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The mainland suspended the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan, and Officials of the Taiwan authorities were asked to give the people on the island a statement

author:Taiwan Strait Net

Source: World Wide Web

The General Administration of Customs issued a notice on the 18th that due to the detection of quarantine pests, the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan will be suspended from September 20. Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" reported that the Taiwan People's Party said today (20Th) that as early as the beginning of the year when pineapples were banned, it had called on the DPP to draw up a strategy to avoid similar situations.

The mainland suspended the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan, and Officials of the Taiwan authorities were asked to give the people on the island a statement

Screenshot of Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report

According to the statistics of the "Committee of Agriculture", the export of lotus mist to the mainland accounted for 97% and 95% of the export of cherimoya last year, while in 2020, the export of cherimoya to the mainland was 13,588 tons and the output value was NT$1.255 billion; the export value of lotus mist was 4,792 tons with an output value of NT$534 million; the pineapple that was banned at the beginning of the year was 42,121 tons and the output value was NT$1.509 billion, and the total amount of the three fruits exported to the mainland was about NT$3.3 billion.

The mainland suspended the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan, and Officials of the Taiwan authorities were asked to give the people on the island a statement

Chen Jizhong, chairman of Taiwan's "Agricultural Committee." Picture from Taiwan's "China Times News Network"

According to the report, as early as the beginning of the year when pineapples were banned, the People's Party bluntly said that it had called on the DPP, in addition to the so-called "concern and condemnation," to formulate countermeasures for industries that might be affected in advance to avoid similar situations. How to diversify risk in the future? Chen Jizhong must give the people an explanation.

The mainland suspended the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan, and Officials of the Taiwan authorities were asked to give the people on the island a statement

The mainland banned the import of Taiwanese soursop and lotus mist from today (20th). Picture from Taiwan's "United News Network"

According to Taiwan's Lianhe Pao, in response to Chen Jizhong's claim yesterday that the mainland's sudden announcement of the ban was "completely unacceptable" and that he also had to file a dispute settlement complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Du Zichen, a senior industry expert on the island, said on Facebook that "Chen Jizhong is really enough to rip off."

Du Zichen said that Chen Jizhong was not ashamed to say that he wanted to go to the WTO to sue the mainland, and the most important spirit of the WTO is trade equality; under this premise, Taiwan unilaterally banned how many items of mainland products (especially agricultural products) violated WTO norms. If you really don't understand, you should ask Tsai Ing-wen. 【Source: World Wide Web】

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