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Legal (Law and Regulation)

Import Tariff

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Figure 2
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The figures above show the import tariff of coffee to Taiwan. Both figure 1 and figure
2 describe that the coffee imported to Taiwan from Indonesia is duty free according to
the first column, both decaffeinated and not decaffeinated. The Kopi Luwak which
will be imported from Indonesia is basically not decaffeinated.

Food Laws
On July 23, 2013, Taiwan inaugurated the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), which consolidates
the former ministerial-level Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Affairs and Child
Welfare Bureau both under the Ministry of Interior Affairs and National Research Institute of Chinese
Medicine under the Ministry of Education. MOHWs mission is to, "promote the health and well-being of
all citizens.

General Requirements
All packaged food products must carry: 1) a general label and 2) a nutritional label -- both in Chinese.
(NOTE: Taiwan uses traditional Chinese characters -- not the simplified characters used in mainland
China). The one exception is for food additives which only require a general label.
General Label
All processed food products or food activities for retail sale must have a Chinese
language label with the following information:
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Product name
Name, weight, volume or quantity of the ingredients (if a mixture of two or more
ingredients, must be listed separately; for specific products prescribed by
Taiwans central competent authority, the labeling shall indicate the percentage
of the main ingredient
Food additives
Name, telephone number, and detailed address of manufacturer and importer
Country of origin
Expiration date (year/month/date)
To distinguish the month from the date, the Chinese characters for month and
date may be included on the label
If the shelf of the product is three months or longer and the product is presumed
to expire at the end of the month, then the expiry date may be marked with the
year and month only.