Manila, Feb. 17 -- Lower prices of onions are expected in the coming weeks with the arrival of approved imports of red and white onions, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday.

"End ng February, at least nakita natin na hindi na (we are seeing that) from PHP240 last week, ngayon, ang prevailing PHP200. And we're expecting bababa pa ito kapag pumasok na sa palengke, itong (the prevailing is PHP200. And we're expecting that the price will further drop once the imports enter the market, these) yellow and red onions," Agriculture spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in an interview.

As of Feb. 14, the prices of local red onion in Metro Manila range from PHP150 per kilogram to PHP230/kg; PHP100/kg to PHP140/kg for loca...