Export market · Taiwan
Seafood Delicacies for Taiwan Importers and Restaurants
Taiwan’s buyers know their delicacies, and they buy for a food culture with its own landmarks: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall at Lunar New Year, squid potage and shacha sauce in everyday cooking, and hot pot and Japanese-style restaurants that use frozen seafood all year. BSA Food Products supplies Taiwan importers, restaurant groups and food manufacturers with dried and frozen seafood specified by species, origin and grade, and prepares the documents needed for border inspection by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration.
- Regulator
- TFDA border inspection
- Label language
- Traditional Chinese
- Peak demand
- Lunar New Year banquets and set dishes
- Year-round
- Frozen seafood for hot pot and Japanese menus
Lunar New Year and Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, the slow-simmered Fujianese casserole that many Taiwanese families pre-order from restaurants for the New Year, calls for abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw and conpoy together, which makes those four lines the backbone of festive demand. Restaurants and caterers who prepare it in volume need consistent sizes and soaking behavior across an entire batch.
Gift boxes of abalone and conpoy add a second strand of seasonal buying, and many importers ask for retail packs in time for the year-end gifting rush. Festive dried lines ship by sea in lined cartons, with air freight kept for small lots or late gift orders that must land before the holiday.
Everyday staples for kitchens and sauce makers
Taiwanese cooking uses dried seafood well beyond the banquet. Night-market stalls and noodle shops rely on dried squid soaked for squid potage and stir-fries, and makers of shacha sauce and other condiments buy dried shrimp and dried flatfish in bulk. Dried flatfish and other regional items can be sourced to a brief through our program for other dried fish and shellfish.
Outside the festive season, demand shifts to frozen formats. Hot pot chains buy frozen scallops in consistent counts, and Japanese-style restaurants, widespread in Taiwan, buy sea urchin roe, surf clam and kombu. Frozen lines travel in reefer containers; chilled uni goes by air, packed for the planned routing.
TFDA border inspection and Traditional Chinese labels
Imported food passes through border inspection by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) before release. Your broker will usually work from the invoice, packing list and origin certificate, plus an official health certificate issued at origin for animal-origin products, and can confirm the current inspection requirements for each line.
Food sold in Taiwan must be labeled in Traditional Chinese. Many importers bring bulk product and relabel locally; if you prefer finished packs, our private-label service can produce Traditional Chinese labels to your approved text.
Popular lines
Often ordered for Taiwan
Premium Marine Delicacies
Dried Abalone
Wild and farmed abalone, sun-dried and graded by head count
Dried
Premium Marine Delicacies
Dried Scallops (Conpoy)
Hokkaido, Aomori and Chinese adductors by diameter and count
Dried
Specialty Dried Seafood
Dried Squid
Butterflied whole squid and seasoned shreds, graded by length
Dried
Specialty Dried Seafood
Dried Shrimp and Prawns
Peeled dried shrimp and shell-on prawns, sorted by size
Dried
Frozen & Live Seafood
Sea Urchin Roe (Uni)
Chilled uni trays and frozen packs, graded by color and firmness
Chilled
FAQ
Buying for Taiwan: questions
Can you hold sizes steady for a Buddha Jumps Over the Wall program?
Yes. For batch production we agree head count for abalone, count per kilogram for sea cucumber and thickness for maw, then hold those sizes across repeat lots. A trial soak can be run before you commit, as described in our sea cucumber yield guide.
Do you supply dried shrimp in bulk for sauce production?
Dried shrimp is a core line, graded by size with color and any additive declared for each lot, and packed in bulk cartons for factory use. Sauce makers often add dried scallop in broken grades to the same order.
Which documents do you prepare for TFDA inspection?
The commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin, plus health certificates and laboratory reports where the product requires them. Drafts are sent ahead of loading so that your broker can review them before the goods arrive.
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