Smuggled onions from India might soon flood the local market, prompting officials to seek help from the BOC to check all incoming shipments declared as agricultural products.
The average annual local onion production is 130,452 metric tons while the average import is 28,986 MT.
InvestigationVergara wrote Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on July 3, asking the BOC to investigate reports of onion smuggling to safeguard the local onion industry from threats of illegal importation.
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