Yunlin County Government Firmly Opposes Peanut Imports to Protect the Domestic Agricultural Market ⟦4 November and December are the peak harvest season for peanuts in Yunlin County, but the central Ministry of Finance announced in mid-August this year that the period for tariff-rate quota peanut imports would be split into two time slots: January 1 to May 31, and August 1 to October 31. In addition, the Council of Agriculture on the 12th of this month (November) approved the import of 5,235 tonnes of peanuts starting from January next year (2020). During the general interpellation at the county council on the morning of the 18th, many council members expressed concern. Such a peanut import policy has caused recent prices in the peanut trading market to fall. ⟦5 County Magistrate Chang Li-shan stated that November and December are the peanut harvest period in Yunlin County, but because the central import policy allows imports starting in January next year, the psychological expectation effect has hit the current peanut trading market, and prices at Yunlin production areas have fallen. She strongly suggested that the central government should stand on the same side as farmers, sympathize with the hardships of farming, and definitely should not import peanuts before and after the production period in a way that shocks the domestic trading market. There should also be accompanying import measures: 1. Raise import tariffs. 2. Limit import volumes. 3. Regulate the categories and quantities of imported processed peanut products, on the premise of not affecting local peanut prices, to protect farmers' livelihoods while also looking after consumers' wallets and achieving a win-win goal. ⟦6 Wei Sheng-te, Director of the Yunlin County Agriculture Department, stated that domestically produced peanuts just harvested now are the freshest and most delicious. Yunlin is currently promoting quality "Yunlin Good Products" peanut-related goods. For details, please visit https://www.2019yunlinsouvenir.com/vote.php ⟦7 Yunlin County spares no effort in guiding agricultural product production quality and pesticide safety. The main goal is to hope everyone can buy safe and healthy agricultural products. Once again, we recommend Yunlin County's peanuts and hope everyone will support them by buying more.

November and December are the peak harvest season for peanuts in Yunlin County. However, in mid-August this year the Ministry of Finance announced that the tariff-rate quota for peanut imports would be split into two periods: January 1 to May 31, and August 1 to October 31. In addition, on the 12th of this month (November) the Council of Agriculture approved the import of 5,235 tons of peanuts starting January next year (2020). At the general interpellation at the County Council on the morning of the 18th, many councilors expressed concern. This peanut import policy has caused recent peanut market prices to fall.

Yunlin County Magistrate Chang Li-shan said that November and December are the peanut harvest period in Yunlin County, but because the central import policy allows imports starting in January next year, the psychological expectation has hit the current peanut market, and prices at Yunlin production sites have fallen. She strongly suggested that the central government should stand on the same side as farmers, show consideration for the hard work of farming, and certainly should not import peanuts around the production period in a way that disrupts the domestic market. There should also be supporting import measures: 1. raise import tariffs; 2. limit import volumes; 3. regulate the categories and quantities of imported processed peanut products, all on the premise of not affecting local peanut prices, so as to protect farmers' livelihoods while also looking after consumers' wallets and achieving a win-win goal.

Wei Sheng-te, Director of the Agriculture Department of Yunlin County, said that domestically grown peanuts just harvested now are the freshest and most delicious. Yunlin is currently promoting high-quality "Yunlin Good Products" peanut-related items. For details, please visit https://www.2019yunlinsouvenir.com/vote.php

Yunlin County spares no effort in guiding agricultural production quality and pesticide safety, mainly in the hope that everyone can buy safe and healthy agricultural products. We once again recommend Yunlin County's peanuts and hope everyone will support them by buying more.