This Act has been enacted to establish and maintain order in the marketing of agricultural products, to regulate demand and supply, and to promote transactional justice.
Any matters not covered by this Act shall be governed by other applicable legislation.

Competent authorities as defined by this Act: at the central government level: the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, hereinafter referred to as the Central Competent Authority; at the special municipality level, the respective special municipal governments; at the county or city level, the respective county or city governments.

The following definitions apply in this Act:
1.Agricultural product: any vegetable, fruit, livestock, or fishery product, or any other product from agriculture, forestry, fishery, or animal husbandry, as well as its processed product as designated by the Central Competent Authority;
2.Agricultural wholesale market: an organization that assembles and performs daily or periodic transactions of agricultural products;
3.Farmer: A natural person directly engaged in the production of agricultural products as defined by this Act;
4.Farmers’ organization: any legally organized farmers’ association, fishermen’s association, cooperative for agricultural production and marketing, or cooperative farm;
5.Supplier: anyone who provides agricultural products to agricultural wholesale markets;
6.Purchaser: anyone who purchases agricultural products from agricultural wholesale markets;
7.Distributor: anyone who purchases agricultural products from agricultural producers or agricultural wholesale markets and ships and trades them in other markets;
8.Wholesaler: anyone who purchases agricultural products from an agricultural wholesale market and sells them to retailers or institutional consumers in the same market;
9.Retailer: a businessperson or entity that sells agricultural products to consumers;
10.Agricultural corporation: a company engaged in agricultural production as defined by this Act.

The Central Competent Authority shall, in accordance with national guidelines for agriculture production and marketing, formulate national plans for the production, marketing, and international trade of agricultural products. Local competent authorities shall devise annual programs for implementing the production and marketing plans.

The Central Competent Authority shall monitor and report on international circumstances in agriculture production and marketing, as well as international market prices of agricultural products. Special municipal, county, or city governments shall monitor and report on domestic circumstances of agriculture production and marketing, along with domestic market prices of agricultural products.

No one shall engage in the monopolization of the trade in agricultural products, price manipulation, or intentional deception regarding the quality or quantity of products to gain an unfair advantage.
Additionally, no one shall deliberately disseminate rumors or false information that could impact the prices of traded agricultural products.