A lawmaker is pressing for an all-out crackdown against big-time smugglers of agricultural products who are distorting market prices and hurting local farmers.
Over the weekend, Senator Win Gatchalian enjoined concerned agencies to track down smuggling syndicates to shield local farmers from “unwarranted competition.”
“Kaliwa’t kanan ang mga nakukumpiskang produktong smuggled pero wala pang nahuhuling malaking isda. Dapat masawata ang mismong mga ‘big fish’ upang mahinto o mabawasan na ang iligal na pag-aangkat ng mga produkto,” the senator said in a statement. Gatchalian said “prices of various farm products have gone up considerably due in part to rampant smuggling of agricultural products that have rendered local farm output practically uncompetitive, which, in turn, undermines the productivity of local farmers.”
Citing data from the Department of Agriculture included in a report provided to Senate probers, Gatchalian said about P667.5 million worth of agriculture and fishery products were smuggled into the country even as the Bureau of Customs conducted 542 seizure cases involving P1.99 billion worth of agricultural products between 2019 and 2022.
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