President Marcos is looking at “some very good ideas,” including the digitalization of the BOC to curb rampant smuggling, one of the culprits behind spiraling prices of onions and other agricultural products in the Philippines. | Philbizwatcher /PDI
“So we have to really look into that, and we have some very good ideas,” Marcos told journalists aboard the presidential plane en route to Switzerland on Sunday.
“We see what the other people are doing in other countries, and we can use some of the strategies that they are using. I think the digitalization of the Bureau of Customs is going to be an important, important part of that.”“We have to go back to the sugar industry. We have to go back to the onion growers and help them,” he said.
At present, he noted that the Philippines was dependent on imports because of shortfalls in production, which made it especially difficult during the pandemic. “It’s the same thing, like now. When we lost supply from abroad or when we take supplies from abroad, the inflationary forces overseas we also bring to the Philippines,” he said.“So we’ll have to bring that down for the rest of the year. And I think it will come down,” he said.
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