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Nineteen different types of fruit from Taiwan were on show yesterday at
the Cross-Straits Agricultural Co-operation Exhibition in Shanghai.
Taiwan farmers attending the fair seemed pleased to see customers
lining up to wait for the show's opening.
They swarmed in to find their favourites in 19
exhibited categories such as wax
apples, guavas
and mangos.
"Wax apples are around 10 yuan each (US$1.2) and one guava cost 12
yuan. But it does not matter as the Taiwan fruits are tasty," said Wu Jie,
a Shanghai lady visiting the exhibition.
"The scene made us up-beat and it tells us we have a large market on
the Chinese mainland," said Lin Zhihong, general manager at the Taiwan
Good Commerce & Trading Co.
The 19 types of fruit 50 tons in all are on show and for sale at the
three-day agriculture exhibition and trade fair at the Shanghai Exhibition
Centre.
An Min, vice-minister of commerce, said the mainland will make more
effort to facilitate the importing of Taiwan fruit, for example in customs
clearance and quarantine.
On May 3, the mainland announced it would allow more access for Taiwan fruit,
from 12 to 18 species, and offer zero tariffs on at least 15
types of fruit.
(China Daily) | 
Updated: 2005-07-19 08:59
