Harvest to salvage thin red onion stocks

The country's current onion stocks are projected to last until this week but harvest is expected to begin soon that would lift nationwide supplies to tide over the first quarter.

- By JASPER EMMANUEL ARCALAS

Red onions stored in cold storages nationwide as of Jan. 17 were estimated at around 8,500 metric tons while yellow onion stocks stood at 1,628.4 MT, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI).

The BPI estimated that red onion supplies would only last until Feb. 1 while yellow onion stocks would be depleted within the week, based on the country's average daily consumption of the spices.

But the BPI projected that newly harvested stocks are expected to be stored this quarter.