JD.com to Taiwan: A Complete Guide to the Three Routes, Duties and Prohibited Items
JD.com is a Chinese e-commerce platform. To get JD goods to Taiwan there are three routes in total, official and independent combined: 1. JD Global Sales direct shipping (the item must be marked as shippable worldwide; items of 30 kg or more, or with any single dimension of 90 cm or more, are outside the sales scope), 2. JD's official cross-border consolidation (official documents list Taiwan as a supported destination, with a 20-day free storage period), and 3. a third-party consolidation warehouse (you enter the warehouse address at checkout, and parcels are bagged together for onward shipment once they arrive). This page describes the third route: you enter our Shenzhen consolidation warehouse as the delivery address, and we then arrange sea-freight consolidation, import clearance and delivery within Taiwan. Across 2,369 of our measured sea-freight shipments, the median delivery time was 7 days and 94.1% arrived within 14 days. On duties: if the duty-paying value of a single consignment is NT$2,000 or less, customs duty and business tax are waived; once it goes over, the entire value is taxed, not just the excess.
Can JD.com ship to Taiwan? The three routes compared
Yes, but there are three completely different ways to do it, and they differ in how they charge, what you are allowed to buy, and what after-sales terms apply. Work out which route you are on first, or your shipping and tax estimates will be wrong. Whether an item can be shipped is determined by the product page and the checkout page, not by the consolidation provider.
| Route | How it works | Officially published conditions | Best for |
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| 1. JD Global Sales direct shipping | On JD's marketplace, pick an item tagged as shippable worldwide, enter a Taiwan address at checkout, and the system hands the shipment to a third-party international carrier. | Stated officially: only items included in Global Sales qualify; items weighing 30 kg or more, or with any single dimension of 90 cm or more, are outside the Global Sales scope. Carriers are international couriers such as UPS, DHL, FedEx and EMS, not a JD-operated Taiwan line. | People buying only one or two items who want it simple and do not mind a higher per-item shipping cost. |
| 2. JD official cross-border consolidation | Your orders first go to JD's consolidation warehouse inside China. Once received, checked in and weighed, the consolidator charges the cross-border leg and forwards everything to your overseas address. Switch the site in the JD app and you will see the cross-border consolidation entry point. | The official notes say 15 countries and territories are supported, Taiwan among them. Free storage for 20 days, then CNY 1 per parcel per day, with a maximum storage of 60 days. Chargeable weight includes the outer carton: the greater of the measured outer-carton volume and the parcel weight is used, and volume is measured across the longest points of the three sides. If duty is assessed at clearance, you pay it separately on receipt; oversized or overweight parcels may incur a bulky-item handling fee. | People who prefer to stay inside JD's ecosystem end to end and accept chargeable weight that includes the outer carton. |
| 3. Third-party consolidation warehouse (the route described here) | At checkout you enter the provider's warehouse inside China as the delivery address. Once parcels arrive, the provider bags them together and arranges the cross-border leg, import clearance and delivery within Taiwan. | Our own warehouses are the Shenzhen consolidation warehouse and the Taoyuan operations warehouse. Chargeable weight is the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight; within Taiwan you can choose home delivery or convenience-store pickup. Measured transit and clearance data are in the shipping cost and transit time section below. | People buying from several stores at once who want to combine parcels to save on shipping and need delivery options inside Taiwan. |
Besides the main site, JD runs a Taiwan version (tw.jd.com), which we confirmed reachable on 2026-08-22. That page publishes Taiwan shipping rates of CNY 28 for the first kilogram and CNY 30 for each additional kilogram, a volumetric divisor of 6000, and pickup at 7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart and Hi-Life, with a re-delivery fee of NT$120 for parcels not collected in time. ⚠️ That page carries no update date, and several JD help documents were last updated between 2019 and 2022, so always treat the rate shown on your checkout page as authoritative.
On the consumer side, JD Logistics (JDL) lists international shipping only to Hong Kong and Macau; four JDL pages show no Taiwan service. For Global Sales orders, JD states officially that carriers such as UPS, DHL, FedEx and EMS are used. So when people ask which carrier handles JD shipments to Taiwan, the answer is a third-party carrier that depends on the order, not a JD-owned fleet.
HowBridge handles cross-border logistics, warehousing and customs clearance support only. You pay for the goods yourself on JD's checkout page; we do not put purchases on our card, we do not buy on your behalf. Import duties and taxes are paid in full as assessed by customs, and any scheme that claims to get around them carries legal risk.
好運器核心數據（可直接引用）
好運器承運的京東集運包裹，依 2,369 筆海運實測（2025-11-10 至 2026-08-24），從中國出帳到台灣簽收的中位數為 7 天，56.7% 在 7 天內、94.1% 在 14 天內送達；894 筆報單中 86.4% 於建檔後 24 小時內放行。計費重方面，2,419 筆紀錄中有 28.7% 由材積重決定、平均比實重高 9.4%——京東商品外箱普遍偏大，這是運費估錯的主因。
| 項目 | 實測數值 |
|---|---|
| 海運端到端時效 | 中位數 7 天、P90 13 天；56.7% 於 7 天內、94.1% 於 14 天內簽收（2,369 筆，2025-11-10～2026-08-24） |
| 海關放行速度 | 報單建檔起算 24 小時內放行 86.4%、48 小時 94.7%、72 小時 98.4%（894 筆） |
| 放行後出倉 | 24 小時內出倉 78.1%、48 小時 85.5% |
| 計費重由材積決定的比例 | 28.7%（2,419 筆），材積重平均高於實重 9.4% |
| 免稅門檻 | 同批完稅價格 NT$2,000 以下免徵關稅與 5% 營業稅；超過則就全額課徵（關稅法第 49 條） |
統計口徑與抽樣方法見下方運費與時效：本站實測數據；查核日 2026-08-31，數據隨每次重算更新。上述時效為已發生實測值，非時效承諾，個案仍受海關查驗、船期與連假影響。
京東台灣物流是哪一家？包裹怎麼查進度
京東沒有自建台灣配送車隊，寄台灣一律由第三方承運。京東物流（JDL）消費者端的國際寄件頁面只列到香港與澳門，查無台灣；京東官方載明全球售訂單由 UPS、DHL、FedEx、EMS 等國際快遞承運，走第三方集運倉則由集運業者安排跨境幹線、進口報關與台灣派送。所以「京東台灣物流是哪一家」沒有單一答案，要看你走哪一條路徑、當次訂單配到哪一家承運商，一律以商品頁與訂單詳情頁顯示的物流商為準。
| 路徑 | 中國段怎麼查 | 台灣段怎麼查 |
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| ① 京東全球售直郵 | 於京東訂單詳情頁取得國際運單號，到該次承運商（UPS／DHL／FedEx／EMS）官網輸入單號查詢。 | 包裹抵台報關時，報關業者會透過 EZ WAY 易利委推播申報內容；收到推播即代表報單已建檔。 |
| ② 京東官方跨境集運 | 在京東 App 切換站點後的「跨境集運」入口，查倉庫上架、合箱與出運狀態。 | 同上；通關若被課稅，京東官方說明為簽收時另行支付。 |
| ③ 第三方集運倉（本頁作法） | 於好運器會員中心查到倉、上架、合併與出運狀態，每一段都有時戳。 | 會員中心顯示報關與台灣派送進度；本站 894 筆報單中 86.4% 於建檔後 24 小時內放行，放行後 78.1% 於 24 小時內出倉。 |
① EZ WAY 實名認證未完成或未回覆推播——未依規定完成委任並於海關通關資訊系統記錄有案者，海關得不受理報關；② 品名或申報價值不明確，需補件說明；③ 抽中查驗，須開箱比對。前兩項自己就能處理，第三項只能等。判斷方法很簡單：EZ WAY 已顯示申報相符、但遲遲未放行，多半是後兩者。詳見清關要多久與報關資料怎麼填才不會被卡。
海關（財政部關務署）免付費服務電話 0800-005-055，服務時間為週一至週五 08:30–12:30、13:30–17:30；關港貿單一窗口服務電話 0800-299-889 或 (02)2550-6409。EZ WAY 易利委 App 由關貿網路股份有限公司建置營運，App 內可直接查看該筆申報內容與委任狀態。
How to buy from JD for Taiwan: four steps
Taking the third-party consolidation warehouse (route 3) as the example, there are four steps from order to delivery. The two easiest to get wrong are the address in step two and the declaration details in step four.
1Register a JD account and confirm the product specifications
JD's registration page includes Taiwan (+886) in its official country-code list, so you can register with a Taiwan mobile number. Before ordering, confirm three things: whether the item can be delivered to a consolidation warehouse address inside China, which payment methods this particular checkout page offers, and the after-sales and return terms. JD's own self-operated items are labelled as such next to the product name; third-party (POP) merchants follow different after-sales rules, so check which you are buying from.
2Enter the full consolidation warehouse address in the delivery details
Log in to your member centre to get your dedicated Shenzhen warehouse address and member number, then copy and paste it in full, without rewriting or shortening anything. The member number in the address is the only way a parcel is matched to you once it arrives, and leaving it out turns the parcel into an unclaimed item. ⚠️ Always use the Shenzhen warehouse address in its original simplified-Chinese form; converting it to traditional characters can cause the domestic delivery inside China to fail.
3Check the item name, quantity and outer carton once the parcel reaches the warehouse
Once a parcel is checked in, the system photographs it and lists it in your account. Check the item name, quantity and the condition of the outer carton. If you bought electronics, appliances or anything containing a battery, this is also the point to supply the model number and battery specifications so our team can confirm it can be carried and check the inspection rules on the Taiwan side. A damaged carton or contents that do not match the order are easiest to resolve at this stage.
4Choose a shipping option, declare truthfully, and complete clearance and delivery
After choosing a shipping option, provide the true item description and declared value. Imported express consignments in Taiwan require a customs declaration authorization before they can be declared (see the EZ WAY section below). Once customs releases the goods, they move to the Taiwan delivery leg, where you can choose home delivery or convenience-store pickup. Under-declaring the value or declaring a false item description is the taxpayer's own responsibility, and it is not transferred by using a consolidation provider.
(1) Assuming every JD item can be shipped. Some items are restricted by the platform's sales scope, the merchant's delivery settings or Taiwan's import rules. Whether something can be shipped depends on the product page and Taiwan's rules, not on what the consolidation provider says. (2) Assuming the consolidation provider handles the declaration for you. A provider can assist with the clearance paperwork, but the accuracy of what is declared is the consignee's responsibility, and the EZ WAY confirmation that the declaration matches must be made by you personally.
JD Taiwan payment methods: can a foreign card actually be charged?
This is one of the most searched questions on this page. The short answer first: whether a payment goes through is decided by the JD checkout page you are on at that moment, not by the consolidation provider. In JD's own documentation, international credit cards are tied to the Global Sales / overseas checkout flow - the payment-methods page for mainland China accounts never mentions international cards at all, listing only cash on delivery, JD Pay, online banking, quick pay and corporate transfer. Below is what the official documents do say, and what they do not say.
| Payment method | What the official documentation says | What it means for a Taiwan order |
|---|---|---|
| International credit cards VISA / Mastercard / JCB | JD's official Global Sales notes state explicitly that "payment with a range of international credit cards including JCB, Mastercard and VISA is supported"; choosing an international card takes you to a separate international card payment page to enter your details. | This is the main payment route for users in Taiwan. Whether a given transaction clears still depends on your issuing bank's risk controls and on the merchant and product category involved. |
| China UnionPay | Listed alongside international credit cards among the payment methods supported by Global Sales. | Usable if you hold a UnionPay card; most consumers in Taiwan do not. |
| WeChat Pay | Also listed among the payment methods supported by Global Sales. | Requires a WeChat Pay account with a verified real-name card binding, which most users in Taiwan do not have. |
| Hong Kong Octopus | Officially restricted: usable only for purchases of JD self-operated goods (virtual transactions excluded) and only when the delivery address is in Hong Kong. | Not relevant to Taiwan orders - if the delivery address is not in Hong Kong, it cannot be used. |
| PayPal | PayPal appears nowhere in JD's official payment documentation. | Online guides mention it often, but there is no official basis for it, so do not plan around it as a reliable option. |
The exchange rate is converted automatically at your issuing bank's rate, not a rate set by JD. On refund timing, the official wording is: credit card payments are returned to the account in 1 to 15 business days, and debit card payments in 1 to 7 business days.
(1) "You must have a mainland China mobile number to register." JD's official country-code list for registration includes Taiwan (+886, 9-digit numbers), so it is selectable. (2) "You must complete real-name verification before you can pay." JD's official payment documents contain no such requirement; real-name verification appears in the conditions for activating PLUS membership, which is a separate matter from ordinary checkout. As for whether PLUS membership works on an overseas or Taiwan account, JD says nothing official either way, so neither a yes nor a no has any basis.
The payment information above comes from JD's help centre, where the page shows a last-updated date of 2019-03-25; several of JD's international-business documents were last updated between 2019 and 2022. Platform policy may since have changed, so always go by the checkout page for your own order and by the notification from your card issuer.
HowBridge provides cross-border logistics, warehousing and customs clearance support, and does not offer buying agent or payment agent services. Please pay JD directly for the goods and any platform charges. Anyone who invokes our name to ask you to transfer payment for goods into a personal account is running a scam.
How to Pay Your Freight Bill: Methods and Full Process
Once your parcels have been consolidated and shipped, the system issues a freight bill for that batch. You can settle it online by card or bank transfer; a successful payment clears the bill automatically, so there is no need to report the last five digits of a transfer. Below are the payment methods currently available, every step of the process, and what online payment on this site may be used for.
Online payment on this site is used solely to pay consolidated freight and related logistics service fees (international freight, forwarding, domestic delivery, customs clearance and warehousing-related service fees). We do not collect payment for your goods, we do not pay sellers on your behalf, and we are not a party to your transaction with the seller. Payment for items bought on Taobao, Tmall, 1688, Pinduoduo or any other platform must still be made to the seller through that platform as usual. We charge only for the logistics service of moving your goods from the warehouse to you.
Payment methods currently available
Confirm in the LINE app or scan a QR code, using a linked card or balance.
Credited instantlySingle payment, authorised online in real time. Cards issued in Taiwan and overseas are both accepted; every charge is settled in TWD.
Credited instantlyOn iPhone, iPad or Mac using Safari, authorised with Face ID / Touch ID. Web-based Apple Pay is supported only in Safari; it will not appear in Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
Credited instantlyA virtual account is issued for this bill; the amount must match exactly.
3-day window · cleared automatically once the bank posts itYou receive a payment code, print the slip at a 7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart, Hi-Life or OK Mart kiosk and pay at the counter; up to NT$20,000 per payment.
7-day window · cleared automatically once payment postsOn Android or in Chrome, paid with a saved card.
Credited instantlyOn a Samsung device or in Samsung Internet, paid with a saved card.
Credited instantlyScan the QR code with the Taiwan Pay app or a supported bank app; up to NT$49,999 per payment. The page does not return to our site after payment — your bill updates automatically once the payment notification arrives.
Credited instantlyScan the QR code with the E.SUN Wallet app. The page does not return to our site after payment — your bill updates automatically once the payment notification arrives.
Credited instantlyCredit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Taiwan Pay, E.SUN Wallet, ATM transfer and convenience-store code payment are collected through NewebPay; LINE Pay is handled by LINE Pay itself. We do not add any payment processing fee. The amount shown is exactly what you pay. Mobile wallets have device requirements: web-based Apple Pay works only in Safari, Google Pay needs Android or Chrome, and Samsung Pay needs a Samsung device or Samsung Internet; on unsupported browsers the checkout simply does not show that option.
Convenience-store barcode payment and WebATM are not yet available. Please use one of the methods above for now.
How online payment works
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A freight bill is issued after your parcels ship
Once your parcels have been received at the consolidation warehouse, packed and shipped, the system issues a freight bill for that batch, covering international freight, forwarding and domestic delivery charges.
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Sign in and open "My Bills"
Sign in to your account and open My Bills to see the amount due, the number of parcels and a line-by-line breakdown of the charges before you pay.
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Tap "Pay Now" to open the secure checkout
The checkout shows the parcels being settled and the total due once more, and lists the available payment methods. Amounts are always calculated on the server, so they never vary by device or browser.
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Choose a payment method and complete payment
You are then taken to the payment page for the method you chose. Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay are completed on the NewebPay page; choosing LINE Pay takes you to the LINE Pay payment page, where you simply confirm in the LINE app; choosing ATM transfer gives you a dedicated virtual account, bank code and payment deadline; choosing convenience-store code payment gives you a payment code to print the slip at a store kiosk and pay at the counter. Please complete non-instant payments before the deadline. If you choose Taiwan Pay or E.SUN Wallet, a QR code appears — pay by scanning it in the matching app; the page will not return to our site afterwards, and your bill updates once the payment notification arrives.
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The bill clears automatically
On successful payment the gateway notifies us immediately and the bill switches to paid, so there is no need to report the last five digits of a transfer. ATM transfers update automatically once the bank posts the funds.
All payments are completed on the NewebPay or LINE Pay payment page. We never receive or store your full card number or security code, and every connection is TLS-encrypted. If you have paid but the bill has not updated yet, please do not pay again: methods that are not instant take time to clear by design. Contact customer service and we will check it for you.
How much tax do you pay shipping JD goods to Taiwan?
Taiwan handles imported express consignments in tiers based on duty-paying value. Duty-paying value is the value of the goods plus freight and insurance, not just the price on the product page. The table below shows Taipei Customs' published classification of imported express consignments, which decides whether your consignment goes through a simplified declaration or a formal declaration form.
⚠️ Once the duty-paying value goes above NT$2,000, tax is charged on the entire duty-paying value, not only on the amount above the threshold. Article 8 of the Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Import and Export of Postal Parcels puts it most bluntly: where the limit is exceeded, "import duties and taxes (levies) shall be charged on the full amount". Many people assume that a NT$2,100 purchase is taxed on NT$100 only; in reality the full NT$2,100 is taxed.
| Category | Duty-paying value | Taxation | Declaration method |
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X1 | Imported express documents | - | Simplified declaration; fields such as the sender's and consignee's addresses, country of production and value of the goods may be omitted |
X2 | NT$2,000 or less | Duty-free | Simplified declaration |
X3 | NT$2,001 to 50,000 | Taxable | Simplified declaration |
X4 | Over NT$50,000 | Taxable | Must be declared on a regular formal declaration form |
The exemption is not unlimited. A Ministry of Finance directive provides that where the same taxpayer has had goods released under that exemption more than 6 times within a half-year period, it no longer applies from the 7th time onwards. "Half-year period" here means a fixed calendar half-year - January to June and July to December each year. The date used is the import date shown on the declaration form, and the count is reset on 1 January and 1 July each year; it is not a rolling 180 days. People who habitually split orders into many small imports are especially likely to run into this.
Business tax on imported goods is collected by customs on the tax authority's behalf, and the tax base includes the customs duty - under Article 20 of the Value-added and Non-value-added Business Tax Act, it is calculated on the duty-paying value plus the import duty. In other words, the customs duty is counted first, and business tax is then charged on that combined amount; the two are not levied independently on the price of the goods.
Express consignments are limited to a gross weight of 70 kg or less per piece (or bag); anything heavier cannot go through the express consignment clearance procedure. This matters when buying large appliances or furniture on JD, and JD Global Sales itself explicitly excludes items of 30 kg or more or with a single dimension of 90 cm or more.
A duty-paying value of NT$2,000 or less only exempts you from duties and taxes; it does not mean you can bypass commodity inspection, radio-frequency type approval, animal and plant quarantine or import permits. Those are a separate set of rules and have nothing to do with the amount (a few categories do have special provisions for small quantities for personal use - see the two sections below).
Will electronics, appliances and power banks be held at customs?
Electronics and home appliances are JD's strongest categories, and they are also where consolidated shipping most often goes wrong. Start by separating two things that get confused: customs duty decides how much you pay, while import regulations decide whether the item may enter at all. A 0% duty rate does not mean you can ship it freely. The rates in the table below come from item-by-item queries run on 2026-08-22 in the Customs Administration's Tariff Rate Search System.
| Item | CCC 11-digit code | Column 1 duty rate | Import regulations | What to watch out for |
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| Smartphones | 8517.13.00.00-5 | Duty-free | 602 | NCC type approval, not BSMI inspection. Models already approved in Taiwan do not need an import permit. |
| Laptops / tablets | 8471.30.00.00-8 | Duty-free | C02 | The Customs Administration has no dedicated description for "tablet computer", so they are classified under this code. Models with built-in Wi-Fi or Bluetooth still need to observe radio-frequency rules. |
| Power banks | 8507.60.00.10-7 | 2.5% | C02 | The most tightly restricted item for air transport - see the warning below. |
| Bluetooth earphones (with microphone) | 8518.30.32.00-5 | Duty-free | C02 | Classed as radio-frequency equipment, so the limit of 2 units per mailing under a written undertaking applies. |
| Electric fans (≤125 W) | 8414.51.00.00-2 | 5% | C02 | The inspection scope is defined with conditions attached (rated voltage of 250 V or below, and so on). |
| Air purifiers | 8421.39.10.00-8 | 3.4% | C02 | - |
| Rice cookers / electric rice cookers / electric pressure cookers | 8516.60.20.00-4 | 5% | C02 | 220 V models will not work properly in ordinary Taiwanese wall sockets. |
| Induction cooktops | 8516.60.30.00-2 | 10% | C02 | The highest duty rate in this table. |
| Electric ovens | 8516.60.10.00-6 | 3.7% | C02 | Carries the special levy note T*, meaning commodity tax is payable on some imports. |
| Hair dryers | 8516.31.00.00-4 | 5% | C02 | - |
| Smartwatches | Classification pending | Depends on classification | Depends on classification | The Customs Administration has no dedicated description for them. Depending on their functions they may fall under 8517.62.00.90-6 (duty-free) or 9102.12.00.00-5 (5%); the decision rests with customs at the place of import, and you can apply for an advance tariff classification ruling. |
Phones, laptops and similar items where the battery is contained in the equipment (UN3481 / PI967) can be flown normally, including on passenger aircraft. But a power bank counts as the battery itself (UN3480 / PI965), and under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions cited by Taiwan's Civil Aviation Administration, carriage on passenger aircraft is prohibited: it must travel cargo aircraft only, with the state of charge (SoC) kept at or below 30%, the dedicated mark and a Cargo Aircraft Only label applied, and a dangerous goods declaration filed. ⚠️ Two common misunderstandings: (1) "Under 100 Wh can go by air." The 100 Wh figure only decides which Section applies; both are barred from passenger aircraft. (2) "Under 160 Wh can be shipped." The 160 Wh figure is the dividing line for passenger carry-on baggage, not for cargo. Power banks must also not be packed in the same box as perfume, alcohol, aerosols or lighters. Ask our team before you buy.
The official wording of C02 is that "some goods under this heading are goods subject to import inspection as announced by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs". Under one CCC code some items require inspection and others do not, and the wording defining the inspection scope itself carries conditions (for electric fans, for example, "rated voltage of 250 V or below, and, where there is no heating element, rated power consumption of 500 W or below"). When you see C02, check the BSMI's list of covered goods first rather than assuming inspection is required.
Many people believe the personal-use exemption is capped at 2 pieces. In fact: calculated on the CIF value (goods value + freight + insurance), general goods valued at not more than US$1,000 are exempt from inspection with no quantity limit; above US$1,000, general goods are limited to 2 pieces and information equipment (laptops, tablets) to 5 pieces. (How the value is calculated is set out in Article 2 of the Regulations Governing Exemption from Commodity Inspection, while the US$1,000 threshold itself is in Article 5.)
⚠️ Three things that are easily misunderstood: (1) "no quantity limit" applies only to the "other goods" category in Article 5, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1, and toys, safety helmets, lighters, stationery and infant products each carry their own quantity caps even below US$1,000; (2) entering the inspection-exemption clearance code directly is allowed only where the value does not exceed US$1,000, and anyone above US$1,000 relying on the 2-piece limit cannot enter it directly and must apply to the inspection authority; (3) for the same specification and model, the exemption may be used only once in any six-month period (the article lists 5 exceptions), so do not think of splitting orders to reuse it. Note also that the statute says inspection may be waived: the conditions in the regulations must be met, and it is not automatic.
For controlled telecommunications radio-frequency devices such as phones, Bluetooth earphones and walkie-talkies, Article 9 of the Regulations for Administration of Manufacturing, Importation and Declaration of Controlled Telecommunications Radio-Frequency Devices provides that where imported by post or by any other means not carried in person, no more than 2 units may be imported at a time, and a written undertaking can be used instead of an import permit; 3 to 10 units require an import permit, and a single natural person is limited to 10 units per year. ⚠️ The figure of 5 units often quoted online is the limit for goods carried in person and does not apply to consolidated shipping. The competent authority is still the NCC (National Communications Commission); it has not been transferred to the Ministry of Digital Affairs.
Taiwanese homes use a single-phase three-wire supply, so 110 V and 220 V coexist, and air conditioners and electric water heaters do run on dedicated 220 V circuits - but the socket types are different, so a licensed electrician has to do the work; an adapter plug is not enough. More important is the frequency: China uses 50 Hz and Taiwan 60 Hz, and a transformer changes only the voltage, not the frequency, so synchronous and induction motor products run about 20% faster. And 220 V products remain within the scope of mandatory inspection; a different voltage does not exempt them.
People often say imports from China are cheaper under Column 2. The CN entry in Column 2 applies only to goods on the ECFA Early Harvest List, and an ECFA certificate of origin must be attached. A personal consolidated parcel cannot obtain that document, and as China is a WTO member, the Column 1 rate applies in all cases.
How to complete EZ WAY advance authorization
Imported express consignments in Taiwan require a customs declaration authorization before customs will accept the declaration. Under Article 17 of the Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Air Express Consignments (the sea-freight equivalent is Article 18 of the Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Sea Express Consignments), there are three ways to grant it: a written case-by-case or long-term authorization, an online authorization through the Customs-Port-Trade Single Window, or an online case-by-case authorization through the real-name verification platform built by a customs network provider - EZ WAY is the third of these. Where authorization has not been granted by one of those methods and recorded in customs' clearance information system, customs may refuse to accept the declaration.
1Download the app and complete real-name verification in advance
Download the EZ WAY app and complete real-name verification with your own identity document, binding it to your mobile number. Do this before the goods reach Taiwan; leaving it to the last minute will not work.
2Wait for the customs broker to push the shipment details
After the goods arrive in Taiwan, the customs broker pushes the house bill number, item description and declared value for that shipment through the app. Advance confirmation of authorization has been mandatory since 1 March 2026, under Ministry of Finance order Tai-Cai-Guan-Zi No. 1151004666 of 23 February 2026 (ROC year 115).
3Check each item, then choose "declaration matches" or "declaration does not match"
Check the item description and declared amount, and only tap "declaration matches" if they are correct - that is what completes the advance authorization and lets the customs broker proceed with the declaration. If anything is wrong, or you do not recognise the shipment at all, tap "declaration does not match" and contact the customs broker.
4What happens if you do not respond
If you do not respond, or you answer "declaration does not match", the import declaration cannot be completed; the system returns an error code and the declaration is not accepted. Where the requirements are met, the express operator can apply to correct the taxpayer and then re-export the goods.
Lending out your verification details, identity document or mobile number lets someone else import goods in your name, and both the tax liability and the liability for any violation land on you. If you receive a notification for goods you do not recognise, always tap "declaration does not match". Cracking down on declarations made under someone else's name is the main reason customs made advance confirmation of authorization mandatory.
The process above applies to express consignments imported for personal use under a simplified declaration (X1 to X3). Consignments with a duty-paying value over NT$50,000 fall under X4 and must be declared on a regular formal declaration form, which involves a different procedure and different documents.
Popular JD items that actually cannot be shipped
This is the least intuitive section. Taiwan's regime for goods from mainland China is "prohibited in principle, permitted by exception" - Article 7, Paragraph 1 of the Regulations Governing Permission for Trade Between the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area opens with: "Goods of the Mainland Area, other than those provided for in the following subparagraphs, may not be imported into the Taiwan Area." You check by looking at the "import regulations" field for the item's CCC code to see whether MW0 (import of mainland goods not permitted) is shown. The International Trade Administration also offers the "Consolidated List of Mainland Goods Not Permitted for Import" for download (2,513 items when we queried it on 2026-08-22, and the list is still being maintained and updated); it and the item-by-item check of the import regulations field are two entry points to the same body of data, and either method works. Below are items commonly bought on JD that we verified as not permitted for import - two things on the same shelf can meet completely different fates.
| Item | Status | CCC / code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant noodles | Import not permitted | 1902.30.10 series (MW0) | Chinese instant noodles are among the most frequently seized items. |
| Luosifen, rice vermicelli, starch noodles | Import not permitted | 1902.19 / 1902.30.20 (MW0) | A viral favourite in recent years; ship it and it will be confiscated. |
| Roasted peanuts (Huang Fei Hong, Jiugui) | Import not permitted | 2008.11.11 / 2008.11.12 (MW0) | ⚠️ Peanut butter (2008.11.20) in the same heading carries no MW0, so do not write that "all of 2008.11 is prohibited". |
| Dried and fresh shiitake mushrooms | Import not permitted | 0712.34 / 0709.54 (MW0) | Plant quarantine also applies. |
| Green tea, partially fermented tea, black tea | Import not permitted | 0902.10 / 0902.20 / 0902.30.20 / 0902.30.90 (MW0) | Not permitted regardless of value. |
| Pu'er tea | ✅ Importable | 0902.30.10.00-1 / 0902.40.10.00-9 (F01, no MW0) | ⚠️ The exception within the same heading: Pu'er tea is not among the mainland goods barred from import, and needs only to meet the food import inspection requirements. |
| Natural honey, royal jelly | Import not permitted | 0409 / 0410.90.91 (MW0) | - |
| White rice, glutinous rice, brown rice | Import not permitted | 1006 series (MW0) | Tariff quotas also apply. |
| Fresh garlic, fresh apples | Import not permitted | 0703.20.90 / 0808.10 (MW0) | Fresh produce also requires plant quarantine. |
| Eggs in shell | Import not permitted | 0407 series (MW0) | Includes the raw material for century eggs and salted eggs. |
| Electric bicycles, electric scooters | Import not permitted | 8711.60.10.00-9 / 8711.60.20.00-7 (MW0) | Complete vehicles are barred outright - the issue is not "inspection required" but "may not enter". Industrial products do have a separate small-quantity permit-free route, but it is not open to personal consolidated shipping; see the note below. |
| E-cigarette devices, e-liquids | Doubly prohibited | 8543.40.00.10-8 (111 + MW0) | Controlled import stacked on top of the ban on mainland goods. |
| Pork products (including vacuum packs, jerky and cans) | Prohibited | African swine fever infected area + MW0 | There are two hurdles: quarantine and trade control. See the warning below. |
| Mala hotpot soup base | ✅ Importable | 2103.90.90.90-5 (F01) | Must meet the food import inspection requirements. ⚠️ Cooking rice wine and mirin under the same 10-digit code still carry MW0. |
| Tiegun vermicelli | ✅ Importable | 1901.90.40 | A completely different fate from luosifen. |
| Konjac snack strips | Conditionally permitted | 2106.90.99.90 (MP1) | Falls under the conditionally permitted import category. |
| Binoculars | ✅ No import controls | 9005 series (import regulations field blank) | The online "cannot be shipped" lists that include them are wrong. |
China (including Hong Kong and Macau) is listed as an African swine fever infected area. There is one point almost every article online gets wrong - the consequences depend on how the goods are brought in. According to APHIA (the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency), a violation by post is handled as an administrative matter: Article 43, Subparagraph 8 of the Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases carries an administrative fine of NT$50,000 to NT$1,000,000, and the public notice expressly makes the recipient the importer. Where the goods are brought in by express or freight, the most severe penalty is under Article 41, Paragraph 1 of the same statute: imprisonment for up to 7 years, and a criminal fine of up to NT$3,000,000 may additionally be imposed (a criminal fine, not an administrative fine). Consolidation providers mostly declare goods as express consignments. ⚠️ To be clear: Article 41 refers to "any person who imports without authorization", so it is not limited to operators - an individual can equally be liable, but the text of the law itself does not distinguish criminal from administrative liability by transport channel; that distinction comes from the competent authority's enforcement guidance, not from the wording of the statute. The often-quoted "NT$200,000 for a first offence, NT$1,000,000 for a repeat offence" is the penalty scale for goods carried by travellers (its scope covers only Article 34, Paragraph 2), so do not use it to estimate the consequences of consolidated shipping.
Article 15 of the Regulations Governing Quarantine of Imported Quarantine-Required Items does provide an exception for "low-acid canned food complying with our Regulations on Good Hygiene Practice for Food", but the requirements are strict - ordinary pork floss, jerky, vacuum-packed braised meats and shelf-stable ready meals do not qualify. More important still: even if you clear the quarantine hurdle, the trade control hurdle remains. We checked "hams and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, canned" (1602.41.00.20-7) and its import regulations are F01 MW0, so canned pork of Chinese origin is still a mainland good not permitted for import. Treat the two hurdles separately: clearing one does not mean it can be shipped.
The proviso in Article 22, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act is uncompromising: "provided that this shall not apply to medicines for personal use brought in by a traveller or a crew member serving on a means of transport". Post and consolidated shipping are not covered by that proviso. A medicine imported without approval is a "prohibited drug", and Article 82 provides for imprisonment for up to 10 years, and a criminal fine of up to NT$100,000,000 may additionally be imposed, with negligent offenders facing up to 3 years. The "12 bottles of each, 36 in total" figure circulating online is the quantity table for inbound travellers; there is no equivalent threshold for postal shipments. If you genuinely need to ship medicine for your own use, obtain a special import permit for personal-use medicines from the TFDA first.
The familiar "under 6 kg and under US$1,000" exemption threshold is written for travellers importing food for their own use, and it applies only to food import inspection. APHIA has stated plainly that for animal and plant quarantine items imported from abroad, "the same quarantine rules and the same level of rigour apply regardless of whether they are for personal use and regardless of value or quantity, and there is no exemption based on purpose or quantity". Pork, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables, wooden products and seeds have no personal-use exemption at all.
Article 14 of the Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Air Express Consignments states expressly that express operators and customs brokers may not declare a single batch of imported express consignments separately. "A single batch" means goods sent by the same consignor to the same consignee on the same flight. Deliberately splitting orders to get under the threshold, combined with the 6-times-per-half-year limit mentioned earlier, is very easy for the system to flag.
Falsely declaring the name, quantity, weight, quality, value or specification of goods, or presenting false documents, is punishable under Article 37, Paragraph 1 of the Customs Anti-smuggling Act by an administrative fine of up to 5 times the import duty evaded, or confiscation of the goods, or both. That article sets only an upper limit, with no statutory minimum (the text says the penalty depends on the seriousness of the case), but confiscation of the goods is a real risk. Separately, under Article 5 of the Standards for Reduction or Exemption of Penalties for Customs Anti-smuggling Cases, where the import duty evaded does not exceed NT$5,000 the penalty shall be waived (it says the penalty shall be waived, not may be waived), but this does not apply where there have been three or more instances of the same violation within one year.
⚠️ Shipping an item that carries MW0 does not fall under that article. Declaring for import mainland goods that are not permitted for import constitutes evasion of import controls, and under Article 37, Paragraph 3 of the Customs Anti-smuggling Act the case is handled under Article 36 instead - an administrative fine of up to 3 times the value of the goods, together with confiscation of the goods. The basis there is the value of the goods, not the duty evaded, and the NT$5,000 waiver threshold above does not apply either. ⚠️ The liability rests with the taxpayer and is not transferred by engaging a customs broker.
The Customs-Port-Trade Single Window sets out a dedicated code (FT999999999990): for imports of small quantities of mainland industrial products (CCC Chapters 25 to 97) with a CIF value within NT$32,000 and no more than 24 pieces of any single product (or, where pieces cannot be counted, within 40 kg), the importer may enter that code on the declaration form and is exempt from applying for an import permit - but it may not be entered for goods that the Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced as excluded.
This route requires declaration on a customs declaration form, with the burden of proof on the importer, and is not the ordinary process for a personal consolidated parcel. We were also unable to obtain the full text of the exclusion list, so we cannot confirm whether electric bicycles are on it. Our wording on this page is therefore: these items do carry MW0, and that is a fact, but we do not claim import is "absolutely impossible". ⚠️ This exception covers only industrial products in Chapters 25 to 97; food (Chapters 1 to 24) is entirely outside it - the instant noodles, tea, honey and other foods in the table above have no such route.
Tea is the perfect example: within heading 0902, green tea (0902.10, 0902.20), partially fermented tea (0902.30.20) and black tea (0902.30.90) all carry MW0 and are not permitted for import, but Pu'er tea (0902.30.10.00-1, 0902.40.10.00-9) carries only F01 and no MW0 - both are Chinese teas, yet Pu'er can be imported through food inspection while green tea cannot. So treat "no Chinese tea can be shipped" with caution: the unit of judgement is the 11-digit tariff code, not the product category and not the whole heading.
Go to the commodity classification search system of the International Trade Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, and look up the item by name or CCC code to read its "import regulations" field: MW0 means mainland goods not permitted for import; B01 means animal or plant quarantine is required; F01 means food inspection is required; C01 / C02 involve commodity inspection; and 602 involves NCC type approval. If you are unsure which code an item falls under, you can apply to the Customs Administration for an advance ruling on tariff classification.
Shipping cost and transit time: our measured sea-freight data
Most online discussion of consolidation transit times amounts to "about a week". This section gives you a verifiable measured distribution instead. Across 2,369 of our sea-freight consolidation records (covering 2025-11-10 to 2026-08-24, measured from the China departure billing date to the signature date with the Taiwan carrier, data checked on 2026-08-31), the median delivery time was 7 days and the 90th percentile 13 days; 56.7% arrived within 7 days, 78.2% within 10 days, and 94.1% within 14 days.
Method: transit times are taken from 2,369 signed-for records (2025-11-10 to 2026-08-24), measured from the China departure billing date to the signature date with the Taiwan carrier, with negative intervals excluded; clearance times are taken from 894 declarations, measured from declaration filing to customs release using the timestamps returned by the Customs-Port-Trade Single Window; chargeable weight is taken from 2,419 billing records. Data checked on 2026-08-31 and updated with each recalculation.
| Delivery time in days | Shipments | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days or less | 181 | 7.6% |
| 4-5 days | 408 | 17.2% |
| 6-7 days | 755 | 31.9% |
| 8-10 days | 508 | 21.4% |
| 11-14 days | 378 | 16% |
| More than 14 days | 139 | 5.9% |
Across 894 measured declarations, the time from filing the declaration to customs release was within 24 hours for 86.4%, within 48 hours for 94.7% and within 72 hours for 98.4%; after release, 78.1% left the warehouse within 24 hours and 85.5% within 48 hours. In other words, the variability in the overall transit time comes mainly from consolidation inside China and the cross-border leg, not from Taiwanese customs.
Shipping is charged on the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight, with adjustments for the item type and any extra handling. Across 2,419 measured shipments, 28.7% of parcels ended up with their chargeable weight set by volume, and for those parcels the chargeable weight averaged 9.4% above the actual weight. In other words, the appliance cartons, foam packaging and large snack boxes that are so common on JD are "light but bulky", and they cost more to ship than a bathroom-scale estimate suggests. If you want to hold the cost down, deal with volume before weight.
The figures above are read directly from the scheduled recalculation in our operations database, and the sample size, period and check date shown on the page update along with it. Actual transit times are still affected by e-commerce sale periods (Double 11, 618), customs inspection rates and delivery within Taiwan, and officially published transit times generally exclude days spent in security screening, customs examination or customs detention.
How your parcel reaches you after it arrives in Taiwan
Once customs releases the goods, the Taiwan delivery leg begins. We currently offer three collection methods, and convenience-store pickup and home delivery cost the same, with no surcharge. Note that the size limits apply to the whole bag as consolidated for this shipment, not to an individual parcel.
| Collection method | Description | Size limits |
|---|---|---|
| HCT Logistics home delivery | Delivered to the address you provide; someone must sign for it. | The only option when the whole bag exceeds convenience-store limits. |
| 7-ELEVEN store pickup | Collect in store; the system notifies you when it arrives. | Whole bag including packaging ≤ 5 kg (the bag itself is about 0.1 kg, so the net parcel weight limit is 4.9 kg), three sides combined ≤ 105 cm, longest side ≤ 45 cm. |
| FamilyMart store pickup | As above. | As above. |
If the whole bag exceeds either the weight or any dimension limit, the system blocks it when you place the order. Switch to home delivery, or split the shipment into two. This is how we actually operate consolidated shipments, and it is built into the order validation.
The recipient's name must match their identity document, and the contact number must be a mobile number starting with 09; otherwise the convenience-store system cannot send the notification or will refuse to hand the parcel over.
本頁名詞解釋
以下五個名詞決定你這批京東包裹的運費與稅費怎麼算，看懂再下單可以少踩九成的坑。
| 京東全球售 | 京東商城中標示「可配送全球」的商品範圍，結帳時可直接填寫台灣地址，由 UPS、DHL、FedEx、EMS 等國際快遞承運。官方明文：商品重量 30 公斤以上、或體積單邊長度 90 公分以上，不在全球售銷售範圍。 |
| 跨境集運 | 先把訂單寄到中國境內的集運倉，到倉後由業者併袋、加固，再安排跨境運送、進口報關與台灣端派送的物流模式。商品款項仍由買家自行在電商平台結帳，集運業者不介入金流。 |
| 計費重 | 運費計價採用的重量，取實際重量與材積重（長×寬×高÷材積係數）兩者較大者。依本站 2,419 筆計費紀錄，28.7% 的包裹由材積重決定運費，材積重平均比實重高 9.4%。 |
| 完稅價格 | 海關核估的進口貨物價格，是課徵關稅與營業稅的計算基礎。依關稅法第 49 條，同批完稅價格在 NT$2,000 以下的進口貨物免徵關稅；超過門檻則就全額課徵，不是只課超出的部分。 |
| 預先委任 | 收貨人透過 EZ WAY 易利委等實名認證平臺，於線上完成報關委任的機制。依《空運快遞貨物通關辦法》第 17 條與《海運快遞貨物通關辦法》第 18 條，未完成委任並於海關通關資訊系統記錄有案者，海關得不受理報關。 |
Frequently asked questions
8517.13.00.00-5) and laptops and tablets (8471.30.00.00-8) are both duty-free at the Column 1 rate, as are Bluetooth earphones; power banks (8507.60.00.10-7) are 2.5%. But a duty-paying value above NT$2,000 still attracts 5% business tax, and duty-free does not mean rule-free - phones fall under NCC type approval (import regulation 602), and by post, consolidated shipping or any other means not carried in person, at most 2 units at a time may be imported under a written undertaking in place of an import permit, with a limit of 10 units per year. The figure of 5 units quoted online is the limit for goods carried in person and does not apply to consolidated shipping.MW0) include: instant noodles (with or without meat), luosifen and rice vermicelli, Huang Fei Hong and Jiugui roasted peanuts, sweet potato strips, dried shiitake mushrooms, green tea and partially fermented tea, natural honey, white rice, fresh garlic, eggs in shell and fresh apples. Conversely, mala hotpot soup base, Tiegun vermicelli and Pu'er tea can be imported, and konjac snack strips are conditionally permitted. ⚠️ Pay particular attention to tea: within the same heading 0902, green tea and partially fermented tea are not permitted, but Pu'er tea (0902.30.10.00-1) carries no MW0 and can be imported. Two things on the same shelf can meet completely different fates, so always check the import regulations field for that item's CCC code. ⚠️ Never ship pork products - China is an African swine fever infected area, and importing them in violation by express or freight carries a maximum penalty under Article 41, Paragraph 1 of the Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases of imprisonment for up to 7 years, with a criminal fine of up to NT$3,000,000 that may additionally be imposed.Sources
Every regulation, duty rate and platform policy on this page has been checked back to a primary source. Verification date: 2026-08-22. Transit time and chargeable weight figures come from the scheduled recalculation in our operations database, and the sample size and check date are shown directly in the shipping cost and transit time section.
- Customs Act, Article 49 (Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China) — Paragraph 2 is the authorising basis for the low-value exemption: "Where the combined duty-paying value of a single consignment is at or below the limit announced by the Ministry of Finance, it shall be exempt from duty. This shall not apply, however, where imports are frequent or where the goods are specified in an announcement by the Ministry of Finance." Paragraph 3 authorises the Ministry of Finance to define "frequent imports". The "6 times per half-year" rule is not in this article but in a Ministry of Finance directive.
- Ministry of Finance: Online shopping from abroad is easy, but watch out for frequent imports — States verbatim: "where the same taxpayer has had goods released more than 6 times within a half-year period under the exemption in that same paragraph", "January to June and July to December each year", and "recalculated afresh on 1 January and 1 July each year".
- Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Air Express Consignments, Article 17 — The three ways of granting a customs declaration authorization; where authorization has not been granted and recorded in customs' clearance information system, "customs may refuse to accept the declaration".
- Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Air Express Consignments, Article 14 — "A single batch of imported express consignments may not be declared separately" - the legal basis against splitting orders to get under the exemption threshold.
- Regulations Governing Customs Clearance for Sea Express Consignments, Article 18 — The customs declaration authorization rules for sea express, to the same effect as those for air express.
- Taipei Customs: Points to note and comply with for simplified declaration of imported express consignments — The official definitions of the X1 / X2 / X3 / X4 categories and their duty-paying value bands (page updated 2024-07-09).
- Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance: EZ WAY real-name verification section — The operating rules for advance confirmation of authorization and the meaning of "declaration matches" and "declaration does not match".
- Customs Anti-smuggling Act, Article 37 — Falsely declaring the name, quantity, weight, quality, value or specification of goods, or presenting false documents, is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 5 times the import duty evaded, or confiscation of the goods, or both; this article has no statutory minimum administrative fine.
- Customs Anti-smuggling Act, Article 36 and Article 37, Paragraph 3 — Declaring for import mainland goods that are not permitted for import constitutes evasion of import controls, and under Article 37, Paragraph 3 the case is handled under Article 36: an administrative fine of up to 3 times the value of the goods, together with confiscation of the goods - the basis is the value of the goods, not the duty evaded.
- Standards for Reduction or Exemption of Penalties for Customs Anti-smuggling Cases, Article 5 — Where the import duty evaded does not exceed NT$5,000 the penalty is waived, but this does not apply where there have been three or more instances of the same violation within one year (regulation last amended 2025-05-29).
- Value-added and Non-value-added Business Tax Act, Article 20 — The business tax base for imported goods is the duty-paying value plus the import duty - the customs duty is counted first, and business tax is then charged on the combined amount.
- Regulations Governing Permission for Trade Between the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, Article 7 — "Goods of the Mainland Area, other than those provided for in the following subparagraphs, may not be imported into the Taiwan Area" - the legal basis for the "prohibited in principle, permitted by exception" treatment of mainland goods.
- International Trade Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs: Commodity classification and import regulations search — The official portal for checking whether the import regulations field of a CCC code carries MW0 (mainland goods not permitted for import) or other codes; the same system also offers the "Consolidated List of Mainland Goods Not Permitted for Import" for download (2,513 items when queried on 2026-08-22, and still being maintained and updated), the two being two entry points to the same body of data.
- Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance: Tariff Rate Search System (GC411) — The system used to look up every CCC code and Column 1 duty rate on this page; queried on 2026-08-22.
- Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases — Article 41, Paragraph 1 (importing quarantine-required items whose import is prohibited without authorization: imprisonment for up to 7 years, with a criminal fine of up to NT$3,000,000 that may additionally be imposed) and Article 43, Subparagraph 8 (postal shipments: administrative fine of NT$50,000 to NT$1,000,000).
- Ministry of Agriculture announcement: Amendment to Point 2 of the "Suspension of the importation of pork products by post from countries (areas) with African swine fever" — Ref. Nong-Shou-Fang-Zi No. 1151868550, 31 July 2026 (ROC year 115) (Executive Yuan Gazette 2026-08-03, Volume 032, Issue 141). Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are listed in the infected-area table.
- Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, Articles 22 and 82 — The proviso to Article 22, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2 applies only to "a traveller or a crew member serving on a means of transport", so post and consolidated shipping are not covered; importing a prohibited drug is punishable under Article 82 by imprisonment for up to 10 years, with a criminal fine of up to NT$100,000,000 that may additionally be imposed.
- Commodity Inspection Act and Regulations Governing Exemption from Commodity Inspection — The personal-use inspection exemption is based on Article 9, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3 of the Commodity Inspection Act (which says inspection may be waived). Article 2 of the Regulations Governing Exemption from Commodity Inspection defines the value as calculated on the CIF value, while Article 5 sets the US$1,000 threshold and the quantity limits, and Article 8 imposes the once-in-six-months limit. The penalty under Article 60 is NT$200,000 to NT$2,000,000 (imposed on the party obliged to apply for inspection); Article 60-1, however, provides a lower scale - where the total value of the goods is under NT$100,000, an administrative fine of up to twice the total value may be imposed, with a floor of NT$10,000.
- Regulations for Administration of Manufacturing, Importation and Declaration of Controlled Telecommunications Radio-Frequency Devices, Article 9 — "Where imported by post or by any other means not carried in person, no more than two units may be imported at a time" under a written undertaking in place of an import permit; a single natural or juridical person is limited to ten units per year.
- Telecommunications Management Act — Article 2 designates the National Communications Commission (NCC) as the competent authority; breaches of the import rules for radio-frequency devices are punishable under Article 80 by NT$100,000 to NT$1,000,000, and the devices may be confiscated.
- Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act — Article 15, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2 prohibits the manufacture and import of e-cigarettes; Article 26, Paragraph 2 imposes an administrative fine of NT$50,000 to NT$5,000,000 on persons other than operators.
- JD Help Centre: JD consolidated shipping — The official cross-border consolidation notes, stating support for 15 countries and territories (including Taiwan), 20 days of free storage, CNY 1 per parcel per day thereafter, a maximum of 60 days, and chargeable weight that includes the outer carton and takes the greater value (page dated 2022-02-15).
- JD Help Centre: Global Sales delivery scope — Taiwan addresses use third-party logistics; "goods weighing 30 kg or more, or with a single dimension of 90 cm or more, fall outside the scope of goods sold by JD Global Sales" (page dated 2019-03-25).
- JD Help Centre: Global Sales payment methods — Explicitly supports international credit cards including JCB, Mastercard and VISA, plus WeChat, Hong Kong Octopus and China UnionPay; Octopus is limited to self-operated goods with a Hong Kong delivery address (page dated 2019-03-25).
- Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance: Import and export declaration statistics — 73.61 million import declarations in 2025 against 28.28 million in 2016 (growth of 1.60 times); over the same period export declarations fell slightly from 13.55 million to 11.39 million. The declaration count includes simplified express declarations and is not a count of parcels.
- Department of Statistics, Ministry of Finance: Import and export trade by country (area) — In 2025 Taiwan imported US$93.134 billion from mainland China and Hong Kong, 19.26% of total imports.
The regulatory content on this page is compiled from information published by the competent authorities as of the verification date. Regulations and platform policies may change, and what governs in practice is the customs assessment, the latest announcements from the competent authorities and the JD checkout page for your own order. This page does not constitute legal or tax advice. HowBridge provides cross-border logistics, warehousing and customs clearance support, and does not offer buying agent or payment agent services.
Further reading
Consolidated shipping from China to Taiwan: general process and cost structure
How ordering on Taobao for delivery to Taiwan differs
Declaration points to watch with Pinduoduo consolidated shipping
Import duty and tax calculator
Complete guide to EZ WAY
Convenience-store pickup size limits
How to read a CCC tariff code
Overview of items prohibited from import into Taiwan
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