Chinese fruit mislabeled as Taiwanese has appeared on the Chinese market amid growing enthusiasm for Taiwanese produce, market sources said yesterday.
Although the two sides have yet to discuss duty-free treatment for Taiwanese agricultural exports, the sources said that tropical fruit from Taiwan has become very popular in affluent urban areas such as Shanghai, but added that some of the produce on sale was not really from Taiwan.
At present, dates, pineapples and star fruit from China's Hainan Province are the easiest to disguise as Taiwanese, the sources said, warning that fake or low-quality products could create a negative feeling among consumers and affect distribution and sales of Taiwanese produce.
Meanwhile, Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智) helped sell Taiwanese mangoes yesterday in Osaka, gaining a warm response from more than 400 Japanese traders and reporters.
Speaking in an telephone interview with the Central News Agency in Tokyo, Su said that he was quite satisfied with the promotion held both in Osaka and Tokyo, and expressed the hope that his county would export at least 1,500 tonnes of mangoes to Japan this year.
Tainan County, the nation's largest source of mangoes, sold some 500 tonnes of the fruit to Japan last year, Su said, adding that there would be no problem reaching the 1,500-tonne target this year after having gained an understanding of demand from the Japanese market.
Taiwanese experts also treated visitors with desserts and juice prepared from mangoes and papayas.
Traveling at the head of a 24-member delegation to help sell produce in the Japanese market, Su arrived in Tokyo on Monday on the first leg of the trip.
Su will today attend the the 2005 World Exposition in central Aichi prefecture, and will return to Taiwan tomorrow.
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