Taitung Custard Apple’s export value exceeded NT$1 billion, setting a record high. (Picture source: Taiwan's "China Times")
China Taiwan Network April 24 news According to Taiwan's "China Times", "goods go out, money comes in"! Taitung custard apple has always been the favorite Taiwanese fruit among the mainland people. After Rao Qingling, the Kuomintang county magistrate of Taitung, took office, he continued to strengthen marketing. On the 23rd, Rao Qingling announced that as of the end of March, the total export value of custard apple this year had exceeded 10 billion (NT$, the same below), nearly 12,000 tons, 98% of which are sold to the mainland market. Its total sales volume and amount are the highest in history, which can be said to have set a new record.
According to reports, the Agriculture Department of the Taitung County Government stated that October to April of the next year is the production and sales season for custard apples. According to the export statistics of the Customs Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of the Taiwan authorities, the total sales of Taitung Custard Apple in April 2016 was 910 million yuan, 480 million yuan in 2017, and 870 million yuan in 2018, of which exports in 2017 The sharp drop in the amount is due to the raging super typhoon Nibert , which hit Taitung hard and affected the custard apple harvest.
Rao Qingling said that when he ran for the election last year, he promised the people of Taitung that "Taitung will definitely win if Qingling is elected as county magistrate." He also promised that Taitung's sugar apple export sales will continue to grow. Moreover, after taking office, he immediately went to the mainland to win orders for sugar apples and strengthen urban marketing. In addition to working hard to fight for the market, coupled with last year's good weather and a bumper harvest of custard apples, as of the end of March this year, Taitung's fresh custard apple exports totaled more than 11,850 tons, with total sales exceeding 1 billion, with sales from the mainland accounting for 98%.
Taitung County Office of Agriculture stated that custard apple has always been the most proud agricultural product of Taitung farmers. It is loved by domestic and foreign markets and is one of the most important economic fruit trees in Taitung County. Thank you to Taitung County Various farmers' associations have been assisting farmers to grow the best quality sugar apples and work together to achieve green gold economics. (China Taiwan Net Wang Yiran)
Original title: "Record!" Taitung Custard Apple exports exceeded NT$1 billion, 98% of which were sold to mainland China》
