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Taiwan published its annual list of food and agriculture imports receiving enhanced border inspection in 2024. U.S. fresh cherries are the only U.S.-origin item on the list. This announcement is effective from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

On December 25, 2023, Taiwan announced that U.S. cherries exported to Taiwan will undergo enhanced border inspection (20 – 50 percent inspection rate) from April 1 until September 30, 2024.

In 2022, Taiwan was the seventh largest export market for U.S. food and agricultural products, valued at over $4.4 billion. Imported food and agricultural products must comply with a range of laws designed to protect human health and prevent the introduction of animal and plant pests or diseases.

This report lists major export certificates required by the Taiwan government to export food and agricultural products to Taiwan.

On December 22, 2023, Taiwan completed the last tender for 6,000 MT of U.S. long grain brown rice. This purchase concludes the tenders for the 2023 country specific quota (CSQ) for U.S. rice.

Effective January 1, 2024, Taiwan reduced the number of U.S. seafood products eligible for export to Taiwan. The change reduces the number of eligible seafood HS codes from 65 to 55.

Taiwan published their 2016 Simultaneous Buy and Sell (SBS) rice tender. The US level remains unchanged at 35,600 MT.

Recently, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) stated they will propose an amendment to the Taiwan Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act, which could increase U.S. wine sales in Taiwan.

The food service revenue in Taiwan increased for the ninth year in a row to NT$413 billion (US$13 billion) in 2014, up 3.1 percent from the previous year.

The United Tastes of America - Asian Chef Challenge, which was organized by the U.S. Meat Export Federation and overseen by the Agricultural Trade Office Taipei on November 16, was a huge success.

The U.S. Healthy Baking Seminar organized by the Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Taipei on November 17 was a great success and attracted 34 chefs.

On December 14, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan amended legislation to withdraw genetically engineered (GE) food products from school meals.