Staff writer, with CNA, LOS ANGELESThe first shipment of Taiwanese guavas to the US has arrived after more than 20 days at sea, an event that was celebrated on Wednesday by Taiwan’s representative office in Los Angeles. With the shipment of the 13 metric tonnes of guavas to Los Angeles, Taiwan became only the second country in the world to supply the fruit to the US, after Mexico. Edlefsen also said guavas were his favorite fruit when he lived in Taiwan for five years. “We hope that in the future, there will also be guavas going to Switzerland from Taiwan,” Gehrig said. In addition to guavas, Taiwan also exports lychees, carambolas, longans and mangoes to the US, according to Lin Li-fang (林麗芳), head of the agricultural division at Taipei’s representative office in Washington.
