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

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-March 2014 amounted to US$42.13 billion, down 18.2% year on year, and accounting for 4.4% of the total volume of the mainland’s external trade. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$8.97 billion, down 7.8% year on year, and the mainland’s import from Taiwan was US$33.16 billion, down 20.6% year on year. Taiwan is the mainland’s 7th largest trade partner and the 6th largest source of imports.

In March 2014, mainland-Taiwan trade totaled US$15.42 billion, up 37.7% month on month. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$3.36 billion, and import from Taiwan was US$12.06 billion, up 60% and 32.5% month on month respectively.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-March 2014, 427 Taiwan-funded projects were approved in the mainland, down 3.4% year on year; and actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$620 million, down 18% year on year.

In March 2014, 193 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, up 112.1% month on month, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$160 million, down 20.9% month on month.

By the end of March 2014, 90,445 Taiwan-invested projects were approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Taiwan capital was US$59.75 billion, accounting for 4.2% of the total utilized investment of the mainland from overseas.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)