Singapore orders 25 tons of Taiwanese pineapples

Published Mar 10, 2021

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Singapore has ordered 25 tons of pineapples from Taiwan following a ban on Taiwanese pineapples by China. This ban has led to a crisis for Taiwan, reliant on China as its primary export market. However, Taiwan is frameing this as an opportunity to diversify its export markets and has seen an increase in domestic orders. The first batch of pineapples for Singapore was packed in Tainan on Tuesday. The agricultural bureau in Tainan will work with farmers to market and develop products from the pineapples.

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Singapore has ordered 25 tons of pineapples from Tainan, Taiwan. That’s as Taiwan faces a sudden ban of its pineapples from China in place since March 1. Since China is Taiwan’s primary pineapple export market, the ban has led to a crisis that has only been resolved by an increase of domestic orders. Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che says that Taiwan is turning the crisis into a new opportunity. Taiwanese businessmen have assisted with the orders from a trade company in Singapore. The first batch was packed up in Tainan on Tuesday. April is peak pineapple season in Tainan. Huang says that Tainan’s agricultural bureau ...

Source: Rti