Organic Equivalence

Taiwan independently declared 22 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Canada, Switzerland, and 16 member states from the European Union, as organic equivalence countries. However, after the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act came into effect on May 30, 2019, only countries that sign an organic equivalence agreement with Taiwan can sell organic products to Taiwan without an additional certification process. Similarly, our domestic organic agricultural products can be directly exported to these equivalence countries for organic sales.
By the end of 2023, Taiwan had completed bilateral organic equivalence agreements with Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Paraguay*. Moving forward, the government will continue to negotiate bilateral organic equivalence with other countries to promote the growth of our organic industry.

* In May 2024, the United Kingdom and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on organic products, making the UK the 8th organic equivalence country of Taiwan.