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MY 2020/2021 estimates show Taiwan’s apple consumption contracting to 130,378 MT on reduced supply of imports. For MY 2021/2022, apple imports are forecast to decline another 9,000 MT to 120,000 MT.

As elsewhere, the Taiwan food service sector suffered a major setback with the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recording no domestic cases until March 2021, Taiwan food sectors were impacted by a lack of tourists as strict border controls limited travel.

Taiwan’s MY 2021 fluid milk consumption is expected to decrease to 521,000 MT due to import delays resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

On August 18, 2021, Taiwan implemented an amended version of its Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Food.

Taiwan’s peach production for MY2021/22 is forecast to increase to 17,000MT.

In the first quarter of 2021, U.S. soybean exports reached the second-highest value ever at $7.7 billion, nearly double the same period last year.

Taiwan’s retail food sector is becoming increasingly competitive and chain operators such as Costco, 7-Eleven, PX Mart, and Carrefour continue to dominate Taiwan’s food retail market. The United States is the leading supplier of many consumer...

The first-ever U.S. Craft Beer Festival organized by ATO Taipei turned out a huge audience and connected online and offline success.

Taiwan has experienced a serious water shortage since late 2020 and, to conserve water, has stopped irrigating 74,000 hectares of first crop rice in 2021, representing 24 percent of total planted area.

Concern over the recent spike in domestic COVID cases prompted Taiwan’s public to stock up on food and essential items.

Taiwan has no rule or law allowing for the sale of CBD related products and drugs and currently has very little to no potential for importing hemp or hemp-related products.

Taiwan’s soybean imports are projected to reach 2.66 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2021/22 after an expected decline in MY 2020/21 to 2.56 MMT.