Wuhan pneumonia impact 01 "Taiwan agricultural product sales suffered a huge impact, pineapple Sakya export prices fell, pineapple, grouper" frustrated, etc. "

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(by upstream and downstream reporters Lin Yijun and Cai Jiashan / tr. by Robert Taylor)

The epidemic of pneumonia in Wuhan, China is serious. in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, city closure in Wuhan has been implemented since the morning of January 23. After Wuhan, more than a dozen cities in Hubei Province have closed their external traffic one after another. The sale of agricultural products in Taiwan has also been affected. Sakya, who is the main force in the Chinese market and is in the growing season, bears the brunt. Traders have notified that orders have been temporarily suspended, domestic prices have fallen by 30%, while 90% of export sales rely on Chinese pineapples and gentian grouper. I'm afraid it will be affected in the future.

Jiao Jun's analysis, which has studied the practice of agricultural export for many years, shows from the SARS experience that people's overall GDP and spending power will decline, while Taiwan's agricultural products can be said to be a kind of luxury goods on the other side. For example, pineapple Sakyamuni is used to give gifts, and gentian grouper is a high-end delicacy in restaurants. "luxury goods must bear the brunt of this economic setback."

Jiao Jun observes that in addition to first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, second-tier cities are the main force supporting Taiwan's agricultural products in China. For example, Wuhan is the fastest-growing second-tier city and is located in the center of China. If the epidemic is good in the short term, and if the fever continues for more than half a year or even there is no end in sight, it will certainly have a great impact on Taiwan's agricultural products. "as long as 20% of it is sold back to the domestic market, it will be terrible, and even 3% or 5% will put pressure on domestic agricultural prices."

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China's pineapple Sakya largely depends on the Chinese market. According to statistics, in 107, the pineapple Sakya produced 28964 metric tons, of which about 10,000 metric tons were sold, accounting for as much as 40%. Chuang Yihao of the Promotion Department of the Peasants' Association in Taitung said that the epidemic had affected the transportation and preservation of pineapple Sakya. Traders informed Sakya of pineapple that there was no order for the time being, but it was not known how long the impact would last. Now the pineapple harvested by Sakya is sent to the domestic market, and the sudden increase in quantity has also lowered the price. At present, traders are still contacting Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and other new customers.

Chiu Rui-chang, Sakyamuni Sakyamuni in Taitung County, who won the top prize in the evaluation competition of high-quality orchards in Taitung County, explains that there is a lot of fruit up to March, and nine of the pineapple Sakyamuni exported to China are now indigestible. Prices are affected, and nearby fruit growers dare not harvest because the market is not good.

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Qiu Ruizhang added that China has delayed the opening of the market because of the epidemic, and now it has been heard that traders do not begin to receive goods until early February, and the industry is going to wait for notice.

Hsieh Chin-hung, a young farmer growing Sakya in Taitung County, said that due to the impact of the epidemic, he could only sell the domestic market and adjust the production season first. now most of the crew have delayed harvesting, and pineapple Sakya has never experienced a crash in the past, so he is not particularly worried. Everything will wait until the market opens in China on February 3.