Imported red onions, estimated to be worth P20 million, meanwhile were recently seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and its intelligence branch at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) sub-port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. READ:
A resolution has been filed seeking a Senate investigation into the increasing market prices of local onions.
She cited Administrative Circular No. 09 issued by the Department of Agriculture last October 7 which sets the suggested retail price for red onions at P170 per kilogram in Metro Manila, GMA News reported. Further, she cited a news article dated November 30 where Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura president Rosendo So has warned that the retail prices of onions could reach P400 per kilo due to shortage, GMA News further reported. She quoted So as claiming that some DA officials were allegedly conniving with traders to manipulate the supply of onions.
“Examination of Alerted Shipment consigned to Asterzenmed Inc. with Bill of Lading nos. SITTARCD1460239 and SITTARCD145254 with container numbers TLLU1127887 and OTPU6548034 declared as Bread and Pastries found positive to contain undeclared onions,” a report from the CIIS said. BOC-10 said District Collector Alexandra Lumontad has issued a pre-lodgement control order against the imported cargo following a joint request from the CIIS and the Customs’ Enforcement and Security Service.
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