Doing business between the UK and Taiwan
Market entry
3 guidesBranch, subsidiary or representative office: choosing a legal form in Taiwan
The three legal forms a UK company can use in Taiwan, what separates them on liability, trading rights and profit repatriation, and how to choose before you spend anything.
A first-year market entry sequence for UK exporters to Taiwan
How to sequence a Taiwan market entry, size the opportunity before committing resources, choose between distributors and direct selling, budget for localisation and pricing, and recognise when a market is ready for your own entity.
The UK and Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership: what it is and what it is not
What the UK-Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership is, how it differs from a free trade agreement, what kinds of market access issues it addresses, and how a UK business can engage with it.
Regulation and tax
3 guidesTaiwan corporate tax for a UK parent: profit-seeking enterprise tax, withholding and the double taxation agreement
How Taiwan taxes a foreign-owned business: corporate income tax, withholding on payments, permanent establishment status, and the double taxation treaty process.
Registering and enforcing UK trade marks in Taiwan
Taiwan uses first-to-file for trade marks. Register your brand before competitors do; buying back a squatted mark costs much more than early registration.
Taiwan's personal data law: a guide for UK compliance leads
Taiwan's personal data law mirrors UK GDPR's aims but differs in structure: sector regulators, stronger consent focus, and different cross-border transfer rules.
Trade and logistics
3 guidesGetting goods through Taiwan customs: importer of record, classification and duty
How goods enter Taiwan through customs, who acts as importer of record, how tariff codes drive duty and inspections, and which documents cause delays.
Getting UK food and drink into Taiwan: registration, labelling and entry requirements
The regulatory framework for importing UK food, drink and alcohol to Taiwan; registration, certification and labelling rules; market access for different product categories including meat and dairy.
Product standards in Taiwan: BSMI, NCC and why a CE mark is not enough
Taiwan's conformity assessment system, why CE marking is not automatically recognised, what products require approval, and the critical sequence: approval before shipment.
People and culture
3 guidesWork permits and residence in Taiwan: employer sponsorship and the Employment Gold Card
How employer-sponsored work permits and residence visas are obtained in Taiwan, what qualifications both the employee and employer must meet, the role of the alien resident certificate, the Employment Gold Card route, and what happens when staff change jobs.
Hiring your first employees in Taiwan: what a UK employer needs to unlearn
Taiwan defaults to indefinite contracts, mandatory contributions add to salary, dismissal is statutory not negotiable, and the EOR versus incorporation choice.
Taiwan business culture for British executives: manners, decisions and what gets lost in translation
How Taiwanese business culture differs from British norms, what shapes decisions in the meeting room, and which British communication habits commonly misfire.
Sectors
3 guidesOffshore wind in Taiwan: supply chain structure and entry routes for UK firms
Industrial localisation and phased allocation define Taiwan's offshore wind market. Developers finance through corporate power purchase agreements. UK expertise in survey, engineering, cables and marine operations offers competitive advantage for partnership entry.
Selling UK financial and professional services into Taiwan: regulation and licensing
Which financial services require a Taiwan licence, how the licensing requirement follows activity not job title, and what structural paths exist for a UK firm to comply.
Education and research partnerships between the UK and Taiwan: forms, approvals and the decisions that matter
Partnership forms between UK and Taiwan, the approvals needed, and the intellectual property and researcher mobility issues that determine collaboration outcomes.
These guides are general information, not legal, tax or investment advice. Rules and figures change: check the current position with the bodies named above before you act.