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4.61. During the review period, the FSC[Financial Supervisory Commission] continued strengthening the risk management framework for financial services firms, expanded sustainability and governance disclosure requirements, and amended its guidelines on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. (...)

4.81. (...) During the review period, the TPEx[Taipei Exchange] also took steps to facilitate the development of a market for sustainable bonds.

4.107. (...) The main port infrastructure projects launched in Chinese Taipei during 2018-23 include (...) and construction of wind power wharves in the Port of Taichung.

Table A2.2 List of prohibited and restricted industries, 2022
Prohibited activities:
Industry: 18 Manufacture of chemical materials
Subitem:1810 Manufacture of chemical materials
Description: (...) Soda-chloride factories operating with mercuric electrolyzers; (...) ;
Reasons for prohibition/restriction: Environmental protection and human health
Description: CFC, halon, methylchoroform, carbon tetrachloride
Reasons for prohibition/restriction: Environmental protection (Montreal Protocol).
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Table A2.2 List of prohibited and restricted industries, 2022
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Restricted activities: 33 Other manufacturing
Industry: 3399 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Subitem: Processing of ivory
Description: Prior approval from the police is required to import or export live wildlife or protected wildlife products. Protected wildlife and its products shall not be traded or exhibited in public areas without the permission of the authorities.[e]
[e] Wildlife Conservation Act.
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Table A3.5 Goods excluded from drawback duty, 2023
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HS code: 0506903000; 0507101100; (...); 0507102100; (...); 0507103100; 0507103200; 0507103900; (...); 0507901700; (...); 0507909300;(...); 0508001210; 0508001290; (...); 0508004000.
Description: Powder and waste of bones and horn-cores; Ivory, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; (...); Ivory powder; (...); Ivory, waste; Rhinoceros horns, waste; Other animal teeth powder, waste; (...); Whalebone, whalebone hair, waste; (...); Other animal horn, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, waste (incl. for Chinese drugs); (...); Powder and waste of precious red coral (Family Coralliidae) materials (incl. for Chinese drugs); Other powder and waste of coral and similar material (incl. for Chinese drugs); (...); Shell waste (...)

Table A4.1 Agricultural support programmes, 2018-22
Part A
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Objective: 4. Facilitating farmers' and agribusinesses' access to finance
Description: The Agricultural Development Fund subsidizes the preferential interest rates on loans provided by farmers' and fishers' associations or the Agricultural Bank. Eligible loans' intended uses may span business development, competitiveness enhancements, and rebuilding after natural disasters.
2018-22 Total beneficiaries: 224,484 households for a cumulative loan amount of TWD 171,377 million
2018-22 Total disbursements (TWD million): 11,291
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Table A4.1 Agricultural support programmes, 2018-22
Part A
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Objective: 5. Reducing fishing capacity
Description: Owners of fishing vessels with valid fishing licences receive a grant for their decommissioning. The buy-back amount is a function of the vessel's tonnage or the raft's length, pipe diameter, and engine power. Programme suspended since 2021.
Total beneficiaries: 124 decommissioned vessels (2018-20)
Total disbursements (TWD million): 147.16 (2018-20)
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Table A4.1 Agricultural support programmes, 2018-22
Part A
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Objective: 6. Encouraging voluntary suspension of fishing activity during the low season
Description: Owners of fishing vessels with valid fishing licences are eligible for grants if the vessel operates at sea for more than 90 days in a year and is docked in port for at least 120 days in the year.
2018-2022 Total beneficiaries:Average number of participating vessels per year: 9,965
2018-2022 Total disbursements (TWD million): 1,630.6
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Table A4.1 Agricultural support programmes, 2018-22
Part B
Objective: 1. Promoting the Traceable Agricultural Products (TAP) certification
Description: The TAP standard embodies eco friendly production practices. The COA[Council of Agriculture] subsidizes the fees for TAP certification by a third party. Farmers also receive support according to the size of their TAP certified cultivated area.
2018-2022 Total beneficiaries:31,508 farmers
2018-2022 Total disbursements (TWD million): 1,573.23
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