Current Status of Taiwan Food Industry in 2010

The output value of Taiwan’s food industry in 2010 was estimated to be USD 17.88 billion, which has increased 11.58% from the previous year (Table 1). At the same time, it also created the highest record of the past 8 years. The leading 6 subsectors of Taiwan’s food industry were animal feeds, soft drinks, other miscellaneous foods, slaughtering, flour milling and grain husking. Of these, only the grain husking industry presented a negative growth; other industries have all shown substantial growth due to being impacted by the increased international grain price and the recovery of consumer demand.

In 2010, the annual food import value was estimated to be....