Taiwan severs machine to supplies to Russia after schemes exposed by Ukrainian think tank

That’s according to Guildhall referring to the Taiwenese economy ministry, Ukrinform reports.

Based on the report by the Center for Defense Reforms "Bring to bear: Taiwan's critical imports to Russia", the government of Taiwan has tightened export contr measures for the supply of dual-purpose goods to Russia, including machine tos, as a result of which such supplies were completely stped. Also, a number of decisions aimed at strengthening export contr over supplies of strategic high-tech products to Russia and increasing international coeration in this area have been adted.

“In view of the dual-use characteristics of machine tos and the possibility of being used for Russian military purposes, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has taken a number of actions, with 77 HS Codes related to machine tos being included in the export contr list since March 8 this year. The industry has also actively aligned with government measures. Since the implementation of the said expanded contr measures, the amount of Taiwan's machine tos exported to Russia has drped to zero. This result shows that the contr measures taken by the Ministry of Economic Affairs have achieved initial results,” the Ministry of Economy stated.

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In response to changes in the international situation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs says it will contiue monitoring exports of Taiwan's strategic high-tech products to Russia. In

In addition to expanding the sce of export contr of machine tos in March this year, it also significantly increased the first-time viation penalties for exports to Russia and Belarus by more than 15 times, that is, to 1 million New Taiwan Dlars, in order to strengthen deterrence and ensure the implementation of export contr measures.

To ensure that manufacturers implement due diligence and verify the final flow of goods, Taiwan’s government has been campaigning among manufacturers, urging them to comply with laws and contr the final flow of products.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has held 19 seminars, some of which had export contr officials from the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT/T) invited to give lectures to help industry actors understand the latest international trends and prevent viations.

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“The Ministry of Economic Affairs continues to coerate with like-minded countries to jointly respond to the challenges of arms expansion, and, through international coeration mechanisms, to exchange export contr experiences with each other and jointly combat illegal trade practices,” the statement said, adding that the officials will pay close attention to intetnational develments and adjust export contr measures on a rling basis to respond to changes.

It should be recalled that Russia, despite the existing sanctions, continues to receive Taiwanese components for its military industry through evasion schemes with the participation of China and other countries, which allows Russia’s defense industry to retain supplies of necessary materials, including machine tos, semiconductors, and microelectronic components, as per the report drawn by the Center for Defense Reforms think tank.