Statistics of First 8 Months of 2012 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-August 2012 amounted to US$104.55 billion, down by 2.1% year on year, of which, US$22.31 billion was Mainland’s export to Taiwan and US$82.24 billion was import from Taiwan, down by 5.8% and 1.1% respectively.

In August, Mainland-Taiwan trade was US$15.18 billion, up by 5.8% month on month. The Mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$2.83 billion, down by 5.0% compared with that of the previous month; and import from Taiwan was US$12.55 billion, up by 12.4% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-August, 2012, 1,440 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 16.1% year on year. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$2.03 billion, increased by 42.4% year on year. During August, there were 184 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 12.9% from a month earlier. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$170 million, down by 29.2 % from a month earlier.

By the end of August, the accumulated number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was more than 87,212 with the actual use of US$56.23 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.5% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)