{"id":38556,"date":"2023-11-23T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=38556"},"modified":"2023-11-23T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:20:50","slug":"bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9","title":{"rendered":"BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ESWATINI DECREASES BY 9%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Bilateral trade between Taiwan and Eswatini totalled US$16.16 million in 2022, a decrease of 9 percent from US$17.96 million in 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was mentioned in the latest statistics published by the International Trade Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Eswatini\u2019s main exports to Taiwan include ethyl alcohol, sauces, grapefruit, machinery parts, cotton yarn, and metal jewellery, while Taiwan\u2019s main exports to Eswatini consist of rice, printing machinery, filament yarn, dyeing machines, slide fasteners, and garments.<\/p>\n<p>About two weeks ago, the Legislative Yuan approved changes to a bill that will permit the tariff-free importation of 46 different goods, including nuts and dried fruits, into Taiwan from Eswatini.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Finance\u2019s (MOF) proposed changes to the Customs Import Tariff were first authorised by the Cabinet on September 21. The Finance Committee of the Legislature finished reviewing the changes on October 18.<\/p>\n<p>The tariff waiver will go into effect in accordance with the terms of the bill 30 days after each of the two nations has finished its internal legal process.<\/p>\n<p>The changes\u2019 approval was a component of Taiwan\u2019s pledge to strengthen bilateral relations and commerce under the terms of an economic cooperation agreement it signed with Eswatini in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>At a recent legislative committee hearing, Finance Minister Chuang Tsui-yun said the 46 products from Eswatini that will receive tariff-free treatment include nuts, dried fruits, molasses, brewed drinks, dried onions, vegetable juices, and textile and garments.<\/p>\n<p>In a report recently presented to the Legislature\u2019s Finance Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture, which worked with the MOF in preparing the amendments, assured lawmakers that the tariff waiver will not have a negative impact on Taiwan\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Bilateral trade between Taiwan and Eswatini totalled US$16.16 million in 2022, a decrease of 9 percent from US$17.96 million in 2021. This was mentioned in the latest statistics published by the International Trade Administration. Eswatini\u2019s main exports to Taiwan include ethyl alcohol, sauces, grapefruit, machinery parts, cotton yarn, and metal jewellery, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,242],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-38556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ESWATINI DECREASES BY 9% - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bilateral trade between Taiwan and Eswatini totalled US$16.16 million in 2022, a decrease of 9 percent from US$17.96 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ESWATINI DECREASES BY 9%\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bilateral trade between Taiwan and Eswatini totalled US$16.16 million in 2022, a decrease of 9 percent from US$17.96 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T15:38:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700736573.740102.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ESWATINI DECREASES BY 9%\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-23T15:38:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700736573.740102.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bilateral-trade-between-taiwan-and-eswatini-decreases-by-9\",\"name\":\"BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ESWATINI DECREASES BY 9% - 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