Oct 12, 2009
Why vitamins are expensive in Taiwan
I finally learned why vitamins are so expensive in Taiwan. The government classifies vitamin supplements as a medicine, so it’s a controlled substance. A woman was caught importing vitamins from the US and selling them in Taiwan. She was tried as a drug smuggler, and found guilty! Luckily the sentence was overturned on appeal (it’s good to see that at least one judge has some common sense).
It’s funny that it’s just as hard to get vitamins in Taiwan as it is to get antibiotics in the US…