Statistics of First 11 Months of 2012 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-November 2012 amounted to US$152.06 billion, up by 3.8% year on year, of which, US$ 32.58 billion was Mainland’s export to Taiwan and US$ 119.48 billion was import from Taiwan, up by 0.7% and 4.7% respectively.

In November 2012, Mainland-Taiwan trade was US$16.39 billion, up by 13.1% month on month. The Mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$ 3.67 billion, up by 16.1% compared with that of the previous month; and import from Taiwan was US$ 12.72 billion, up by 12.3% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-November, 2012, 1,988 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 16.3% year on year. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$ 2.56 billion, increased by 31.2% year on year. In November, there were 220 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 21.5% from a month earlier. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$ 230 million, up by 35.3 % from a month earlier.

By the end of November, the accumulated number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was more than 87,760 with the actual use of US$ 56.76 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.5% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)