This Act is enacted for the purposes of expanding foreign trade and maintaining a sound trade order so as to enhance the economic benefits in the spirit of liberalization and internationalization and on the principles of fairness and reciprocity. The term “foreign trade” in this Act refers to the action of exporting/importing goods and related activities. The term “goods” referred to in the definition of foreign trade includes the following rights attached thereto: trademarks, patent rights, copyrights, and any other intellectual property rights protected by the laws enacted. Export/import of goods shall be liberalized provided, however, that restriction thereof may be imposed by reason of the requirements of international treaty, trade agreement, national defense, social security, culture, hygiene, and environmental/ecological protection, or policy. Exportation of endangered species of wild fauna and flora, and products thereof, is not allowed without authorization by the competent authority. No importation is allowed without submitting an export permit issued by the exporting country. To export/import goods for which exports/imports and export/import permits can be granted, the exporters/importers shall proceed as prescribed with the export/import permits. A corporation or business firm registered with the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) as an exporter/importer may engage in export/import business. For the purposes of facilitating trade negotiations or fulfilling pacts and/or agreements, the BOFT may prescribe quotas either free or required premium for the quantity of export/import goods or other related measures. The BOFT may entrust the matters as prescribed in Article 14 to financial institutions, business associations, or juristic persons: 1.Issuance of export/import permits for goods; 2.Administration of export/import quotas for goods; etc. The BOFT may issue certificates of origin or certificates of processing, and collect fees as needed on the goods of exporters. When necessary, the BOFT may entrust other institutions, foundations, industrial organizations, business organizations or farmers’ associations, fishermens’ associations, provincial agricultural cooperatives, agricultural products and marketing associations with the aforementioned matters. The industrial organizations, business organizations or farmers’ associations, fishermens’ associations, provincial agricultural cooperatives, agricultural products and marketing associations may also issue certificates of origin or certificates of processing regarding the export of goods. For the purpose of expanding trade, the competent authority may subsidize a juristic person, a corporation or a business firm to promote trade. In order to expand foreign trade, cope with the situations of foreign trade, and support trade activities, the competent authority may establish a trade promotion fund by collecting uniformly, through customs, a trade promotion service fee against the goods exported/imported by exporters/importers at a rate not more than 0.0425% of the price of the goods exported/imported.
Provincia china de Taiwán · 1993-02-05