Australian Growers Concerned About Potential Taiwan Pineapple Imports

Officials from the Agriculture Bank of Taiwan (back L) attend a press conference to promote domestically grown pineapples and their exports, at the bank's headquarters in Taipei on March 5, 2021. Sam Yeh /AFP via Getty Images

Australia’s largest pineapple grower and a federal politician are concerned about the biosecurity risks of importing Taiwanese pineapples into the country after the Taipei Times reported that six tonnes of the fruit would be shipped to Australia in May.

This comes after Taiwan’s vice president wrote on Twitter on March 1 that an Australian importer had ordered Taiwanese pineapples.