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ATO Taipei helped a local chicken importer verify several U.S. based food trading companies' existence
and legitimacy. The company
placed orders of 18 containers of chicken leg quarter after ATO staff
verified one company based in Virginia and briefed the company regarding the import procedures and
health and import certificates for poultry products export to Taiwan.
Cleo Fu
Hoa Van Huynh
Livestock and Products
Export Accomplishments
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Trade Leads
ATO Taipei Help Facilitate U.S. Chicken Export
Taipei ATO
Taiwa
n
TW13002
1/16/2013
Public
Voluntary
Genera
l Information:
McKee International Co., Ltd. is a trading company based in Taipei established just over a year ago.
The company imported nearly 100 containers of Canadian poultry products in its first year debut. In late
2012, McKee was trying to source c
hicken products from the U.S. and approached Post for assistance.
ATO Taipei staff was able to help verify several U.S. suppliers McKee searched on internet and also
provided a list of U.S. poultry products exporters. In addition, Post also briefed the com
pany regarding
meat market trend and the import procedures.
The first eight containers McKee ordered are expected to arrive in Taiwan in early January and another
ten containers will also arrive in port before Chinese New Year holiday starts. McKee esti
mates they
will purchase approximately 50 containers of poultry products from the U.S. in the coming year and
may expand its interest in other commodities in the near future.