A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for promoting cooperation in exports of agricultural produce from Taoyuan to Taiwan ally the Marshall Islands was signed between a supplier and seller Tuesday, with nine tons of fruit and vegetables to be exported to the Pacific Ocean nation for the first time....
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Taiwan has begun checking all passengers arriving in the country from Vietnam for possession of pork products after a pork sandwich brought into Taiwan by a traveler from Ho Chi Minh City tested positive for African swine fever (ASF).
It was the latest step taken by Taiwan to keep the ASF virus...
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Taiwan will allow more than 400 Indonesian youths into the country next month to help ease Taiwan's farm labor shortage, Council of Agriculture (COA) chief Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said Friday.
Speaking at a legislative hearing, Chen said that about 450 young Indonesian nationals will arrive in...
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Taiwan has recorded agricultural losses of nearly NT$600 million (US$19.45 million) in the past six weeks due to warmer than usual winter temperatures, with Kaohsiung the hardest hit, according to figures released by the Council of Agriculture (COA) Wednesday.
The COA data showed that farmers...
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Test results conducted on a pig carcass discovered on a beach in the offshore county of Kinmen a day earlier came back positive for African swine fever (ASF), according to Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center for ASF Thursday.
Samples taken from the carcass were found to contain...
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A national delegation of farmers has secured more than NT$2.37 billion (US$76.69 million) of orders at Foodex Japan, Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Chen has been involved in a spat with Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) about...
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Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has secured orders worth hundreds of millions of Taiwan dollars in Singapore and Malaysia during a visit to the two countries that will wrap up Thursday.
On Tuesday, Han signed a three-year contract with Seah Kian Peng (謝健平), chief executive official of...
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Australian farmers became more competitive exporters into China and Korea as of January 1 with 5418 tariffs on exports to China alone eliminated in the latest round of cuts as part of the China Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA).
There are also tariffs cuts into South Korea as part of the...