Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
668 510 26 690 14.1 15 074 56.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
15 11 27 16
Imports
18 13 28 17
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 347 193 288 053 2020 1.97
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 2 1
2019 -2 0
2020 5 0 2020 1.62
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 2.3
Fuels and mining products: 6
Agricultural products: 5.5
Fuels and mining products: 20.7
Manufactures: 90.9
Other: 0.8
Manufactures: 72
Other: 1.7
By main destination, % (2020)
China: 29.7 Hong Kong, China: 14.2 European Union: 6.6
By main origin, % (2020)
United States of America: 14.7 Japan: 6.8 Other: 28.1
China: 22.2 United States of America: 11.5 Korea, Republic of: 7.2
Japan: 16.1 European Union: 10.1 Other: 32.9
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2106 HS2208 HS1905 HS2202 HS0505
2020 . 692 241 201 193 166
Other food preparations Alcohol of less than 80% volume Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Waters containing added sugar Skins and other parts of birds
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1201 HS1005 HS2106 HS2208 HS0202
2020
Soya beans, whether or not broken Maize (corn) Other food preparations Alcohol of less than 80% volume Meat of bovine animals, frozen
1 040 889 696 666 629
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS2106
HS1201
HS2208
HS1005
HS1905
HS2106
HS2202
HS2208
HS0505
HS0202
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 3 654 12 424
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 8 2
2019 4 0
2020 -4 -2
Non-Agricultural Products Top exported products (Million US$) na na na na na
na na na na na
Value 2020 na na na na na
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) na na na na na
2020
na na na na na
na na na na na
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Million US$ Exports Imports
350
Value
2020 341 660 271 244
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 2 1
2019 -2 0
2020 5 1
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Chinese Taipei TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
40 992 37 306 2020 0.83
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
3 0
-20 -34
4 0
2020 0.81
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 26.9 Other commercial services: 56.2
Travel: 4.5 Goods-related services: 12.4
Transport: 26.5 Other commercial services: 58.7
By main destination
Travel: 8.4 Goods-related services: 6.3
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Chinese Taipei
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 11 012 9 904
Exports By sea By air By other
Value
2010-2020 1 1
Share (%)
na na na
Annual percentage change 2019 -4 -5
Imports By sea By air By other
na na na
2020 5 -16
Value
Share (%)
na na na
na na na
Travel Chinese Taipei
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 1 846 3 150
2010-2020 -14 -10
Annual percentage change 2019 5 6
2020 -87 -85
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020)
14.3 20.5
52.5
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 23 050 Imports 21 885
Other business services ICTs
12.7
Value
Financial services
11 2
2020
Goods-related services Exports a Imports a
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
5 084 2 367
na na
2019
2020
5 2
5 3
2019
2020
7 -23
10 -16
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications Residents
na
Trademark applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
a Break in series: 2012.
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