Chinese officials have announced they will resume imports of sugar apples from Taiwan, if they are sourced from registered packhouses and orchards. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) made the announcement today, with a spokesperson linking the decision to a recent visit to the Straits Forum made by Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT).
TAO Deputy Director Zhu Fenglian said KMT Vice Chair Andrew Hsia and Taitung County Mayor Yao Ching-ling (who both attended the forum) have been pushing to resume exports of Taiwan’s various types of sugar apples from Taiwan to China for some time. “(Hsia and Yao) have organized reforms to the industry that have ensured the resumption of sugar apple exports to the mainland,” Zhu said.
China suspended imports of Taiwan’s sugar apples in September 2021, after it claimed bacteria (including Planococcus minor) harmful to crops were detected in some of the Taiwanese fruit’s leaves.
Source: taiwannews.com.tw