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The retail sector in Taiwan includes convenience stores, supermarkets, and hypermarkets, which generated more than $30 billion in sales in 2025. The United States remains Taiwan’s leading supplier of consumer-oriented food and agricultural products...

On September 16, 2026, Taiwan’s Executive Yuan announced the 18th wave of tariff and business tax cuts on selected agricultural imports, extending relief through March 31, 2027. The measures maintain full waivers on the business tax for soybeans...

On September 3, 2026, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and CropLife Taiwan led a field visit for members of Taiwan FDA’s Food Safety Advisory Committee. The visit covered integrated pest management (IPM), efficacy field trials, and the...

The Caribbean Basin region continues to experience growth, driven primarily by the steady rise in tourism, which in turn impacts consumer demand. In 2025, U.S. exports of consumer-oriented agricultural products to the Caribbean Basin reached $1.7...

Taiwan relies heavily on agricultural imports due to its limited farmland. In 2025, it ranked as the ninth largest U.S. agricultural export market, importing $4.5 billion worth of agricultural and related products, including $2.2 billion of consumer...

Taiwan maintains significant regulatory barriers on imports of U.S. beef tongue, which is classified as a restricted product subject to stringent inspection requirements. Although imports are permitted, a multi-agency approval process for import...

The 2025 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world during the 2024 calendar year.

In 2025, the United States remained the largest export market for Taiwan’s agricultural and related products for the fourth consecutive year, accounting for 18 percent ($877 million) of total exports. Taiwan’s top exports to the United States were...

In 2025 the total value of U.S. agricultural and related products exported to Taiwan was $4.30 billion, an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous year. This strong performance was driven by dramatic gains in bulk commodities, particularly...

On March 25, 2026, AIT’s Agricultural Section, in cooperation with CropLife Taiwan, organized a visit for TFDA advisory committee members to observe domestic pesticide screening and wholesale market operations at Taipei Agricultural Products...

On March 4, 2026, Taiwan announced the extension of tariff and business tax exemptions for several agricultural commodities until the end of September 2026. The tariff on beef and selective butter products and milk powder is reduced by 50 percent...

On February 13, 2026, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) clarified that countries with negligible bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk and no classical BSE cases in over ten years are not subject to certain BSE-related import...