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Retail food channels in Taiwan include convenience stores, supermarkets, and hypermarkets, which generated more than $25 billion in sales in 2023. The United States remains the leading supplier of consumer-oriented food and agricultural products to Taiwan.

As the United States' sixth-largest export market for food and agricultural products, Taiwan imported almost US $4 billion of food and agricultural products from the US in 2021. This year, 2022, looks to exceed that mark, potentially hitting record imports.

Taiwan rejected and or destroyed 28 shipments of U.S. agricultural products in 2022 according to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA). Chemical residues were cited as the reason for 18 of the 28 recorded rejections. The second largest...

Taiwan released its list of imported food and agricultural products undergoing enhanced border inspection for 2023. No U.S. products were included on the list. In 2022, U.S. apples, avocadoes, and paper plates had been subject to enhanced inspection.