Washington apples dominate the market

摘要

The apple is, far and away, the most heavily consumed imported fruit in Taiwan. Fuji with its sweet taste and firm texture remains the overwhelmingly favoured apple variety, recently accounting for 90% of retail apple sales. The local industry, on theother hand, supplied only 3% of domestic demand. Overall apple consumption is not expected to reach the highs seen in the late 1990s but should remain in the range of 120,000 -140,0001 in the next few years. In 2009 Taiwan imported a total of 127,1511 fresh apples worth US$140 m. The US industry continued to be the leadingsupplieraccounting for 36% of Taiwan's total apple inputs. This way the USA dominates the Taiwan apple market.