Taiwan Mango Import Ban: Street Vendors Share Their Perspective on the Latest Restrictions

2023-08-24 02:46:52

Lu Bantai Mango! The latest street visit to a stall vendor reveals a distressed voice: We can only do “this thing.” (Photo/CCTV)

On the 21st, the mainland intercepted the quarantine pest mealybug peagrass from the mangoes imported from Taiwan to the mainland. It announced that the import would be suspended from that day. Minister of Agriculture Chen Jizhong said that Taiwan has reduced its dependence on mango exports from the mainland, which has aroused domestic concern. Few people also criticized Chen Jizhong for his inaction. In this regard, the Youtube channel of “China Times News Network” recently launched street interviews to ask people’s opinions on this matter, and the results were quite shocking.

Lu Bantai Mango! The latest street visit stall reveals a sad voice: I can only do “this thing” (The source of the video is Youtube, please forgive me if it is deleted)

The Youtube program “Street Loud” released a video on the 22nd, aiming at the topic “The mainland announced a ban on the import of mangoes from Taiwan on the 21st. Is it because the mangoes have not been properly checked, or Vice President Lai Qingde’s visit to the United States angered the mainland authorities.” visit. Some vendors were optimistic and responded, “Our Taiwanese mango production season is coming to an end now. It doesn’t matter if the mainland imports or not. We Taiwanese eat so much by ourselves. It doesn’t matter. It should be political. Japan We also want to buy our mangoes, our wholesale price is not bad, it would be best to sell some to increase income.”

However, some people also said bluntly, “The relationship between the two sides of the strait is at its freezing point. This is how I feel. I am not that expert in fruit. I can export it. It should be impossible to take out very bad things.” “Fruit farmers did not improve the quality. But sometimes it is affected by the weather and fertilizers”, “It’s because we didn’t check the quality well, and we can’t blame anyone for it. If we check it well, maybe the mainland can’t use this operation”, “It is better for agricultural products to sell them in the past, and the profit is also good. can take care of the people.”

However, some vendors expressed a pessimistic attitude, saying, “If there are worms in the mangoes, we can only return them. We can only make canned or dried mangoes, and there is nothing we can do if we encounter them.”

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