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Taiwan's agriculture continues to suffer from natural disasters, and fertilizer prices are reduced by 500 yuan per metric ton.

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Since the beginning of this year, natural disasters have spread frequently. President Tsai ing-wen mentioned this during a discussion with farmers at the Yunlin Story Hall on the 3rd, and said that in order to sympathize with the farmers' hard work, Taiwan Fertilizer will now reduce the factory price of commonly used chemical fertilizers by 500 yuan per metric ton, or about 40 kilograms of fertilizer.

Since the beginning of this year, there have been frequent natural disasters. President Tsai ing-wen mentioned this during a discussion with farmers at the Yunlin Story Museum on the 3rd, and said that in order to sympathize with the hard work of farmers, Taiwan Fertilizer immediately reduced the factory price of commonly used chemical fertilizers by 500 yuan per metric ton, and about 20 yuan in equivalent to 40 kilograms of fertilizer.

From the announcement and approval of agricultural natural disaster relief issued by the Council of Agriculture, it is found that affected by drought and other agricultural natural disasters from January to February this year, many counties and cities and different crops have been announced as areas for agricultural natural disaster relief and low-interest loans.

The Council of Agriculture said that fertilizers are essential materials for agricultural production, and chemical fertilizers can quickly provide basic nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for crop growth, which are necessary and widely used for farming. After coordination by the Council of Agriculture, Taiwan Fertilizer decided to respond to the government's attitude of taking care of farmers and immediately lowered the ex-factory price of chemical fertilizer by 500 yuan per tonne. The Council of Agriculture also coordinated Taiwan Fertilizer to devote all its efforts to fertilizer production and supply the fertilizer demand of domestic farmers.

Chen Qirong, chief secretary of the Agriculture and Food Administration, said that since the 3rd, Taiwan Fertilizer has reduced the factory price of chemical fertilizer by 500 yuan per metric ton. at present, Taiwan Fertilizer is also contacting various points of sale. As for how long it can be reduced? He said that he respects the operating strategy of Taiwan Fertilizer.

 
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