The value of citrus fruit and two fish varieties subject to import bans imposed by China is estimated at NT$620 million (US$20.67 million), the Council of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
China announced a temporary suspension of imports of the products hours after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane landed in Taiwan, saying it found excessive pesticide residue and scale insects in citrus fruit and the packaging of frozen largehead hairtail, and detected SARS-CoV-2 on packaging of Japanese horse mackerel.
The ban came one day after Beijing temporarily halted the imports of food products from more than 100 Taiwanese brands.
About 8,000
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