PhotosPhilippines: Benguet farmers alarmed over smuggled vegetables
Imported produce feared sold in Metro Manila
The volume of vegetables supplied at the trading post here has gone back to normal but farmers and traders fear that imported vegetables have penetrated Metro Manila's public markets.
Officials of the Benguet Truckers and Traders Association (BTTA) and the Benguet Farmers Federation Inc. (BFFI) have expressed alarm over the P16 million worth of smuggled carrots and potatoes from China that the Bureau of Customs (BoC) intercepted before the All Saints' Day break.
Traders said they also saw imported vegetables being sold in Manila's Divisoria market.
Members of a task force monitoring supply in Metro Manila informed local officials and farmers here about the confiscation of the imported vegetables. Local traders and farmers thought that the seized goods could just be the start of large-scale smuggling timed for the Christmas holidays.
Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
Imported produce feared sold in Metro Manila
The volume of vegetables supplied at the trading post here has gone back to normal but farmers and traders fear that imported vegetables have penetrated Metro Manila's public markets.
Officials of the Benguet Truckers and Traders Association (BTTA) and the Benguet Farmers Federation Inc. (BFFI) have expressed alarm over the P16 million worth of smuggled carrots and potatoes from China that the Bureau of Customs (BoC) intercepted before the All Saints' Day break.
Traders said they also saw imported vegetables being sold in Manila's Divisoria market.
Members of a task force monitoring supply in Metro Manila informed local officials and farmers here about the confiscation of the imported vegetables. Local traders and farmers thought that the seized goods could just be the start of large-scale smuggling timed for the Christmas holidays.
Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
Publication date: 11/3/2009
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