Taiwan: Taiwan Reduces Market Access for US Seafood Products

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   TW2024-0001
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. The ten product codes removed had no exports recorded since at least January 2023. This report contains full details of the announcement.

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