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coreywindom t1_j5x9sf9 wrote

How do they smuggle them? In their butts?

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macross1984 t1_j5xaexm wrote

Surprising onion is now an item of luxury in Philippines.

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Pandabum1 t1_j5xdaq2 wrote

Food, rent, heat. Pretty soon sunlight will be marketed as a luxury item.

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gizmo78 t1_j5xds75 wrote

Rejected gag headline from The Onion.

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Octavus t1_j5xkomo wrote

America and the Philippines need to exchange eggs for onions.

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definitelynotaiko t1_j5xlaa2 wrote

For comparison, the cost of rice, fish, chicken, pork, beef and onion per kilo here are around $1, $2, $4, $6, $8 and $16 respectively

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CatProgrammer t1_j5xnfve wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,501,606)

A lot of countries regulate their food imports for protectionist, quality, and health reasons, so if prices are high sneaking them into the country to avoid tariffs and other restrictions becomes a viable trade route.

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djkhan23 t1_j5xo83e wrote

What did they do with the seized onions?

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GrizzledFart t1_j5xsvym wrote

> The prospect of imported goods is also a new threat, say farmers’ groups.

> The Department of Agriculture has told local media there will be limits on imports to minimise the impact on local farmers

Limits on imports of a food product and subsequent shortage of that food product - is that how that supply and demand thing works?

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Antony-007 t1_j5xxttg wrote

Damn these onions, always makes you cry

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propanezizek t1_j5y0ctb wrote

It's really nice that they don't import onions from abroad so our onions remain affordable for us.

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mad_cheese_hattwe t1_j5y5q72 wrote

If people are smuggling basic food staples its probably time to rethink your import controls.

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BonersMalone69 t1_j5y5ssl wrote

That’s crazy. Someone’s going to get a rotten onion they paid a lot for, and come back at the dealer.

A black market onion dealer may get killed over business selling onions. What a world it is

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Encartrus t1_j5y9ffq wrote

Replying to GrizzledFart (#1,502,170)

When you have a short-term crisis, this can be the better option for the long run. If local growers can't compete, they won't be able to normalize prices down to a point where domestic production solves the shortage, and you'll lose that farming sector entirely. Then you'll forever be at the mercy of international markets for food surety, which is typically bad (as we've seen with grain in MENA recently due to the Ukraine conflict).

Subsidizing local food is generally a security issue, not a market driven one.

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thatrandomtrooper t1_j5yh5cq wrote

Ah. So first they seize the land of any Filipino with dual citizenship without compensation. Now onions are a luxury? Can’t wait to see what the Marcos do next…

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Resident-Nerve-6141 t1_j5yhlmo wrote

The Philippine president assigned himself as the agriculture secretary of the country. After that happened, the price of sugar, rice, onions, eggs increased.

Who is the president? He is the son of the Guiness World Record in corruption Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

How did he get elected? Through years of distorting facts by employing troll farms to trick the uneducated masses into thinking their family did not steal billions, while simultaneously blaming the honest politicians with lies to promote a country whose population is divided into "them" vs "us".

This is what happens if you do not have net neutrality. Facebook was free to the masses in the Philippines, and Marcoses employed troll farms spreading misinformation through Facebook. Cambridge Analytica was approached by Bongbong Marcos, the current president, years before the election, into how to rebrand the family name, and they came up with spreading misinformation about facts and painting the honest politicians into villains based on lies.

America should keep a tight watch on Facebook. The Philippines was the unfortunate trial run. And now the country will spiral into continuous hellhole just because Facebook was "free" to the masses.

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JubalHarshaw23 t1_j5zg4yg wrote

Maybe don't elect the incompetent son of your worst dictator as "President".

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DialaDuck t1_j60k9dy wrote

The local governor distributes them. He allows each family to have one onion per month and tells them that's shallot. 😉 😜 😘

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chickenyogurt t1_j60tmlu wrote

Every good filipino recipe starts with onions and garlic. It is basically a disaster!

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Divinate_ME t1_j60yuz0 wrote

Aren't onions one of the cheapest vegetables on the global market? What the fuck?

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obi8won t1_j61grlc wrote

Long live the onion knight ..sir davos

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cheese_sticks t1_j62fqrh wrote

Replying to GrizzledFart (#1,502,170)

Due to a bad harvest, experts warned that there would be an onion shortage a few months ago, but the government did not allow importation. And then, just when the next crop is almost due, that's when they give the green light to importers. Local farmers will not be able to compete against cheap imports.

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