Statistics of First 10 Months of 2012 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-October 2012 amounted to US$ 135.70 billion, up by 1.9% year on year, of which, US$ 28.91 billion was Mainland’s export to Taiwan and US$ 106.79 billion was import from Taiwan, up by 1.9% and 3.0% respectively.

In October 2012, Mainland-Taiwan trade was US$ 14.49 billion, down by 13.0% month on month. The Mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$ 3.16 billion, down by 8.1% compared with that of the previous month; and import from Taiwan was US$ 11.33 billion, down by 14.3% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-October, 2012, 1,768 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 16.5% year on year. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$ 2.33 billion, increased by 31.8% year on year. In October, there were 181 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 23.1% from a month earlier. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$ 170 million, up by 30.8 % from a month earlier.

By the end of October, the accumulated number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was more than 87,540 with the actual use of US$ 56.53 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.5% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)