Paraguayan pork enters Taiwan with zero tariff

After a meeting chaired by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Javier Giménez, and the Minister of Economic Affairs (MOAS), Mei-Hua Wang, of the Republic of China (Taiwan), at a press conference in Mburuvicha Róga it was announced yesterday the achievement obtained, mainly thanks to the work of the private sector, supported by Government measures. In addition to fresh and frozen boneless pork, 16 other Paraguayan products are exempt from tariffs, such as prepared or preserved beef offal, wheat flour, beef hamburger, ethyl alcohol, textile clothing and sets of spark plug wires used in the media. Of transport. Minister Giménez mentioned that Paraguay currently exports 5,000 tons of pork annually to Taiwan on average, generating income worth USD 15 million. From now on, with the exemption of the tariff, shipments of the Paraguayan product to the Asian country are expected to generate USD 100 million per year. According to data from the National Animal Quality and Health Service ...