The Department of Agriculture has given the green light for the importation of 21,060 metric tons of onions to fill a supply gap and arrest the continuous spike in the price of the commodity in the market. Read the details here:
In a letter to Bureau of Plant Industry -licensed onion importers dated January 6, the DA said it will issue sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance for the importation of fresh yellow and fresh red onion from January 9 to January 13, 2023.The volume allowed for importation are broken down as follows:One SPSIC of 25 metric tons for yellow onions and two SPSIC for 50 metric tons for red onions will be issued equally to all licensed importers during the issuance period.
The importation is aimed “to address the supply gap prior to peak harvest in 2023 and to stabilize the continuous increase in price of fresh onions in the market.”, a fresh 14-year high. The Philippine Statistics Authority noted that onions contributed about 0.3 percentage point to the overall inflation.
The DA’s price monitoring data as of January 10 showed the price of local red and white onions in Metro Manila markets range from P420 to P600 per kilo. In a Super Radyo dzBB interview earlier in the day, DA deputy spokesperson Rex Estoperez said they reduced the proposed 22,000 metric tons to 21,060 metric tons, and requested the imported onions arrive on an earlier date.
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