Japan orders record 6,000 tons of Taiwan pineapples

[striver44]

Japanese buy Taiwan pineapples to show gratitude for help with 2011 quake
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By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2021/03/04 17:58

(CNA photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to China's ban on imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples, Taiwan has found a welcome market for the tropical fruits in Japan, which has already pre-ordered over 6,000 metric tons, shattering previous records.
During an interview on the radio station Super FM98.5, Council of Agriculture minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Thursday (March 4) said that Japan has pre-ordered over 5,000 tons of Taiwan-grown pineapples, In addition, a Japanese multinational distributor has placed a pre-order for 1,200 tons, bringing the total to 6,200 tons, which Chen said set a new record for pineapple exports to Japan.
Wu Ching-lu (吳清綠), honorary chairman of the Taiwan Vegetables and Fruits Exporters Association (TVFEA), was cited by Liberty Times as saying that Japan currently imports about 15 percent of the pineapples it consumes, or about 157,000 tons. Wu said that this is a market worth developing, but competition from the Philippines is a challenge as the majority of its pineapple imports come from the archipelagic country.
He said that Taiwan had struggled to secure large orders in the past because of an unstable supply, which affected the willingness of Japanese buyers to commit to large purchases. Wu recommended that Taiwan "strike while the iron is hot" and set up a special fruit export zone with Japan.
The honorary chairman suggested that farmers and trading companies could be integrated into the trading area and the government could help promote it. Wu said that if Taiwan can secure 20 percent of Japan's pineapple market, it would completely compensate for the lost business from China.

Japan orders record 6,000 tons of Taiwan pineapples | Taiwan News | 2021-03-04 17:58:00

Japanese buy Taiwan pineapples to show gratitude for help with 2011 quake | 2021-03-04 17:58:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

Taiwan pineapples being sold in Japanese market. (Taiwan Trace Center, Tokyo photo)
On March 3, the Fuji News Network (FNN) ran a story with the headline, "Let's Eat Taiwan Pineapples," which featured an interview with Japanese journalist Kadota Ryusho. In response to the Chinese ban on Taiwan pineapples, Kadota urged Japanese not to forget Taiwan's assistance provided after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and to support Taiwan by buying more pineapples.
Japanese netizens also spoke out in support of Taiwan pineapples with comments such as: "The CCP’s ban on Taiwan pineapples just proves that Taiwan pineapples are of good quality. If the CCP doesn’t buy them, we Japanese will buy them. I bought some immediately and am eating them."
Currently, the Japanese supermarket chains carrying Taiwan pineapples include LOPIA (Kanagawa and Chiba), BELX (Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba), Tsuruya (Nagano and Gunma), and IZUMI (Hiroshima), while Seiyu Group supermarkets will begin selling them on Sunday (March 7), according to Rti.
Last Friday (Feb. 26), Beijing announced it would ban all imports of Taiwan pineapples, alleging that “harmful organisms” had been found in the fruit. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) chastised China for its “unilateral decision,” which he deemed “unacceptable.”
According to the COA, 97 percent of exported pineapples went to China in 2020. Last year, Taiwan exported 41,661 metric tons of the fruit to China, worth approximately NT$1.5 billion (US$53.9 million).
The move prompted Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Friday to launch a "Freedom Pineapple" campaign on Twitter. That same day, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) also took to Twitter, calling on the public to buy Taiwan pineapples and writing that like with Australian wine, "China's unfair trade practices" were targeting Taiwan's pineapples, despite the fact that 99.79 percent of imported batches had passed inspection.
On Tuesday (March 2), Chen announced that as of noon, Taiwanese farmers had received pre-orders for 41,687 tons of pineapples from companies, e-commerce platforms, and consumers, already exceeding the annual quantity of exports to China, reported Newtalk.
Of this quantity, over 180 companies ordered 7,187 tons of pineapples, 19 firms ordered 15,000 tons of processed pineapples, 14 beverage shops ordered 4,500 tons of the fruit, wholesalers and street market vendors ordered 10,000 tons, and exporters and overseas groups ordered 5,000 tons, according to the COA.

 

[grey boy 2]

Are we having a "PINEAPPLES" war here? thats so scary LOL

The mainland has long been Taiwan's most vital pineapple export destination. Taiwan exported 41,661 tons of fresh pineapples to the mainland in 2020, accounting for 91 percent of the island's total pineapple exports that year, according to statistics from the Council of Agriculture.



Mainland bans Taiwan pineapple from March over biosafety issue - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

 

[PakistaniAtBahrain]

how many pineapples are Taiwan selling? running out of lips licking gifs that i can use.

 

[striver44]

Taiwanese buy entire year's worth of pineapple exports to China in 4 days | Taiwan News | 2021-03-03 12:25:00

Taiwanese companies, citizens offset loss of pineapple exports to China over weekend | 2021-03-03 12:25:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

On Tuesday (March 2), Chen announced that as of noon, Taiwanese farmers had received pre-orders for 41,687 tons of pineapples from companies, e-commerce platforms, and consumers, already exceeding the annual quantity of exports to China, reported Newtalk. Of this quantity, over 180 companies ordered 7,187 tons of pineapples, 19 firms ordered 15,000 tons of processed pineapples, 14 beverage shops ordered 4,500 tons of the fruit, wholesalers and street market vendors ordered 10,000 tons, and exporters and overseas groups ordered 5,000 tons, according to the COA.

add that to Japan, Canada, Australia, US and maybe possibly India order.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

That is good news.
Japan must place more orders then these farmers will continue to prospers.
Taiwanese exporters must take this opportunity and tied them to big future orders.

How about the other fruits and agricultural products from Taiwan?
China should banned imports of more of these products so that Japan will imports more Taiwanese fruits and slowed down imports of these fruits from elsewhere like Hawaii, Philippines, etc

 

[sinait]

WOT?
Ony 6000 tons of pineapple, a fraction of what China bought.
Not enough to atone for all those Taiwanese women the BABARIC JAPANESE SEX MANIACS raped and forced into COMFORT WOMEN during WW2.

Better make sure Japanese eat Tawanese pineapples everyday all their lives.
Better still, RETURN DIAOYU ISLANDS to Taiwan, province of China.
.

 

[Beast]

The japanese think taiwanese are beggars? 6000tons only? Taiwanese thought is 60000tons.

 

[Suika]

WOT?
Ony 6000 tons of pineapple, a fraction of what China bought.
Not enough to atone for all those Taiwanese women the BABARIC JAPANESE SEX MANIACS raped and forced into COMFORT WOMEN during WW2.

Better make sure Japanese eat Tawanese pineapples everyday all their lives.
Better still, RETURN DIAOYU ISLANDS to Taiwan, province of China.
.

The Senkaku islands are Japanese.

JASDF does not scrmable to Taiwanese aircraft in that airspace. They scramble to PRC aircraft. The Japanese Coast Guard does not watch over the islands against intruding Tiawanese vessels, they do so against PRC vessels. Taiwan has a separate government administration, separaete armed forces, separate and separate currency than the PRC. The claim that Taiwan is a province of the PRC is an old fashion relic of the old era that is not applicable today.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Perhaps the new fashion should be Japan as part of the Chinese civilization based on yoir argument, right. After all Japanese are Yayoi People from the Yangtze basin. Ainu are dwarf like people from the Tibeto-Burman border in Yunnan, South China.



BTW the name Senkaku was only given to the island after Japan forcifully occupied it in 1895. In Chinese historical record it is always Diayutai Isle meaning Fishing platform where fishermen from China and its vassal Kingdom of Ryuku rest or shelter from stormy sea.

There is a milestone with the year 1895 in Daiyutai Isle that is still in existence today. The year Japan occupied and annexed Taiwan illegally. So stop distorting history, yoi half breed Taiwanese. When Japan invaded Taiwan, there were a huge resistance. Japanese soldiers raped, enslaved and murdered many Chinese patriots there lile they did all over Asia.
Today many of the hybrids - Rapists=Japanese soldiers + Victims=locals in Taiwan are brainwashed and are proud of their hidden and shameful dark heritage.

 

[sinait]

WOT?
Ony 6000 tons of pineapple, a fraction of what China bought.
Not enough to atone for all those Taiwanese women the BABARIC JAPANESE SEX MANIACS raped and forced into COMFORT WOMEN during WW2.
Better make sure Japanese eat Tawanese pineapples everyday all their lives.
Better still, RETURN DIAOYU ISLANDS to Taiwan, province of China.
.

@dbc by giving me a NEGATIVE RATING means this WOMAN SUPPORTS JAPANESE WW2 SEXUAL ATROCITIES against WOMEN in TAIWAN and other Asian countries.
VERY SHAMEFUL INDEED, as a woman supporting RAPES AGAINST WOMEN committed by the BABARIC JAPANESE SEX MANIACS IN WW2.

The Comfort Women Controversy - Lessons from Taiwan - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

[…]

apjjf.org

The Comfort Women Controversy - Lessons from Taiwan
Based on interviews of victims, estimates of fellow comfort women on the transporting ship, memories of Taiwanese soldiers drafted into the Japanese armed forces, and declassified documents, Taiwanese victims of sexual slavery under the Japanese military numbered 2,000 or more.

I was forced to receive over twenty soldiers every day, soldiers during the day and officers at night. Some Japanese soldiers were drunk and beat us. Filled with grief and hate, I cried every night. I contracted malaria in Indonesia, had appendicitis, and my right eye was blinded by shrapnel. My abdomen was injured, my womb removed.
It was a living hell.
.

 

[dbc]

@dbc by giving me a NEGATIVE RATING means this WOMAN SUPPORTS JAPANESE WW2 SEXUAL ATROCITIES against WOMEN in TAIWAN and other Asian countries.

The Comfort Women Controversy - Lessons from Taiwan - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

[…]

apjjf.org

The Comfort Women Controversy - Lessons from Taiwan
Based on interviews of victims, estimates of fellow comfort women on the transporting ship, memories of Taiwanese soldiers drafted into the Japanese armed forces, and declassified documents, Taiwanese victims of sexual slavery under the Japanese military numbered 2,000 or more.

I was forced to receive over twenty soldiers every day, soldiers during the day and officers at night. Some Japanese soldiers were drunk and beat us. Filled with grief and hate, I cried every night. I contracted malaria in Indonesia, had appendicitis, and my right eye was blinded by shrapnel. My abdomen was injured, my womb removed.
It was a living hell.
.

it was a poor joke on your part please don't trivialize rape by inserting it unnecessarily into a discussion about pineapples.

 

[sinait]

it was a poor joke on your part please don't trivialize rape by inserting it unnecessarily into a discussion about pineapples.

It is not a joke and not off topic to mention Japan buying pineapples and doing more to ATONE FOR JAPANESE BABARIC SEXUAL ATTROCITIES in WW2.
NO WOMAN would say it is trivializing RAPES by MENTIONING IT instead of silencing and covering up.
We should repeatedly remind the world not to repeat SUCH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
.

 

[Suika]

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TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- As Taiwan launches a new campaign to promote its pineapples after China suspended imports of the self-ruled island's fruit in an apparent attempt to squeeze its economy, Japan has ordered a record number of Taiwanese pineapples.


"Japan is among the most dynamic markets for Taiwanese fruits," said Wu Ming-ming, chairman of the Agricultural Bank of Taiwan, which has added pineapples to a website set up to preorder Taiwanese agricultural products.

According to Wu, exports of Taiwanese pineapples to Japan have been steadily increasing over the years.

Taiwan was Japan's fifth-largest supplier of pineapples in 2018 with the export amounting to 682 tons. It jumped to No. 2 last year, providing 2,144 tons with a value of 337.89 million yen, Wu said.

After China's ban that went into effect March 1, agriculture minister Chen Chi-chung said Japan preordered over 10,000 tons of Taiwan-grown pineapples, a new high for pineapple exports to the country.

According to Chen, Taiwan produces about 420,000 tons of pineapples annually. It exported some 45,000 tons last year and some 95 percent of them went to China.

To offset the loss, the Taiwan government decided to spend NT$1 billion ($36 million) to offset the impact, such as strengthening the promotion of pineapples at home and abroad.

Japan has become a welcome market.

Wu Ching-lu, honorary chairman of the Taiwan Vegetables and Fruits Exporters Association, said Japan imports about 15 percent of the pineapples it consumes, or about 157,000 tons, with the Philippines taking up the lion's share at about 152,000 tons.

If Taiwan can secure 20 percent of Japan's pineapple market, Wu said, it would completely compensate for the lost business from China.

Shunsuke Shirakawa, chairman of the Japan Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's youth league, told Kyodo News there is much room to develop the Japanese market and marketing strategy is key.

"The Chinese ban may provide Taiwan with a great opportunity to turn the tide," he said.

Shirakawa said many Japanese are baffled by China's sudden ban and have begun buying or urging other people to buy Taiwanese pineapples as a gesture to thank Taiwan for its generosity in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011.

Then they discover how delicious Taiwan-grown pineapples are, he remarked, adding, "So thanks to China, Taiwanese pineapples are getting more noticed in Japan."

Responding to the Taiwan government's call on locals to consume more homegrown pineapples, Takao Nozaki, a Japanese restauranteur in Tainan, southern Taiwan who runs a chain of nine ramen shops, has purchased 3,110 pineapples to give away for free.

Every March 11 for the last nine years, Nozaki has been implementing a "buy one, get one free" deal for his Taiwanese customers only to thank Taiwan for its generosity it showed the Japanese people after Japan's quake and tsunami disaster.

Now he is giving out free pineapples with each bowl of ramen.

Last month, China said it will suspend pineapple imports from Taiwan over concerns about harmful agricultural pests.

Taiwan, however, views the move as a political retaliation in response to the independence-leaning government's refusal to toe Beijing's line, similar to the way Australia was punished last year with heavy taxes on its lucrative wine exports.

The government then launched a campaign to offset the impact by promoting the subtropical island's pineapples at home and abroad.

Just as Foreign Minister Joseph Wu encouraged Taiwanese to buy Australian "freedom wine," consumers at home and abroad are now being urged to buy Taiwan's "freedom pineapples."

Conveying solidarity, the de facto Japanese, U.S., Canadian, embassies in Taiwan recently posted photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit, praising its quality.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato was even asked at a recent press conference about Japan becoming an export destination for Taiwanese pineapples.

He replied that Taiwan is an "extremely important partner" of Japan, which "looks forward to deepening economic relations." But he opted to "withhold commenting on individual products."
---end---
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210315/p2g/00m/0bu/027000c

 

[flowerfan2020]

Japanese buy Taiwan pineapples to show gratitude for help with 2011 quake
4928

By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2021/03/04 17:58

(CNA photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to China's ban on imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples, Taiwan has found a welcome market for the tropical fruits in Japan, which has already pre-ordered over 6,000 metric tons, shattering previous records.
During an interview on the radio station Super FM98.5, Council of Agriculture minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Thursday (March 4) said that Japan has pre-ordered over 5,000 tons of Taiwan-grown pineapples, In addition, a Japanese multinational distributor has placed a pre-order for 1,200 tons, bringing the total to 6,200 tons, which Chen said set a new record for pineapple exports to Japan.
Wu Ching-lu (吳清綠), honorary chairman of the Taiwan Vegetables and Fruits Exporters Association (TVFEA), was cited by Liberty Times as saying that Japan currently imports about 15 percent of the pineapples it consumes, or about 157,000 tons. Wu said that this is a market worth developing, but competition from the Philippines is a challenge as the majority of its pineapple imports come from the archipelagic country.
He said that Taiwan had struggled to secure large orders in the past because of an unstable supply, which affected the willingness of Japanese buyers to commit to large purchases. Wu recommended that Taiwan "strike while the iron is hot" and set up a special fruit export zone with Japan.
The honorary chairman suggested that farmers and trading companies could be integrated into the trading area and the government could help promote it. Wu said that if Taiwan can secure 20 percent of Japan's pineapple market, it would completely compensate for the lost business from China.

Japan orders record 6,000 tons of Taiwan pineapples | Taiwan News | 2021-03-04 17:58:00

Japanese buy Taiwan pineapples to show gratitude for help with 2011 quake | 2021-03-04 17:58:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

Taiwan pineapples being sold in Japanese market. (Taiwan Trace Center, Tokyo photo)
On March 3, the Fuji News Network (FNN) ran a story with the headline, "Let's Eat Taiwan Pineapples," which featured an interview with Japanese journalist Kadota Ryusho. In response to the Chinese ban on Taiwan pineapples, Kadota urged Japanese not to forget Taiwan's assistance provided after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and to support Taiwan by buying more pineapples.
Japanese netizens also spoke out in support of Taiwan pineapples with comments such as: "The CCP’s ban on Taiwan pineapples just proves that Taiwan pineapples are of good quality. If the CCP doesn’t buy them, we Japanese will buy them. I bought some immediately and am eating them."
Currently, the Japanese supermarket chains carrying Taiwan pineapples include LOPIA (Kanagawa and Chiba), BELX (Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba), Tsuruya (Nagano and Gunma), and IZUMI (Hiroshima), while Seiyu Group supermarkets will begin selling them on Sunday (March 7), according to Rti.
Last Friday (Feb. 26), Beijing announced it would ban all imports of Taiwan pineapples, alleging that “harmful organisms” had been found in the fruit. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) chastised China for its “unilateral decision,” which he deemed “unacceptable.”
According to the COA, 97 percent of exported pineapples went to China in 2020. Last year, Taiwan exported 41,661 metric tons of the fruit to China, worth approximately NT$1.5 billion (US$53.9 million).
The move prompted Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Friday to launch a "Freedom Pineapple" campaign on Twitter. That same day, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) also took to Twitter, calling on the public to buy Taiwan pineapples and writing that like with Australian wine, "China's unfair trade practices" were targeting Taiwan's pineapples, despite the fact that 99.79 percent of imported batches had passed inspection.
On Tuesday (March 2), Chen announced that as of noon, Taiwanese farmers had received pre-orders for 41,687 tons of pineapples from companies, e-commerce platforms, and consumers, already exceeding the annual quantity of exports to China, reported Newtalk.
Of this quantity, over 180 companies ordered 7,187 tons of pineapples, 19 firms ordered 15,000 tons of processed pineapples, 14 beverage shops ordered 4,500 tons of the fruit, wholesalers and street market vendors ordered 10,000 tons, and exporters and overseas groups ordered 5,000 tons, according to the COA.

Pineapples is just beginning, be ready to buy out the whole Taiwan farming products if your own farmer has no complain.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Taiwan needs to develop a pineapple wine industry! Like the Hawaiian wine:

HULA O MAUI
Brut Sparkling Wine

Pineapple is the “King of Fruits,” and Maui Gold pineapples . . . well, they are the King of all the pineapples! We select only the best to make the Hula o Maui. We look for almost under-ripe fruit to accentuate the fresh pineapple aromatics that are represented in the wine.

Quite possibly one of the most unique sparkling wines you’ll ever come across, the Hula o Maui is made from 100% Maui Gold pineapples, produced in the Traditional Method (Methode Champenoise). The wine is aged on the lees for 6 to 8 months to develop mouthfeel and texture but not long enough to lose its fresh fruit-forward nature.

Beginning as a trial, 100 cases were produced for the 20th anniversary of the winery. We sold out of them in a month, and we’ve been trying to keep up with the demand ever since. It is an amazing and perfectly accurate representation of Hawaii – fruity and lively.

Fermented in stainless steel. 12.5% abv.
Should be enjoyed young and fresh.