However, the Department of Agriculture said it was not considering allowing the importation of the commodity because there was still enough supply. READ:
“It will be challenging for us to enforce the SRP because if we do so, no vendor will be selling because their is high,” he added.
He said thousands of hectares remained unplanted due to the high cost of production and the onion farmers were worried since they “do not know when the prices will plummet, when the next typhoon is going to come.” “Our onion farmers are not complaining certainly, but are wary because they are being used to justify the high retail prices of onions,” said Sinag executive director Jayson Cainglet.
Estoperez said the DA was concerned about granting importation permits when smuggled onions might be “just around” being concealed, and worse, some traders might continue to import all the way up to the harvest season.
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