required report public distribution date 2004 11 17 gain number tw4052 taiwan retail food sector approved by hoa huynh director ato taipei american institute in prepared amy hsueh agricultural marketing specialist highlights after twenty years of rapid expansion s industry has now entered a phase maturity mergers and strategic alliances will continue to take place over the next few larger chains grow at constant rate while small have begun stagnate with liberalization market as result accession wto 2002 there been improvement access for us consumer products such high quality beef fresh fruits vegetable seafood frozen foods other processed many are expanding direct or indirect imports new items it is advisable suppliers contact these directly includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled tw2 tw usda foreign service global agriculture information network template version 2 07 page unclassified