Reference News Network December 9** According to Taiwan's United News Network on December 9**, Taitung Shakya (known as custard in the mainland - note on this website) is one step closer to fully restarting sales to the mainland. According to the report, according to the information released by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the mainland on the 8th, a new batch of Taitung County Shakya packaging factories and orchards have been registered by the General Administration of Customs of the mainland, including 34 packaging factories and 1,263 orchards. Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stressed that as long as the "92 consensus" is adhered to and "the relevant inspection and quarantine regulations of the mainland are opposed, the mainland is willing to negotiate with relevant Taiwan departments to support the resumption of the import of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products."
According to the report, more than ninety percent of Taitung's shakya are sold to the mainland, but due to the detection of pests such as powdery scale insects, the mainland has suspended the import of Taiwanese shakya since September 2021. On June 20 this year, the mainland announced that businesses registered with the General Administration of Customs can import to the mainland, including three packaging factories and 25 orchards, which are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
According to this statistics, a total of 37 packaging factories and 1,288 orchards in Taitung County have been registered with the mainland customs and allowed to be sold on the mainland. Zhu Fenglian said that packaging factories and orchards that have not yet passed the audit can continue to rectify and declare in accordance with the rectification requirements.
In late October this year, Taitung County Mayor Rao Qingling led representatives of the peasant association to Beijing to meet with Song Tao, director of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. On December 5, Rao Qingling said that after the resumption of sales, the first counter of East Shakya has been prepared to be shipped to Pingtan in Fujian, which is the first wave of approved lists from the registration in June.
According to Taiwan businessmen, a batch of Taitung Shakya successfully entered the mainland from Fujian's Pingtan port and arrived in Beijing on 8 July.