Taipei customs pointed out that the customs have successively seized 245 cases of inbound passengers carrying quarantined pork at Taoyuan International Airport from January to May, 2024. All of these seizures have been forwarded to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture for review. The total fines of these 245 cases seized by TPC have reached NTD 31.355 million. In accordance with "Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases", A maximum fine of NTD 1 million shall be imposed on passengers carrying quarantined products. 

Taipei Customs further stated that the African swine fever has spread to 80 countries around the world. In 2024, Montenegro, Kosovo and Albania in Europe have been added on the list of the swine fever. In addition, Angola and Gabon have also been impacted by the swine fever in Africa. In Asia Japan and Republic of China (Taiwan) are the only two countries which have not been impacted by the virus. In order to prevent the transmission of the African swine fever and to ensure domestic agricultural ecology and public health safety, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Taipei Customs continue to enhance luggage inspection of inbound passengers from affected countries, by X-ray instruments and quarantine dogs.  

Taipei customs calls on inbound passengers not to carry those meat products into Taiwan. If passengers violated relevant quarantine regulations and brought meat into Taiwan, it would not only threaten our agricultural industries, but also seriously impact our economy. Relevant regulations can be found on the website of Taipei Customs, Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance (https://web.customs.gov.tw/taipei/). If passengers have any further questions, please feel free to contact the customs at 0800-311-006 for more information.