TAIPEI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan will tighten its

export controls for potential dual-use civilian-military

technology to include quantum computers and advanced

semiconductor equipment to fulfil its obligations to stop

weapons proliferation, its economy ministry said.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Taiwan has announced

successive updates to its export control regime to prevent

Taiwanese high-tech goods from being illicitly used for military

purposes.

On Monday, the economy ministry's International Trade

Administration issued a 60-day review period for planned

revisions to its export control list for dual-use items and

technology and another list that covers military items.

The review period is to elicit feedback from interested

parties before the final rules are implemented, the ministry

added.

Taiwan was making the revisions to comply with the Wassenaar

Arrangement, the ministry said, referring to an international

agreement to prevent weapons proliferation, though

diplomatically-isolated Taiwan is not a signatory.

The rules, when they go into force, mean Taiwanese companies

would need government approval for such exports.

It did not say when exactly the rules would go into effect.

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory despite the

strong objections of Taipei's government, already has separate

tight chip export controls when it comes to Taiwanese companies

either manufacturing in China or supplying Chinese firms.

In June, Taiwan added China's Huawei Technologies and

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)

to its export control list, which includes other proscribed

organisations like the Taliban and al Qaeda.

Taiwan is home to TSMC, the world's largest

contract chipmaker and a major supplier of chips to artificial

intelligence darling Nvidia ( NVDA ).