Statistics of First 7 Months of 2012 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-July 2012 amounted to US$89.37 billion, down by 3.5% year on year, of which, US$19.48 billion was Mainland’s export to Taiwan and US$69.69 billion was import from Taiwan, down by 5.7% and 2.9% respectively.

In July, Mainland-Taiwan trade was US$14.35 billion, up by 6.0% month on month. The Mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$2.98 billion, down by 7.2% compared with that of the previous month; and import from Taiwan was US$11.17 billion, up by 8.1% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-July, 2012, 1,256 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 16.8% year on year. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$1.86 billion, increased by 40.7% year on year. During July, there were 163 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, down by 31.5% from a month earlier. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$240 million, down by 22.6 % from a month earlier.

By the end of July, the accumulated number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was more than 87,028 with the actual use of US$56.06 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.5% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)