PRODUCE PRICES: Eleven items would be added to a list that requires imports to have a certificate of origin, to prevent their sale from affecting the local market
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The Council of Agriculture (COA) on Tuesday said that it would clamp down on mislabeled agricultural products following complaints from farmers and importers that cabbages from China have been imported into Taiwan labeled as Vietnamese.
From Jan. 1 to Tuesday, a total of 56,077 tonnes of foreign cabbage entered Taiwan, compared with last year’s 31,770 tonnes and 2017’s 39,283 tonnes, according to COA data, which show Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and the US as the major sources.
China has been accused of shipping its agricultural products through a third country to circumvent Taiwan’s import regulations.
Since late August, there has been an oversupply of locally grown cabbage, pushing down the wholesale price per kilogram to NT$16, the COA’s Web site showed. [FULL STORY]