Slated for its sixth edition on Oct. 14 to 16, the Taiwan International Show (Fastener Taiwan) is now postponed to Sept. 2021 after careful consideration between the organizers Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Foreign Trade, and implementers, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute (TIFI). This decision was made in consideration of COVID-19 concerns, and uncertain factors including travel restrictions that could block overseas exhibitors, international buyers, and media from traveling to Taiwan as scheduled.
Taiwan's fasteners industry is an export-reliant industry. According to Taiwan's Customs Administration, export and import data show that the export value of Taiwanese screws and nuts (HS CODE 7318) from January to June 2020 was nearly US$1,898 billion, a 14.6% decrease from the previous year, while export volume was only at 658,900 metric tons, a 14.1% decrease from 2019 as well. Both figures indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic, and the U.S.-China Trade War of last year have heavily impacted Taiwan's fasteners industry, circumstances that led to a conservative global manufacturing outlook.
台灣國際展覽會（Fastener Taiwan）將於10月14日至16日舉行第六屆，經過主辦方對外貿易經濟部與實施者台灣對外貿易發展委員會的認真考慮，現已推遲至2021年9月。 （TAITRA）和台灣工業緊固件協會（TIFI）。做出此決定時要考慮到COVID-19的顧慮以及不確定的因素，包括可能限制海外參展商，國際買家和媒體按計劃前往台灣的旅行限制。
台灣的緊固件行業是一個依賴出口的行業。根據台灣海關總署的進出口數據顯示，2020年1月至2020年6月台灣螺絲和螺母（HS CODE 7318）的出口價值接近18,980億美元，比上年下降14.6％，而出口量僅產量為658,900公噸，比2019年也下降了14.1％。這兩個數字都表明，COVID-19大流行以及去年的中美貿易戰已嚴重影響了台灣的緊固件行業，這種情況導致全球製造業前景保守。