The Philippines will, after all, import white onions as soon as possible, in a rush to head off rising retail prices and make up for supply shortfalls, the Department of Agriculture said. | jordeenelagare /PDI
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban had said the department was closely looking into the supply situation and stressed that the price spike in the edible bulb’s prices won’t be repeated.
White onions to be imported will be allowed mainly to meet the requirement of institutional buyers. Yet, Estoperez hinted at the possibility of purchasing red onions although the country still has enough supply. Eric Alvarez, part of the board of directors of a producers’ cooperative at Barangay Vega in Nueva Ecija, said the timing of the planned importation is too early.
“Now we also have to check if consumers are getting a fair price because, come August or September and we have no supply or inventory, then we really need to import. But the harvest of our farmers are already considered in our equation,” he said.
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