Mainland China has suspended the import of Taiwanese pineapples (called pineapples in Taiwan) since March. Recently, many Taiwanese traders have targeted Japan in search of sales. However, according to a report by Taiwan media "Central News Agency" on the 5th, Lin Jiarong, director of the International Division of the "Executive Yuan Committee on Agriculture", said on the same day that it has recently been discovered that there is price competition for Taiwanese pineapples sold to Japan. In addition, Taiwanese media broke the news that due to the impact of the mainland’s tightened quarantine, the purchase price of other fruits in Taiwan has plummeted in recent days, causing panic among the public.
reported that a trader told reporters that each box of 10 kilograms of pineapples sold in Taiwan to Japan currently sells for NT$290-300 (approximately NT$67-70). After deducting the carton fee and labor fee, the price per kilogram is NT$13. However, the average price in the past two years has been NT$21 per kilogram, which is equivalent to a 40% discount.
Lin Jiarong confirmed in an interview with a reporter from the "Central News Agency" that this situation does occur in the production area. He has held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures and asked the relevant departments to send a letter to inform practitioners "not to engage in vicious price-cutting competition." Otherwise, incentives for exporting pineapples may not be issued. gold.
According to reports from the "Central News Agency" and China Times News Network on the 5th, some people on the island said that the mainland has recently strengthened the quarantine of other Taiwanese fruits. The original random inspections have become box inspections, and a large number of pineapple and sugar apples are suspected to be stuck in the container. customs. Taitung Farmers in the pineapple sugar apple production area said that the purchase price dropped by more than 20%.
Xu Jiahao, director of the Agriculture Department of the Taitung County Government, urgently denied on the 5th that Taitung pineapple sugar apples are mainly exported to mainland China. Affected by the new crown epidemic and the end of the Lunar New Year, market demand is not as high as it was last year, and the price drop is a natural fluctuation. , unlike the price collapse claimed by the media. According to reports, 90% of Taitung's pineapple custard apples are sold to mainland China.
Source: Global Times-Global Network/Shao Yijia
Source: Global Times
