The General Administration of Customs of China announced on the evening of the 1st that some Taiwanese manufacturers had violated relevant regulations and urgently stopped importing. Taiwan media said on the 2nd that China has suspended the import of 2066 items of Taiwan food from more than 100 businesses, accounting for 64% of the total number of Taiwan enterprises registered, including aquatic products, health products, tea, cookies and beverages.
The matter has aroused strong concern on the island that the Chinese government's ban on Taiwan's food import this time is quite severe. The person in charge of a large food factory in Taichung lamented when asked by a Taiwan media reporter, "it's terrible for the government to let the people suffer like this.". Another Taiwanese businessman said in an interview that the group chat in the industry was "gloomy".
On August 3, according to the @ customs, according to the relevant import and export regulations, as well as the food safety requirements and standards, the relevant departments will immediately suspend the import of grapefruit, lemon, Liuding and other citrus fruits, as well as frozen white hairtail and frozen bamboo pod fish exported from Taiwan to the mainland. At the same time, it was decided to suspend the export of natural sand to Taiwan.
Statistics show that 2066 of the 3228 Taiwan enterprises registered were "suspended", accounting for 64%.
The Taiwan confectionery chamber of Commerce said that the industry was stunned and helpless by the sudden ban on shipping, and hoped to return to normal as soon as possible. It also hoped that the Taiwan authorities would assist the enterprises engaged. It pointed out that the page of the General Administration of Customs showed that dozens of Taiwan cake enterprises were in the state of "suspension of import". Xu Shubo, chairman of the United Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that China's ban on Taiwan's food imports will have a direct impact on Taiwan's food practitioners, farmers and fishermen.
Taiwan's food exports to China last year amounted to 11.34 billion yuan, of which prepared food was the largest, with an export value of 4.38 billion yuan. The category of prepared foods includes processed foods such as meat, aquatic products, fruit and vegetable products, sugar, chocolate and chocolate products, prepared foods of Cereals, flour, starch or milk, and cakes.
Huang weizhe, the mayor of Tainan, tweeted that the Taiwan authorities should be a strong backing for food factories, saying "we are not afraid".
The person in charge of a large food factory in Central Taiwan lamented after receiving a question from a Taiwan media reporter, "it's terrible for the government to let the people suffer like this.".
Another Taiwanese businessman said in an interview that the industry group chat was "gloomy". For example, he said, brands such as Weili, Weiquan, wanjiaxiang and Taishan have sold hundreds of containers every year. Especially after August, the cake industry is ready to meet the peak moon cake season. However, now well-known enterprises have also been suspended from import. Coupled with the impact of the previous epidemic on business, the losses of enterprises engaged will be quite heavy.
Taiwan media reported on the 3rd that the market reaction to this was that the island's food stocks had been hit on the 2nd. The valuation of listed food fell more than 2%. It said that the index of listed food stocks on the island only stood at 1900.05 points on July 29, a three-month high, but jumped to a low on July 2, falling 2.15% in the end. The K line fell below the 10th line and the monthly line, and fell to the low point since July 21.