[Japanese eager to import Taiwanese custard, wax apples after China ban] Japanese consumers, who rarely if ever have eaten Taiwan-grown custard apples and wax apples, are eager to try the fruits now that China has banned them. On Sunday (September 19), the Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine under China’s general Administration of Customs halted imports of Taiwanese custard apples and wax apples, claiming that several shipments of the fruits had been infested with citrus mealybugs, which are native to Asia. China’s sudden ban follows a similar suspension of pineapple imports in February. On February 26, China banned the import…