By Yang Yuan-ting and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe US and Japan replaced China as the largest buyers of Taiwanese agricultural goods in the first half of this year, the Council of Agriculture said on Tuesday as is spoke of its market diversification strategy.
The US and Japan replaced China as the largest buyers of Taiwanese agricultural goods in the first half of this year, the Council of Agriculture said on Tuesday as is spoke of its market diversification strategy.
The three largest buyers of Taiwanese agricultural products were the US, Japan and China between January and last month, which respectively accounted for 18.6 percent, 16.4 percent and 13.7 percent of the exported goods, the council said.
Taiwan exported 948,000 tonnes of agricultural goods in the first six months of this year, 13.6 percent less than the 1,0970,000 tonnes in the same period last year, the
Singapore has been ranked second in the world - behind Cambodia and just ahead of Thailand - in a study measuring China's expanding influence on countries.
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