foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network approved by christine m sloop drafted chiou mey perng date 12 feb 1999 american institute in taiwan taipei tw9013 market brief sector food processing this was prepared the usda s for us exporters of and products is public domain may be reprinted without permission use commercial or trade names does not imply approval nor constitute endorsement fas tw1 tw page 1 unclassified industry overview has been one economic stars asia spite spillover effect financial crisis real gdp grew 4 83 1998 although as lustrous a growth rate previous years economy remains sound composed mainly small medium enterprise these firms were able to more flexible dealing with regional some companies even reported rates 10 according statistics imported approximately
