PH onion production

134,170 metric tons

—nationwide production volume in 2013

73,911 metric tons

—production in Central Luzon, the country’s top onion producer.

15,415 hectares

—total land area devoted to onions in 2013.

8,508 metric tons

—imports in 2013

1,622 metric tons

—exports in 2013

P28/kg

—average farm gate price of native onion (red shallot) in 2014

P35/kg

—average farm gate price of onion (red creole) in 2014

P68/kg

—average retail price of onion (red creole) in 2014

P30/kg

—average farm gate price of onion (yellow granex) in 2014

P65/kg

—average retail price of onion (yellow granex) in 2014

Compiled by Inquirer Research

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority