Statistics of First 4 Months of 2012 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

I. Mainland-Taiwan Trade

Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-April 2012 amounted to US$47.64 billion, down by 5.5% year on year, accounting for 4.1% of Mainland’s total foreign trade value, of which, US$10.23 billion was Mainland’s export to Taiwan and US$37.41 billion was import from Taiwan, down by 10.3% and 7.7% respectively. In April, Mainland-Taiwan trade was US$12.52 billion, down by 9.4% month on month. The Mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$2.86 billion, down by 5.6% compared with that of the previous month; and import from Taiwan was US$9.66 billion, down by 10.5% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from Taiwan

In January-April, 2012, 651 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 18.8% year on year. The actual use of Taiwan capital increased 46.5% year on year to US$1.16 billion. During April, there were 141 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, down by 43.6% from a month earlier. The actual use of Taiwan capital was US$410 million, up by 86.4 % from a month earlier. By the end of April, the accumulated number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 86,423 with the actual use of US$55.36 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.6% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)