Senator Francis Tolentino called out the Department of Agriculture for allowing the importation of 45,000 metric tons of galunggong despite earlier assurance of sufficient stock. Read:
Tolentino was referring to Dar’s statement during a Senate hearing on DA’s proposed national budget last November 13.
“Prior to the importation, as of November 27, 2019, the retail price of round scad or galunggong is P220 pero after the importation, P320 na ang retail price. Nagmahal pa ang presyo ,” he said. “How could you say that we need to import galunggong in the first place if we don’t know how much is our total allowable catch or maximum sustainable yield, as required by law?” he said
Responding to Tolentino’s queries, Dar said the importation of round scad was recommended by a group of stakeholders within BFAR.“The importation is borne out that there is increasing tightness of the supply as we come towards the last quarter,” he said.“If we just have to compare yung importation natin po sa previous years, it’s always 120,000 to 150,000 in previous years, so this time around 45,000 lang yung nirekomenda po ng committee na ‘yan which I approved,” he said.
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