Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that Taiwan has added a list of goods under export control to Russia and Belarus in order to align with US and EU sanctions and prevent “high-tech goods from being exported for military use”. I have added new items.” Wednesday,
The ministry has added “52 items to the new export control list which mainly pertain to atomic energy substances, miscellaneous goods and materials, chemicals and machine tools,” the statement read.
According to the statement, exporters have been urged to “abide by export control regulations and conduct due diligence before transacting in Russia and Belarus”.
Extended list, published by Taiwan foreign trade bureauincluded torture devices such as “finger cuffs” and “spiked batons,” various explosive and chemical agents such as smoke bombs or tear gas, and “explosive detection devices” using “X-rays,” “nuclear,” or “electromagnetic” are technology.”
Taiwan, one of Asia’s biggest tech hubs, had already released the export ban to russia on a range of tech-related goods last April, before lifting sanctions on Belarus in the U.S. May,
Taipei had already aligned itself with Western economic sanctions against Russia the day it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. February 25,