New service to help exports
by Taipei Times
24 May 2005 (Taipei, Taiwan) – The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday launched a new service that assists local manufacturers of electrical and electronic products to build a "green supply chain" to help them smooth the way for exports to Europe, which will implement stricter environmental protection rules in July next year.
The new rules include the EU's Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment released on February 2003, and the Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
The affected substances include cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, mercury, and two anti-flame materials -- polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh said she expected the new service would allow the nation's manufacturers to proudly say in international markets that "Taiwan exports are free of problems."
Taiwan exported NT$240 billion (US$7.6 billion) in electrical and electronic goods to Europe last year, the ministry said.
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