{
  "product": "tw_supplier_discovery_pack",
  "title": "Taiwan Supplier Discovery Pack",
  "mode": "free_preview",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-12T10:42:56.552Z",
  "source_hash": "sha256:6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666",
  "buyer_question": "Which Taiwan official-source streams should an AI assistant use for supplier discovery, factory presence, public-company context, and market entry preflight?",
  "package_scope": {
    "tier": "free_preview",
    "preview_stream_count": 3,
    "paid_stream_count": 9,
    "returned_stream_count": 3,
    "price": "$0.03"
  },
  "streams": [
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
      "group": "Company & supply chain",
      "title": "Importer and exporter registration records",
      "provider": "International Trade Administration, MOEA",
      "buyer_value": "Cross-border supplier discovery and importer/exporter profile enrichment.",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "daily",
      "english_layer": "English buyer fields, source attribution, limitations, and source-language values are preserved by stream.",
      "record_preview": {
        "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "company_name_zh",
          "company_name_en",
          "import_eligibility",
          "export_eligibility"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "business_id": "{business_id}",
          "company_name_zh": "{company_name_zh}",
          "company_name_en": "{company_name_en}",
          "import_eligibility": "{import_eligibility}",
          "export_eligibility": "{export_eligibility}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      }
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
      "group": "Company & supply chain",
      "title": "Registered factory list",
      "provider": "Industrial Development Administration, MOEA",
      "buyer_value": "Manufacturing footprint validation and factory presence screening.",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "weekly",
      "english_layer": "English buyer fields, source attribution, limitations, and source-language values are preserved by stream.",
      "record_preview": {
        "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "factory_name_zh",
          "factory_address_zh",
          "industry_category_zh"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "business_id": "{business_id}",
          "factory_name_zh": "{factory_name_zh}",
          "factory_address_zh": "{factory_address_zh}",
          "industry_category_zh": "{industry_category_zh}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      }
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
      "group": "Company & supply chain",
      "title": "Food business registration records",
      "provider": "Taiwan Food and Drug Administration",
      "buyer_value": "Regulated food-business discovery and food-sector supplier screening.",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "monthly",
      "english_layer": "English buyer fields, source attribution, limitations, and source-language values are preserved by stream.",
      "record_preview": {
        "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "record_key",
          "entity_name",
          "source_status",
          "updated_at"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "record_key": "{record_key}",
          "entity_name": "{entity_name}",
          "source_status": "{source_status}",
          "updated_at": "{updated_at}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      }
    }
  ],
  "sample_records": [
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
      "title": "Importer and exporter registration records",
      "provider": "International Trade Administration, MOEA",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id",
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "company_name_en",
        "company_name_zh",
        "entity_name",
        "export_eligibility",
        "import_eligibility"
      ],
      "example_record_shape": {
        "business_id": "{business_id}",
        "company_name_zh": "{company_name_zh}",
        "company_name_en": "{company_name_en}",
        "import_eligibility": "{import_eligibility}",
        "export_eligibility": "{export_eligibility}"
      },
      "next_query": "Use stream_id with a supplier keyword, company name, role, city, or business_id in the next paid endpoint.",
      "lineage_hint": "Preserve provider, stream_id, refresh, storage_policy, data_lineage, and limitations in downstream notes."
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
      "title": "Registered factory list",
      "provider": "Industrial Development Administration, MOEA",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id",
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "entity_name",
        "factory_address_zh",
        "factory_name_zh",
        "industry_category_zh"
      ],
      "example_record_shape": {
        "business_id": "{business_id}",
        "factory_name_zh": "{factory_name_zh}",
        "factory_address_zh": "{factory_address_zh}",
        "industry_category_zh": "{industry_category_zh}"
      },
      "next_query": "Use stream_id with a supplier keyword, company name, role, city, or business_id in the next paid endpoint.",
      "lineage_hint": "Preserve provider, stream_id, refresh, storage_policy, data_lineage, and limitations in downstream notes."
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
      "title": "Food business registration records",
      "provider": "Taiwan Food and Drug Administration",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "entity_name",
        "record_key",
        "source_status",
        "updated_at"
      ],
      "example_record_shape": {
        "record_key": "{record_key}",
        "entity_name": "{entity_name}",
        "source_status": "{source_status}",
        "updated_at": "{updated_at}"
      },
      "next_query": "Use stream_id with a supplier keyword, company name, role, city, or business_id in the next paid endpoint.",
      "lineage_hint": "Preserve provider, stream_id, refresh, storage_policy, data_lineage, and limitations in downstream notes."
    }
  ],
  "record_backed_pack": {
    "pack_type": "record_backed_buyer_pack",
    "basis": "Registered Taiwan official-source stream contracts with record keys, English field maps, storage policy, refresh cadence, lineage, and limitations.",
    "record_count_available": null,
    "record_count_status": "not_measured_in_catalog_pack",
    "record_count_basis": "Not measured in this catalog pack. Use the stream readiness and next paid endpoints for record-level packages or source-specific counts.",
    "sample_rows_available": 3,
    "sample_rows_basis": "One record_preview example is returned for each stream contract included in this response.",
    "latest_loaded_record_at": null,
    "latest_loaded_record_status": "not_measured_in_catalog_pack",
    "latest_loaded_record_basis": "This pack exposes stream refresh cadence and generation time, not a claim that every upstream row refreshed at this instant.",
    "preview_record_examples": 3,
    "paid_record_examples": 9,
    "returned_record_examples": 3,
    "record_examples": [
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "company_name_zh",
          "company_name_en",
          "import_eligibility",
          "export_eligibility"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "business_id": "{business_id}",
          "company_name_zh": "{company_name_zh}",
          "company_name_en": "{company_name_en}",
          "import_eligibility": "{import_eligibility}",
          "export_eligibility": "{export_eligibility}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      },
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "factory_name_zh",
          "factory_address_zh",
          "industry_category_zh"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "business_id": "{business_id}",
          "factory_name_zh": "{factory_name_zh}",
          "factory_address_zh": "{factory_address_zh}",
          "industry_category_zh": "{industry_category_zh}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      },
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
        "record_basis": "registered_official_source_stream_contract",
        "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
        "key_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name"
        ],
        "example_english_payload_fields": [
          "record_key",
          "entity_name",
          "source_status",
          "updated_at"
        ],
        "example_record_shape": {
          "record_key": "{record_key}",
          "entity_name": "{entity_name}",
          "source_status": "{source_status}",
          "updated_at": "{updated_at}"
        },
        "source_record_note": "Record values keep official source-language values where needed; English field names and summaries are buyer-facing packaging, not certified translations."
      }
    ]
  },
  "supplier_candidate_workflow": {
    "candidate_count_basis": "returned_stream_contracts_not_live_supplier_count",
    "returned_candidate_source_count": 3,
    "candidate_sources": [
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
        "title": "Importer and exporter registration records",
        "provider": "International Trade Administration, MOEA",
        "refresh": "daily",
        "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
        "top_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "company_name_en",
          "company_name_zh",
          "entity_name",
          "export_eligibility",
          "import_eligibility"
        ]
      },
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
        "title": "Registered factory list",
        "provider": "Industrial Development Administration, MOEA",
        "refresh": "weekly",
        "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
        "top_fields": [
          "business_id",
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name",
          "factory_address_zh",
          "factory_name_zh",
          "industry_category_zh"
        ]
      },
      {
        "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
        "title": "Food business registration records",
        "provider": "Taiwan Food and Drug Administration",
        "refresh": "monthly",
        "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
        "top_fields": [
          "business_id_or_record_key",
          "entity_name",
          "record_key",
          "source_status",
          "updated_at"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "next_query_examples": [
      "semiconductor equipment",
      "medical device distributor",
      "factory presence Hsinchu",
      "import exporter electronics"
    ],
    "next_endpoint_sequence": [
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-lead-pack?q={keyword}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-semiconductor/supplier-search?q={keyword}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-company/brief?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/company-activity?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/compliance-risk"
    ],
    "action_boundary": "Candidate discovery only; not supplier ranking, procurement advice, legal advice, credit scoring, or compliance clearance."
  },
  "stream_readiness": [
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
      "readiness": "contract_ready",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "coverage_basis": "registered_stream_contract",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "daily",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id",
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "company_name_en",
        "company_name_zh",
        "entity_name",
        "export_eligibility",
        "import_eligibility"
      ],
      "next_step": "Use this stream contract to decide whether to request a record-backed paid package, company enrichment, or procurement follow-up."
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
      "readiness": "contract_ready",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "coverage_basis": "registered_stream_contract",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "weekly",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id",
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "entity_name",
        "factory_address_zh",
        "factory_name_zh",
        "industry_category_zh"
      ],
      "next_step": "Use this stream contract to decide whether to request a record-backed paid package, company enrichment, or procurement follow-up."
    },
    {
      "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
      "readiness": "contract_ready",
      "record_type": "latest_profile_record",
      "coverage_basis": "registered_stream_contract",
      "storage_policy": "Latest profile by record key",
      "refresh": "monthly",
      "top_fields": [
        "business_id_or_record_key",
        "entity_name",
        "record_key",
        "source_status",
        "updated_at"
      ],
      "next_step": "Use this stream contract to decide whether to request a record-backed paid package, company enrichment, or procurement follow-up."
    }
  ],
  "coverage_summary": {
    "coverage_count": 9,
    "returned_coverage_count": 3,
    "coverage_count_basis": "registered_stream_contract",
    "sample_rows_available": 3,
    "record_count_available": null,
    "record_count_status": "not_measured_in_catalog_pack",
    "record_count_basis": "not_measured_in_catalog_pack",
    "latest_loaded_record_at": null,
    "latest_loaded_record_status": "not_measured_in_catalog_pack",
    "last_refreshed_at": "2026-07-12T10:42:56.552Z",
    "last_refreshed_basis": "Pack generation timestamp plus per-stream refresh cadence; this is not a claim that every upstream source row refreshed at this instant.",
    "top_fields": [
      "business_id",
      "business_id_or_record_key",
      "company_name_en",
      "company_name_zh",
      "entity_name",
      "export_eligibility",
      "factory_address_zh",
      "factory_name_zh",
      "import_eligibility",
      "industry_category_zh",
      "record_key",
      "source_status",
      "updated_at"
    ]
  },
  "buyer_action_pack": {
    "primary_decision": "Decide whether this pack should feed supplier discovery, company enrichment, procurement research, or compliance review.",
    "next_paid_endpoints": [
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-lead-pack?q={keyword}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-company/brief?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-pack?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/company-activity?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/compliance-risk",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-semiconductor/supplier-search?q={keyword}"
    ],
    "deeper_packs": [
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_procurement_supplier_lead_pack",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-lead-pack?q={keyword}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a supplier topic, product category, agency, or company keyword and wants award/tender-backed supplier candidates."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_company_brief",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-company/brief?business_id={business_id}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a Taiwan business_id from a candidate stream and needs company-level context."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_procurement_history",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/company-activity?business_id={business_id}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a business_id and wants connected public-sector activity history."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_compliance_risk_pack",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/compliance-risk",
        "use_when": "The buyer wants public compliance, export-control, labor, environment, or ESG disclosure streams attached as context."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_semiconductor_supplier_search",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-semiconductor/supplier-search?q={keyword}",
        "use_when": "The buyer is screening Taiwan semiconductor roles, science parks, segments, or supplier candidates before a business_id is known."
      }
    ],
    "next_free_endpoint": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/tw-data-streams",
    "recommended_use": "Use the free preview as a lead magnet; pay only if the stream list matches the buyer workflow."
  },
  "paid_unlock": {
    "endpoint": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/supplier-discovery",
    "price": "$0.03",
    "when_to_pay": "Pay when the preview confirms this pack matches the buyer task and the AI assistant needs the full record-backed buyer pack.",
    "paid_adds": [
      "Full record-backed buyer pack for supplier discovery and market-entry workflows.",
      "Record shape examples, key fields, English payload fields, source refresh cadence, and storage policy for each selected stream.",
      "Recommended paid next steps connecting stream_ids to company and procurement x402 endpoints.",
      "Agent handoff notes for preserving source attribution, limitations, and refresh cadence.",
      "Buyer-facing query prompts for global sourcing, site selection, and supplier profile enrichment."
    ]
  },
  "free_preview": {
    "endpoint": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/preview/tw-data-packs/supplier-discovery",
    "payment_required": false
  },
  "best_fit_buyers": [
    "Global sourcing teams screening Taiwan supplier and factory presence.",
    "AI agents deciding which Taiwan stream_ids to request before paid company or procurement research.",
    "Market-entry analysts who need English buyer fields without parsing Taiwan source-language datasets first."
  ],
  "agent_handoff": {
    "suggested_first_step": "Use stream_id, key_fields, example_english_payload_fields, provider, refresh, and storage_policy to decide which official-source records should be packaged next.",
    "agent_use": [
      "Start with importer/exporter and factory registry streams for supplier identity and footprint.",
      "Use public-company and monthly revenue streams only when the target is listed or public-company context matters.",
      "Use procurement paid endpoints after a buyer identifies a company or sector worth deeper public-sector activity research."
    ],
    "related_paid_endpoints": [
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-lead-pack?q={keyword}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-company/brief?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-pack?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/company-activity?business_id={business_id}",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/compliance-risk",
      "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-semiconductor/supplier-search?q={keyword}"
    ],
    "deeper_packs": [
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_procurement_supplier_lead_pack",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/supplier-lead-pack?q={keyword}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a supplier topic, product category, agency, or company keyword and wants award/tender-backed supplier candidates."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_company_brief",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-company/brief?business_id={business_id}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a Taiwan business_id from a candidate stream and needs company-level context."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_procurement_history",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-procurement/company-activity?business_id={business_id}",
        "use_when": "The buyer has a business_id and wants connected public-sector activity history."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_compliance_risk_pack",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-data-packs/compliance-risk",
        "use_when": "The buyer wants public compliance, export-control, labor, environment, or ESG disclosure streams attached as context."
      },
      {
        "pack_id": "tw_semiconductor_supplier_search",
        "endpoint_template": "https://api.sourcestrand.com/v1/paid/tw-semiconductor/supplier-search?q={keyword}",
        "use_when": "The buyer is screening Taiwan semiconductor roles, science parks, segments, or supplier candidates before a business_id is known."
      }
    ],
    "buyer_hint": "Send x-buyer-hint or buyer_hint so SourceStrand can attribute preview, 402, and paid events by channel."
  },
  "data_lineage": [
    {
      "provider": "International Trade Administration, MOEA",
      "stream_id": "tw_import_export_registry",
      "attribution": "International Trade Administration, MOEA official-source/open-data stream in SourceStrand Taiwan catalog."
    },
    {
      "provider": "Industrial Development Administration, MOEA",
      "stream_id": "tw_factory_registry",
      "attribution": "Industrial Development Administration, MOEA official-source/open-data stream in SourceStrand Taiwan catalog."
    },
    {
      "provider": "Taiwan Food and Drug Administration",
      "stream_id": "tw_food_business_registry",
      "attribution": "Taiwan Food and Drug Administration official-source/open-data stream in SourceStrand Taiwan catalog."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    {
      "code": "record_backed_buyer_pack",
      "message": "This package is a paid record-backed buyer pack with stream contracts, record shapes, and buyer-field maps. It is not a full raw historical data export.",
      "severity": "info"
    },
    {
      "code": "not_certified_translation",
      "message": "English fields are a buyer-facing value-added layer and are not certified translations.",
      "severity": "caution"
    },
    {
      "code": "not_advice",
      "message": "This output is informational data packaging only and is not legal, compliance, procurement, credit, investment, tax, accounting, or trading advice.",
      "severity": "caution"
    }
  ],
  "not_legal_advice": true,
  "not_financial_advice": true,
  "not_procurement_advice": true,
  "not_compliance_advice": true,
  "not_certified_translation": true,
  "not_for": [
    "Supplier ranking or credit scoring.",
    "A complete raw historical download.",
    "Legal, investment, procurement, or compliance advice."
  ]
}