For Taiwan-incorporated companies (including foreign-invested ones) building export-led businesses, the FY2026 handbook offers a tightly-grouped set of programs that defray international go-to-market costs: trade promotion, overseas base services, international exhibition subsidies, and brand-uplift initiatives. The programs below cluster around chapter 02 (Marketing) but stretch into chapters 09 and 13 as well.

The programs

  • Service Industry Innovation R&D Program (SIIR) — up to NT$10M · Commerce Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds service-industry innovation projects that create new business models and bring market-viable services to launch — anchored in the twin pillars of digital intelligence and decarbonization to build Taiwan's service-sector competitiveness for the net-zero era.
  • Innovative Medical Products Market-Access Value-Enhancement Program — up to NT$6.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. End-to-end medical-product market access: drives domestic adoption, runs clinical-validation projects (including digital-health), provides feasibility advisory, connects products to Taiwan hospitals for clinical trials, and supports international rollout via overseas-field linkage.
  • International Conferences & Exhibitions in Taiwan Subsidy Program — up to NT$5.0M · International Trade Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Subsidizes Taiwan-hosted international conferences and exhibitions — both the actual hosting costs and the prior bid-pitch / promotion phase of attracting international events to Taiwan.
  • Medical Device Industry Development & Cross-Domain Integration Program — up to NT$5.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Advisory and counseling for the medical device sector — covering market launch, cross-sector integration, real-world field deployment, and international market expansion.
  • Smart Machinery Industry Smart Upgrade & International Linkage Program — up to NT$2.5M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Drives smart-machinery makers to adopt AI, industrial robotics, and international communication standards — modernizing manufacturing processes, strengthening global supply-chain linkages, and lifting value-add.
  • Vehicle Industry Transformation & International Competitiveness Program — up to NT$1.0M · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Targets the EV/auto value chain: helps automakers integrate domestic smart-electrical systems into export vehicle models; supports component and software makers to combine AI and smart-vehicle-electronics tech in R&D to win international certification and tier-1 vehicle-OEM design wins; and strengthens production processes to lift quality and global competitiveness.
  • Food Industry Competitiveness & International-Alignment Program — up to NT$460K · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Industry-wide diagnostic-visit service (free) plus a competitive-counseling track that brings sector technologies and international-market knowledge into firms wanting to upgrade.
  • Overseas International Exhibition Participation Subsidy — up to NT$160K · International Trade Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Subsidizes overseas-exhibition participation costs — booth rent, booth set-up, interpretation, exhibit shipping, marketing/advertising, and printing.
  • Data-Driven Smart Management for the Food Industry Program · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Free diagnostic visits and structured counseling that uses data and AI to lift food manufacturers' quality-management capability, reduce waste, and prepare products for export markets.
  • Emerging Biomedical Industry Development & Internationalization Program · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Provides a one-stop window for the biotech industry — 1-day intake plus 1-month case-flow service — and publishes the annual biotech industry white paper.
  • Food-Service Industry Quality Growth & International Promotion Program · Commerce Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Counseling tracks for restaurants and food-service operators: bilingual-service uplift, product development & test marketing, restaurant-chain system counseling, and overseas distribution channel-expansion.
  • Franchise International Value-Creation Growth Program · Commerce Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Helps Taiwanese chain/franchise brands strengthen core capabilities and link into international supply chains — through resource introduction, structured international-expansion counseling, and joint / individual track counseling.

How to use this list

Click any program above to open its full profile — eligibility, services, application process, deadlines, contact information. To browse all 147 programs by industry chapter or to apply other filters, see the master directory. For chapter-by-chapter coverage, see the 14 chapter roundups.

These programs are particularly relevant for European or US Taiwan subsidiaries selling Taiwan-made output back into their parent-company home markets — the application path is simpler than negotiating tax-credit structures and the cash-flow arrives during the same fiscal year as the export activity itself.

Source: 115年度產業輔導資源手冊 (FY2026 Industry Counseling Resource Handbook), Ministry of Economic Affairs. Translated and indexed by Compass Global.