The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday that 1,200 metric tons (MT) of imported onions have arrived in the Philippines, five days before a Jan. 27 deadline to bring in emergency shipments intended to stabilize prices. READ:
THE Department of Agriculture said on Monday that 1,200 metric tons of imported onions have arrived in the Philippines, five days before a Jan. 27 deadline to bring in emergency shipments intended to stabilize prices.
Mr. Estoperez said in total, shipments amounting to 5,000 MT are expected to arrive in the country within this week, in time to beat the Jan. 27 deadline. The Jan. 27 deadline was set to avoid disrupting the domestic onion harvest, a shipping window which US Department of Agriculture analysts said was too tight.
“As of today, these onions are not in the market yet; they have to be cleared first by the BPI,” Mr. Estoperez said.“We have to put a price cap on the imports, but we have to ensure that it is not lower the cost of production or else this will hurt our farmers,” Mr. Estoperez said.
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