Taiwan FDI Statistics Summary Analysis (June 2018)

2018-07-20

According to the statistics of Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1,663 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total amount of US$3,003,328,000 were approved from January to June 2018. This indicates an increase of 6.74% in the number of cases, but a decrease of 20.39% in FDI amount compared with the same period of 2017.

With regard to inward investment from Mainland China, 68 cases were approved with an amount of US$137,501,000 from January to June 2018. This indicates decrease in the FDI amount 10.76% compared with the same period of 2017. Aggregated from July 2009 to June 2018, 1,155 cases were approved with a total investment amount added up to US$2,094,050,000.

In terms of Taiwan’s outbound investment (except Mainland China), 282 projects were registered from January to June 2018 with a total amount of US$4,851,809,000 , indicating a increase of 25.33 % in the number of cases,but a decrease of 9.75% in the amount as compared with the same period of 2017.

As for Taiwan’s outward investment to Mainland China,316 applications have been approved from January to June 2018, indicating an increase of 3.27% compared with the same period of 2017. The approved investment amount is US$4,243,654,000 , 4.52% less than the same period in 2017.

Source： INVESTMENT COMMISSION, MOEA