Most containers held at Taiwanese ports are held because the paperwork disagrees with itself. The core document set, what each must show, the category certificates added by F01, B01 and C01, the forgotten items (ISPM 15 wood packaging, battery papers), the seven mismatches that stop clearance, and the pre-alert pack.
Origin, not the brand’s nationality, decides whether goods pay Taiwan’s normal duty or a preferential rate. What Singapore’s ASTEP and New Zealand’s ANZTEC give you, how the declaration of origin works, the product-specific rules and direct-shipping requirement — and why Malaysian goods routed through Singapore still pay Column 1.
Taiwan’s 11-digit CCC code decides your duty rate, which agency inspects the shipment, whether a permit is needed and — for some China-made goods — whether you can import at all. How the code is built, the F01/F02/B01/C01/MW0 regulation codes, lookup steps, common classification traps and the pre-shipment classification pack.
Your Incoterm decides who books freight, who faces Taiwan Customs, and who pays duty and the 5% VAT. How EXW, FCA/FOB, CIF/CIP and DDP work on the Taiwan lane, why Taiwan’s CIF-based customs value matters, the importer-of-record problem behind DDP, and how to quote a Taiwanese buyer.
