China: The first anniversary of the ban on sales of pineapples in Taiwan, Japan has become the largest buyer

Published 2022년 3월 3일

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The General Administration of Customs has banned the import of Taiwanese pineapples to China for the next year, effectively stopping over 97% of Taiwan's pineapple exports. This ban has significantly impacted Taiwan, as China was its largest market. However, Taiwan has found new markets in Japan, which has become its largest buyer in 2021 and is expected to remain so in 2022. The total export volume of pineapples from Taiwan to Japan reached 1,832 tons in 2021, with projections of reaching 30,000 tons in 2022. Taiwan's pineapple cultivation area for 2022 remains unchanged from the previous year at 7,522 hectares, and it also successfully exported pineapples to Kuwait for the first time.

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As of March 1 this year, the General Administration of Customs has suspended the import of pineapples from Taiwan to the mainland for the entire one-year anniversary. The export sales of Taiwanese pineapples once exceeded 50,000 tons, and more than 97% were sold to the mainland market. After the customs suspended imports, Taiwan's pineapple exports dropped sharply. Replaced the mainland as the largest buyer. According to the "Taipei Times" report, Taiwan's "Chairman of the Agriculture Committee" Chen Jizhong said that it is expected that Taiwan's pineapple exports may reach 30,000 tons in 2022, most of which are exported to Japan. Chen Jizhong pointed out that Japan will import 18,000 tons of pineapples from Taiwan in 2021. This year, the total export volume of pineapples from Taiwan has reached 1,832 tons, of which 1,742 tons were shipped to Japan. At the same time, Taiwan exported 2 tons of pineapples to Kuwait, which is also the first time Taiwan has exported pineapples to the ...

Source: Guojiguoshu