Statistics in January-November 2011 on Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment

From January to November, 2011, Mainland-Taiwan trade rose by 11.2% year on year to US$146.53 billion, accounting for 4.4% of total Mainland’s foreign trade. Mainland export to Taiwan reached US$32.35 billion, and import from Taiwan reached US$114.19 billion, up by 21.3% and 8.6% year on year respectively. In November, Mainland-Taiwan trade amounted to US$13.41 billion, up by 9.7% from a month earlier, of which, export to Taiwan was US$2.87 billion, up by 5.5%, and import from Taiwan was US$10.55 billion, up by 11.1% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment

From January to November 2011, there were 2,376 Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland, down by 12.87% year on year. Actual use of Taiwan capital was US$1.95 billion, with a year-on-year decrease rate of 11.82%. In November, 258 Taiwan-invested projects were approved by Mainland, up by 37.2% compared with that of the previous month. Actual use of Taiwan capital was US$0.18 billion, up by 38.5% from the month earlier. By the end of November, total number of Taiwan-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 85,509, with total actual use of Taiwan capital of US$53.97 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, Taiwan capital accounts for 4.7% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)