Taiwan’s annual fruit exports to China’s Xiamen Port have exceeded the 1,000-tonne mark for the first time ever, the Xiamen Quarantine Office announced on Friday.

Taiwan has shipped 1,005 tonnes, worth some US$971,000, to Xiamen Port so far this year – representing a 25 per cent rise in value terms over the prior year, the office said.

China received its first shipment of Taiwanese fruit via Xiamen Port in 2005, and ever since volumes have risen steadily each year, Xiamen quarantine officials told the China News Service.

China now imports 15 different fruits from Taiwan, including star fruit, guavas, mangoes, papayas, oranges, cantaloupes, lemons, pomelos and custard apples, the office said.

China's quality supervision, inspection and quarantine office launched a policy of preferential treatment and related measures for imports of Taiwan fruit in 2006, according to the China News Service. Under the policy, a special 'green channel' was set up at Xiamen Port to speed up inspection and processing of Taiwan fruit imports.

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