Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/07
By: Yang Su-min and Emerson Lim
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) A delegation led by the Council of Agriculture (COA) to a recent international
Photo courtesy of the Council of Agriculture
food and beverage expo in Japan took home orders worth billions of Taiwan dollars.
COA Minister Chen Chi-Chung (陳吉仲), who led the delegation to Tokyo from March 5-7, witnessed the signing of two trade deals between Taiwanese and Japanese companies.
One of the documents was a contract for Wismettac Group of Japan to purchase 9,000 tons of bananas from Taiwan over a three year period worth NT$430 million (US$13.85 million).
The second deal was a memorandum of understanding between Taiwanese company Mitagri and Japan’s Funasho Shoji Group which aims to increase exports of bananas to Japan from 600 tons to 1,000 tons [FULL STORY]