These Regulations are enacted pursuant to Article 9-1 of the Foreign Trade Act.
The competent authority referred to in these Regulations is the Ministry of Economic Affairs (hereinafter referred to as “MOEA”), and the relevant affairs shall be executed by the International Trade Administration (hereinafter referred to as “TITA”) Execution of the affairs of the preceding paragraph may be entrusted to concerned government agencies or private organizations.
Businesses subject to these Regulations are limited to corporations or business firms registered with the TITA in accordance with the Regulations Governing Registration of Exporters and Importers
An exporter/importer whose export/import performance in the preceding year has reached a certain prescribed amount and whose registration has not been cancelled, nullified or abolished may be awarded by the competent authority as an excellent exporting/importing business (hereinafter referred to as an “excellent trading business”) and be included in a directory of excellent trading businesses available at the TITA website, for public enquiries.
The “prescribed amount” referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be publicly announced by the competent authority.
When an “excellent trading business” is involved in violation of the law, causes significant harm to public interests, or is likely to cause significant harm, the competent authority may revoke the export/import qualifications of the “excellent trading business” that were granted the previous year.
The calculation of the export/import performance of an exporter/importer shall be based on the following:
Assigned L/C as referred to in Item 2 of the preceding paragraph can be counted only once in the calculation of export/import performance; three-way trade performance and re-import or re-export trade performance are not entered into the calculation.
Awards for excellent trading businesses shall be as follows:
The 12 categories of exported/imported goods mentioned in the first paragraph above include agriculture, minerals, chemicals, plastics, textiles, metals, machinery, information & communication, electrical machinery & electronics, shipping transport, optical & precision instruments, and others.
The emerging markets mentioned in the second paragraph include the 4 major emerging markets of Africa, Central & South America, the Middle East, and the New Southbound countries.
The SMEs mentioned in the third paragraph refer to enterprises that are legitimately registered as a company or business, with paid-in capital of less than NT$100 million or with fewer than 200 employees.
The same businesses are limited to receiving the first and third awards once every 5 years. The same business is limited to receiving the second award for the same emerging market once every 5 years.
As for reviewing of the aforementioned excellent trading businesses, the TITA shall convene a review meeting and engage scholars, experts and review members from related fields to conduct the review.
Each of the top 500 excellent trading businesses in terms of export/import performance during the previous year may receive a “certification mark for exporters/importers for excellent trade performance” (hereinafter referred to as the “certification mark”) from the TITA and may enjoy the following benefits:
The graphic form of the certification mark in the previous paragraph shall be publicly announced by the TITA.
An excellent trading business that receives a certification mark may print the certification mark on its products, packaging, promotional items, or other trade promotion documents.
The certification mark in the previous paragraph may not be used as a trademark or service mark
Except where provisions of the Trademark Law and other relevant laws apply, the TITA may revoke the right of an excellent trading business that has received a certification mark to use that certification mark if any one of the following situations occurs
These Regulations shall come into force from the date of promulgation