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Since the beginning of 2022, Taiwan’s table egg prices continue to set new price records. The egg wholesale market closed at an all-time high price of 80NTD ($2.81USD) per kilogram on March 15. The primary contributors to the recent spike in table egg prices are lower placement of laying hens resulted from high feed prices, culling of birds contaminated by avian influenza, and lower seasonal production cycle.

This report is a voluntary update to GAIN Report TW2020-0014, published February 25, 2020. The report provides a brief introduction to Taiwan’s pesticide residue policy to include maximum residue limit (MRL) import tolerance applications, up-to-date MRL database, frequently used residue testing methods and recent MRL announcement history.

Taiwan's economy is booming with the GDP forecasted to increase 4.42 percent in 2022. In 2021, Taiwan imported $3.93 billion worth of agricultural and food products from the US, making it the 6th largest market for U.S. agricultural products.

As the world’s third largest vegetarian market with an increasing flexitarian population, Taiwan bodes well for the ingredients that address low fat, high fiber, and plant-based protein.

This report provides an overview of the Taiwan’s foodservice industry and its various sub-sectors. The foodservice industry continued to expand with an economic contribution...

Taiwan has completed its 2016 U.S. rice Country Specific Quota (CSQ) tender obligations after successfully awarding the remaining 6,884 metric tons (MT) of the last normal tender...

This report provides an overview of the Taiwan’s foodservice industry and its various sub-sectors.

Taiwan imported over $3.15 billion dollars of agricultural products from the United States in 2015, roughly one billion of which consisted of genetically engineered (GE) crops...

Taiwan’s retail food sector is dynamic with major retailers such as Costco, 7-Eleven, PX Mart, Carrefour, and Wellcome, compete for market share.

Taiwan was the seventh largest export market for U.S. food and agricultural products in 2015, valued at US$3.28 billion.

On November 25, Taiwan awarded 8,000 metric tons (MT) of Tender GF4-105142 for 14,884 MT of U.S.-origin rice for delivery by June 1, 2017.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) requires all packages of food grade dairy powder products that are over 10 kilograms in weight to be labeled as “food grade” or “for human consumption.”