First shipment of 1,200 tons of imported onions arrives in the Philippines

Published 2023년 1월 26일

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The Philippines has received its first shipment of imported onions, consisting of 400 tons of yellow onions and 800 tons of red onions, as a short-term solution to address the rising prices of onions. These onions need to be cleared by the Bureau of Plant Industry before being sold in the local market. The shipment is 5.7% of the 21,060 tons the government is authorized to import before the domestic crop season, and accounts for about 24% of the 5,000 tons worth of import licenses issued by the Ministry of Agriculture.

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The first shipment of imported onions has finally arrived in the Philippines as part of the government's temporary short-term solution to curb rising onion prices. Agriculture assistant Rex Estoperez said on Monday that the 400 tons of yellow onions and 800 tons of red onions must first be cleared by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) before being released on the local market. He did not say which country these came from. However, the 1,200 tons of imported onions are only 5.7 percent of the 21,060 tons the government is allowed to source from other countries before the ...

Source: AGF