Taiwan: Long Awaited Building Codes Offer Opportunities for US Lumber Exports to Taiwan

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英文名称：

Taiwan: Long Awaited Building Codes Offer Opportunities for US Lumber Exports to Taiwan

工作单位：

Agricultural Trade Office, Taipei

来源地址：

https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/taiwan-long-awaited-building-codes-offer-opportunities-us-lumber-exports-taiwan

关键词：

Horticulture and Forestry;  Exporting;  Horticulture and Forestry;  East Asia and the Pacific;  Taiwan; 

年份：

2021

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

语种：

English

摘要：

After years of effort by ATO Taipei in collaboration with APA - The Engineered Wood Association (APA), Taiwan authorities announced a long-waited revision to wood building codes on fire protections. Taiwan’s building regulations were previously unfriendly to wood frame construction and acted as a de facto trade barrier for U.S. wood product exports. However, the revised codes will facilitate U.S. exports by allowing for the application of U.S. PS-2 structural panel sheathing (structural plywood, oriented strand board, other mat-formed panels and composite panels) without additional approval. ATO Taipei and APA estimate this change will increase U.S. exports by ten percent in 2021.