AN onion import ban set to expire this month will be extended to August given more than adequate domestic supply, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday.
AN onion import ban set to expire this month will be extended to August given more than adequate domestic supply, the Department of Agriculture said on Monday.'As of the moment, we don't need to import onions,' Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said, adding that 'we will extend the ban on a monthly basis ... for now until August .
'The DA chief said the situation would be monitored on a day-to-day basis and warned traders against taking advantage of the situation by delaying stock releases.'If that happens, we will immediately allow importation to stabilize prices,' the agriculture chief said.As of July 5, the country had 152,839.25 metric tons of red onions, 10,601.42 MT of yellow onions, and 63 MT of shallots, according to the DA.
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