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Imported onions now sold in Metro Manila

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 06:42 PM

Retailers say this is good news as onions are now more affordable for consumers. Read more »

Mga magsisibuyas nababahala sa kita dahil sa imported onions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 07:49 PM

Nababahala ang mga magsisibuyas dahil parating na ang imported na sibuyas ngayong Enero. Read more »

Marcos wants 2-month sugar buffer stock to dodge shortage

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:05 AM

President Marcos said he wanted the government would maintain a 2-month buffer stock of sugar prevent another shortage of the commodity. Read more »

'World's most expensive': Cartel behind onion price spike - Salceda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 10:17 AM

Albay 1st District Representative Joey Salceda on Thursday blamed a cartel for the escalating prices of onions and other goods, saying onion prices in the Philippines are the highest in the whole world. Read more »

Philippines to import 21,060 MT of onions as prices soar

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 04:45 PM

DA Deputy Spokesperson Rex Estoperez said they considered the volume and the timing of the importation based on the expected harvests of onion growers. Read more »

Marcos: 2022 sugar import mess a 'procedural mistake'

Katrina Domingo and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 05:46 PM

A Palace probe 'absolved of any liability' several SRA officials tagged in a botched sugar importation order last year. Read more »

DA defends sugar importation order OK'd by Marcos

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 05:27 PM

This comes following the comment of former agriculture chief Leonardo Montemayor, who alleged that the impact of the decision was not fully discussed to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Read more »

DA orders immediate importation of 64,050 MT of refined sugar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:30 PM

The Department of Agriculture has ordered the fast-tracking of the importation of refined sugar to stabilize the prices of the commodity amid high inflation. Read more »

NEDA backs EO extending lower tariffs on pork, rice, corn, coal

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 09:32 PM

The board of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has endorsed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday an executive order to extend lower tariffs currently imposed on imported commodities such as pork, corn, rice, and coal, Sec. Arsenio Balisacan said Saturday. Read more »

Rice supply 'alright' Marcos says as imports 'reduced'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 05:59 PM

'Talagang binawasan natin yung importation, doon natin kinukuha sa production. So okay, I think we'll be alright,' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said about the country's rice supply. Read more »

Philippines asked to import more Cambodian rice: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 08:28 PM

Cambodia has asked the Philippines to import more Cambodian rice and look at increasing Philippine investments in the Southeast Asian country, according to Agence Kampuchea Presse. Read more »

PH warned fuel imports from Russia risk aiding Ukraine war

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 21 11:12 PM

The Philippines was warned Friday that it runs the 'risk of funding' Russia's war in Ukraine should it decide to import fuel and other key commodities from Moscow, keen on selling oil despite the Western-led economic sanctions. Read more »

Hog farmers apektado ang kita dahil sa imported pork

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 03:48 PM

Umaasa ang isang grupo ng hog raisers na makakabawi sila sa bentahan ng karneng baboy sa huling 3 buwan ng 2022. Read more »

PVL: 4 teams name imports for reinforced conference

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 10:03 PM

Four of the Premier Volleyball League teams have revealed their reinforcements for the upcoming conference of the pro league in the Philippines. Read more »

BSP sees wider current account deficit as import costs surge

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 05:12 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expecting the country's current account deficit to widen to a record high of $20.6 billion for 2022. Read more »

Broilers warning: Huge poultry imports could kill industry

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 10:08 AM

A group of poultry producers in the Philippines is urging government to reduce importation of chicken and other poultry products, saying the huge imports could kill the local industry. Read more »

China to start importing durian from PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 10:57 PM

China will soon start importing durian from the Philippines. Read more »

Peso weakens further to P57 to US dollar on Sept. 6

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 04:43 PM

The Philippine peso fell to a new all-time low against the US dollar for the third straight trading day, data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines showed. Read more »

Pilipinas, hindi kailangan mag-angkat ng maraming asukal: grupo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 12:58 PM

Hindi nangangailangan ang Pilipinas ng malaking importasyon ng asukal, ayon sa isang grupo ng sugar producers sa bansa. Read more »

Philippines to aim for high value exports: DTI

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 06:41 PM

The Philippines will aim to export higher value products apart from commodities and intermediate goods as it attempts to narrow its trade deficit, the DTI said. Read more »