President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday said the government had no choice but to import thousands of tons of onions to bring down local prices, given the gap between local production and demand. READ:
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday said the government had no choice but to import thousands of tons of onions to bring down local prices, given the gap between local production and demand.President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. answers questions from members of the Philippine media Sunday afternoon on board Philippine Airlines flight PR 001 bound for Davos, Switzerland, where the Chief Executive will attend the World Economic Forum.
But the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Philippines warned the Marcos government that plans to bring in imported onion may backfire, as the local harvest has been trickling in this month onward to the full harvest season by February to May. Senator Cynthia A. Villar also asked the Bureau of Customs to throw identified smugglers of agricultural products in jail, as senators scored the bureau for arresting 10 flight attendants of Philippine Airlines for bringing into the country onions from Dubai and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
The planned importation is expected to subdue prices, which have peaked at P750 per kilogram in select supermarkets and groceries, and at P700/kg in wet markets. “Meanwhile, the Philippines has no scheduled or notified exception for a quota or quantitative restriction on onions in the WTO. Regardless of the limited volume and tight window of opportunity to apply for import permits, several other conditions also apply and reduce the likelihood that the quota will be realized or achieve its intended result of providing price relief to consumers,” FAS said.
Villar also mentioned other contraband lords in the ports of Subic and Batangas who have been bribing Customs personnel so they can operate with impunity. Senator Raffy Tulfo also castigated the BOC for shaming the airline crew but failing to put big-time smugglers behind bars. The crew members will be charged with violating the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act and the Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978.
During the period October 2021 to September 2022, the Netherlands accounted for 48 percent of imports, followed by China at 30 percent and India at 22 percent, the USDA-FAS said.
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