by batches so it doesn&#x27;t flood our markets.)Last Monday, the Agriculture department seized a cold storage of smuggled white onions in Navotas, saying these did not have proper documents.In <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/07/23/inflation-quickens-to-87-percent-in-january-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/07/23/inflation-quickens-to-87-percent-in-january-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">early 2023</a>, the price of onions soared to as high as P600 per kilo allegedly due to a shortage.

The Department of Agriculture has approved the importation of 16,000 metric tons of white onions due to its dwindling supply in the country.

The Department of Agriculture has approved the importation of 16,000 metric tons of white onions due to its dwindling supply in the country.

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Agri dept OKs importing 16,000 tons of white onions

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Aug 28, 2024 04:56 PM PHT

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