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

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-May 2014 amounted to US$76.29 billion, down 12.2% 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$17.08 billion, down 4.4% year on year, and the mainland’s import from Taiwan was US$59.21 billion, down 14.3% year on year. Taiwan is the mainland’s 7th largest trade partner and the 6th largest source of imports.

In May 2014, mainland-Taiwan trade totaled US$17.32 billion, up 2.9% month on month. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$4.44 billion, up 20.9% month on month, and import from Taiwan was US$12.88 billion, down 2.2% month on month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-May 2014, 809 Taiwan-funded projects were approved in the mainland, the same as that of the previous year; and actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$890 million, down 15.2% year on year.

In May 2014, 202 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, up 12.2% month on month, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$120 million, down 30.9% month on month.

By the end of May 2014, 90,827 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$60.03 billion, accounting for 4.2% of the total utilized investment of the mainland from overseas.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)