Taiwan’s high mountain tea (高山茶) may soon be sold at post offices in China, Chunghwa Post (中華郵政) said on Friday.
High mountain tea is generally grown on mountains that are more than 1.2km above sea level and the tea grown in Alishan (阿里山) is considered to be among the best.
Aside from regular postal services, customers can also purchase other products from post offices in both Taiwan and China, such as necklaces and face masks. In Taiwan, retailers and manufactures can apply to have their products displayed and sold at post offices.
Chunghwa Post vice president Su Tien-fu (蘇天富) said representatives from China Post (大陸國家郵政局) would arrive next month to discuss which products could potentially be sold through the nationwide networks of post offices in both Taiwan and China.
“Initially, we hope that both sides can start selling some of each other’s most popular products at post offices,” Su said. “We might start building the business online if the retail model reaches a certain scale.”
Su said Chunghwa Post was considering proposing that high mountain tea, pineapple cakes (鳳梨酥) and sun cakes (太陽餅) be sold in China’s post offices bevcause they are popular with Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan.
In reciprocation, customers at Taiwan’s post offices would be able to buy moon cakes made by Shanghai-based Xinhualou Group (杏花樓月餅), which was founded in 1851, Su said.
Su said both sides need to establish standards to certify the quality of the products, which would be addressed at the meeting next month.
Su said Chunghwa Post would not consider selling frozen food, adding that Taiwanese electronic devices could be sold in China as well.
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