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Onions are so expensive in the Philippines they’re being smuggled into the country


From salads to stews, the humble onion is a key ingredient in nearly every Filipino dish. But now, the vegetable costs almost three times more than chicken in the Philippines.


Red and white onions were selling for as much as 600 Philippine pesos ($11) per kilogram (2.2 lbs) on Monday, compared to 220 pesos ($4) per kilogram for chicken, according to the country’s Department of Agriculture.


Even beef brisket is 30% cheaper than onions by weight as the price of a kilogram of the allium has soared higher than the daily minimum wage.


Joey Salceda, resident economist at the Philippine House of Representatives, lamented Sunday that the country now has the “world’s most expensive domestic onion prices,” while Filipinos have flooded social media to complain about the sky-high prices.


The price surge comes after a spate of super typhoons hit the Philippines last year, damaging tens of billions of pesos worth of crops.

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domestic [də'mestik]

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adj. 国内的,家庭的,驯养的
n. 家仆,

 
social ['səuʃəl]

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adj. 社会的,社交的
n. 社交聚会

 
surge [sə:dʒ]

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n. 汹涌,澎湃
v. 汹涌,涌起,暴涨

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humble ['hʌmbl]

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adj. 卑下的,谦逊的,粗陋的
vt. 使

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complain [kəm'plein]

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vi. 抱怨,悲叹,控诉

 
ingredient [in'gri:diənt]

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n. 成分,原料,配料,因素

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spate [speit]

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n. 泛滥,洪水,突然的一阵

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