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Taiwanese pineapples have been approved for export to New Zealand, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of Taiwan's international fruit market. This approval comes as a result of a bilateral agreement involving Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries. The agreement, which was highlighted during the 10th meeting of the sanitary and phytosanitary joint management committee under the ANZTEC trade agreement, sets forth specific cultivation, harvesting, and inspection conditions to ensure the pineapples meet New Zealand's stringent import requirements. This development, initiated in 2017, builds on the existing trade relations established by the ANZTEC trade agreement in force since December 2013.
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Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Taiwanese pineapples have been approved for export to New Zealand following the signing of a bilateral agreement between the two countries' governments Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the agreement was signed by representatives from its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration and New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries. The MOA said plans to export Taiwanese pineapples to New Zealand were first initiated in 2017. To approve exports, New Zealand required details on Taiwanese pineapples' crop cultivation, growth climate, the kinds of biological threats they are exposed to, the fruits' post-harvesting processing and related statistics, the MOA added. Under the agreement, only pineapples grown under certain management conditions may be exported to New Zealand, the MOA said. Such fruits must be harvested during the mature green stage of fruit ripening with their crown buds removed, the MOA ...
Source: Focustaiwan
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