Taiwanese scholars have long warned that pineapples exported to the mainland are "getting worse and worse," and fruit growers worry that custard apples will be banned.

Published Feb 28, 2021

Tridge summary

Taiwan is facing a crisis in its agricultural export market as the mainland China has suspended imports of pineapples and lotus mist from Taiwan due to quarantine issues, including the detection of harmful organisms in pineapples and mealy bugs in lotus mist. This suspension has raised concerns among Taiwanese farmers and politicians about the potential impact on the sales of other fruits and the broader implications of economic pressure from China. The situation is particularly challenging for pineapple farmers in the Guanmiao area, who rely heavily on the Chinese market, as they struggle to find alternative export markets due to logistical and preservation challenges. The incident has sparked discussions about the need for improving fruit quality control, diversifying export markets, and addressing the political dimensions of the issue.
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Original content

[Text/Observer Wang Xiong Chaoran] Since the mainland has suspended the import of Taiwanese pineapples due to quarantine issues, the DPP authorities have been anxiously "jumping", and the fruit farmers on the island have also begun to worry about it in the past few days. In fact, Taiwan has already had an industry. Scholars have issued warnings that because the quality of pineapples sold to the mainland has been getting worse in recent years, if exporters do not manage well, it will greatly affect the sales of pineapples and other fruits in Taiwan. Nowadays, there are problems with the quality of their own fruits. Instead of self-examination, the party authorities made a number of unprovoked accusations against the mainland, and even "frequent tricks", calling on all the people on the island to eat pineapples to "support Taiwan farmers." It is reported that after pineapples, some mainland traders have called them recently. Stopped the Kaohsiung lotus mist order. And because ...
Source: Sohu

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