The mainland banned Taiwan's Shakya Lotus Mist "Green Committee" exclaimed: The mainland has "used commercial retribution" to deal a heavy blow to the sale of Taiwan fruits

Dpp "legislator" Zhuang Ruixiong

According to Taiwan media reports, following the pineapple, the mainland also announced a ban on the import of Shakya and Lotus Mist from Taiwan. Zhuang Ruixiong, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, exclaimed that whenever the mainland is about to produce crops in Taiwan, it announces the interception of quarantine pests on many occasions, obviously because it wants to "encircle the government with agriculture" and "seek reunification through commerce."

Zhuang Ruixiong pointed out that following the suspension of the import of pineapples into Taiwan in February due to the discovery of mesozoans, the mainland also said that this year it has repeatedly imported from Taiwan into the shakya and lotus mist from the mainland, and detected the pest mesozoan ocean rump whitefly, so it has decided to suspend the production of Shakya and lotus mist from Taiwan from the 20th of this month, which will hit the upcoming taiwan autumn and winter fruit sales.

Zhuang Ruixiong, who was born in Pingtung, said that when it comes to Pingtung, the first impression will think of lotus fog, Pingtung is an important source of lotus fog, and 70% of the lotus fog in Taiwan is produced in Pingtung, which is the most important industry representative of Pingtung. From November to May of the following year, it is the main production season of lotus mist, and at present, the planting area of lotus mist in Pingtung is about 3,500 hectares, the output value is about 2.4 billion yuan, and the total export volume accounts for about 10% of the total output.

Another DPP "legislator, Zhou Chunmi," said that at present, the export market for taiwan's fresh fruits has a tendency to disperse to other markets from the main market on which the mainland was the most reliant in the past

Zhou Chunmi also said: As early as the mainland banned Taiwan pineapples at the beginning of this year, the "Committee of Agriculture" of the Taiwan authorities has accelerated the pace of developing diversified markets, and in the future, it is also hoped that the "Committee of Agriculture" will assist farmers and friends in their efforts to expand other markets.

A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has said that the mainland customs have repeatedly intercepted quarantine pests from pineapples imported from the mainland from the Taiwan region. Once introduced, these pests pose a serious threat to agricultural production and ecological security on the mainland. In order to prevent the risk of plant epidemics at the source, the General Administration of Customs has decided to suspend the import of pineapples from Taiwan to the mainland from 1 March 2021. This is a normal biosecurity precautionary measure, scientific and reasonable, and in line with the relevant laws and regulations and standards of the mainland.