Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade offers counseling sessions for companies exploring export programs, subsidy eligibility, and market information resources. These sessions are most useful when you arrive with specific product and market information rather than a general inquiry about "going global."
What to bring
Prepare a one-page company profile: establishment year, primary product categories, current domestic revenue, and any prior export attempts including countries tried and outcomes. Bring sample product specifications and existing certifications such as ISO, CE progress reports, or FDA registration letters if applicable.
Questions worth asking
Ask about ECFA utilization for China-adjacent markets where rules differ from standard WTO tariffs. Inquire whether your HS codes appear in trade statistics for your target country — this helps validate demand assumptions. Request guidance on trade mission applications if your sector aligns with upcoming delegations.
After the session
Counseling provides orientation, not a substitute for market-specific compliance review. Use the referrals and checklists you receive as input to a deeper readiness assessment before committing production capacity to a new market.
We often meet clients who attended a bureau session six months earlier but had not yet reconciled the advice with their distributor contract or labeling artwork. Bridging that gap is where focused advisory work begins.