The DTI is in talks with the DA on ways to address the high price of red onions in markets, including how to enforce the government’s suggested retail price. | AldenMonzonINQ santostinaINQ /PDI
On Dec. 29, the DA issued an order setting the price of red onions in Metro Manila wet markets at P250 per kilo until the first week of January in response to its continuously rising price.
With onion prices remaining high, the Bureau of Customs has continued to deal with agricultural smuggling as it intercepted P17 million worth of yellow onions found in between sacks of “ukay-ukay” valued at P2 million during a spot check of three containers from China on Dec. 23. Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, in a statement, said that aside from the shipments that were issued alert orders, seven other containers consigned to SB Express Logistics and Business Solution Inc. were put on hold.
Ruiz lamented that while many small business owners were paying the correct fees to bring in used clothing legally, unscrupulous groups were bringing in millions of pesos worth of the same items without going through the proper process.Customs Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Juvymax Uy said that the BOC’s operations against agricultural smuggling were being done in coordination with the DA.
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