Statistics of Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment in January-June 2014

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-June 2014 amounted to US$92.82 billion, down 8.2% year on year, and accounting for 4.5% of the total volume of the mainland’s external trade. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$20.97 billion, down 0.2% year on year, and the mainland’s import from Taiwan was US$71.85 billion, down 10.2% year on year. Taiwan is the mainland’s 7th largest trade partner and the 6th largest source of imports.

In June 2014, mainland-Taiwan trade totaled US$16.53 billion, down 4.6% month on month. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$3.89 billion, down 12.4% month on month, and import from Taiwan was US$12.64 billion, down 1.9% month on month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-June 2014, 1,050 Taiwan-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 6.8% year on year, and actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$1.32 billion, up 4.8% year on year.

In June 2014, 241 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, up 19.3% month on month, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$430 million, up 281.3% month on month.

By the end of June 2014, 91,068 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$60.45 billion, accounting for 4.2% of the total utilized investment of the mainland from overseas.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)