U.S. Pork Rebounds Impressively in Taiwan

Trade tensions related to ractopamine use have impacted U.S. pork exports to Taiwan for many years. But the issue reached a boiling point in 2021 when Taiwan announced that it would depart from its zero-tolerance policy on ractopamine and begin accepting imports within certain tolerance levels . Jihae Yang, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) vice president for the Asia Pacific, said pushback from activists in Taiwan and extensive residue testing requirements imposed by some governmental entities made importers, processors, and other customers reluctant to purchase U.S. pork.