Can you bring fresh fruit or produce to Taiwan?

• Fresh produce

  prohibited

  "禁止攜帶活植物及其生鮮產品" ("Bringing live plants and fresh plant products is prohibited"), with an exception only for items that separately comply with plant quarantine regulations. Fresh fruit specifically has been banned from passenger baggage since 1 October 1998.

  Dried plant products (dried flowers, dried vegetables, dried fruit, dried spices) and some seeds (e.g. vegetable and spice seeds) can be brought in after declaring at the quarantine counter and passing inspection — this is a genuinely different, less strict rule than for fresh produce, so don't assume all plant matter is banned. The customs page mentions "severe penalties" for violations without stating an exact fine figure; a secondary source (Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture materials) cites NT$3,000 or more, but that specific figure wasn't independently confirmed on an official page in this pass.

  Also covers: fruit, vegetables, plants, seeds, flowers

  Checked 2026-09-22 — Source: Taipei Customs, Ministry of Finance (Taiwan) — Agricultural, Livestock, Fishery Products and Food

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history