First Batch Of Taiwanese Mandarins Heading For Brunei
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan – Taiwanese fruit exporters have penetrated the Brunei market, with the first batch of mandarin oranges from Tungshih, Taichung being shipped to the Sultanate last Thursday, CAN reported.

More than 200 metric tonnes of mandarin oranges from the central Taiwanese county have been ordered by local fruit importers.

Liu Hsing-chuan, chairman of Tungshih Farmers' Association in Taichung, noted that the mandarin oranges cultivated in Tunghih township are well known for their juiciness and sweet flavour.

Liu said the mandarin oranges to be exported abroad have al I met Taiwan's sanitary and quarantine requirements.

Previously, the Sultanate's supply of mandarin oranges came from China.

Statistics obtained from the Agriculture Department showed that Brunei imported 923,105 kilogrammes of mandarin oranges in 2000. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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