Taiwan: Taiwan Import Violations for 2022

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   TW2023-0003

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 source of violations was heavy metals, with 4 recorded violations. The trend of declining findings continued in 2022 with the number of violations for U.S. well below the reported cases in 2021 (48 cases) and in 2020 (52 cases).

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