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Nicola Smith
Wed, 11 January 2023 at 10:06 pm SGT


Onions have become such a hot commodity in the Philippines amid sky-rocketing prices that they are now being smuggled into the country, customs officials have warned.

A price surge sparked by a spate of super typhoons that damaged crops last year has made the dietary staple for nearly every Filipino dish more expensive than beef and chicken.

Some economists believe the South East Asian country now has the world’s highest domestic onion prices.

Statistics from the department of agriculture showed that red and white onions were selling for as much as US$11 per kilogramme on Monday, compared to US$4 per kg for chicken, CNN reported.


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