Taiwan's trade surplus shrank to USD 3.36 billion in October 2018 from USD 5.3 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year, and below market consensus of a USD 4.4 billion surplus. Imports jumped 17.6% to USD 26.2 billion, above market estimates of a 10% gain, driven by purchases of parts of electronic products (23.4%); mineral products (61.6%), namely oil (95.1%); chemicals (10.2%) and base metal & articles thereof (7.3%). Imports rose from China (+9.1%); ASEAN (+14.2%); Japan (+9.5%); the US (+27.0%); Europe (+11.5%) and Middle East (+48.7%). Meantime, exports went up at a softer 7.3% to USD 29.6 billion, but still beating market expectations of a 4.2% rise. Sales were stronger for parts of electronic products (1.0%); information & communication products (8.5%); base metals & articles thereof (14.2%) and machinery (2.7%). Among key trading partners, exports grew to China (+5.5%); ASEAN (+4.3%); Japan (+18.0%); the US (+10.4%) and Europe (+8.5%). Balance of Trade in Taiwan averaged 1588.50 USD Million from 1981 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6662.67 USD Million in September of 2017 and a record low of -847.44 USD Million in February of 2006.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-09-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $4.53B $2.24B $3.872B $ 2.8B
2018-10-08 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $4.33B $4.53B $5.2B $ 4.9B
2018-11-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $3.36B $4.33B $4.398B $ 4.8B
2018-12-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $3.36B $ 5.2B


Taiwan Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade 3356.10 4333.40 6662.67 -847.44 USD Million [+]
Exports 29565.88 29621.41 29990.44 1406.50 USD Million [+]
Imports 26209.73 25287.98 27132.35 1203.70 USD Million [+]
Current Account 17820.00 19354.00 25639.00 -851.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP 14.70 13.70 21.00 -1.90 percent [+]
External Debt 199051.00 192281.00 199051.00 31705.00 USD Million [+]
Terms of Trade 91.20 92.00 169.30 85.30 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 14793.00 21180.00 25074.00 -1029.00 USD Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 836.59 953.25 1112.21 40.30 Thousand [+]
Gold Reserves 423.60 423.60 423.89 421.23 Tonnes [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 645.72 551.50 3953.79 81.58 USD Million [+]
Crude Oil Production 0.20 0.20 1.30 0.20 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 0.50 0.08 0.50 0.00 [+]

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Taiwan Balance of Trade

Foreign trade has been the engine of Taiwan's rapid growth during the past 40 years. Main export products are electronics, base metals, information, communication and audio-video products, machinery and plastics & rubber. Taiwan imports mostly parts of electronic products, mineral products and base metals, machinery and chemicals. Main trading partners are Mainland China & Hong Kong, USA, Japan, Europe and ASEAN countries. This page provides - Taiwan Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Taiwan Balance of Trade - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3356.10 4333.40 6662.67 -847.44 1981 - 2018 USD Million Monthly
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France -5663.00 Sep/18
Germany 18395.00 Sep/18
India -17130.00 Oct/18
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Japan 139.56 Sep/18
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South Korea 6552.00 Oct/18
Spain -3057300.00 Aug/18
Switzerland 1447.00 Sep/18
Turkey -1869.47 Sep/18
United Kingdom -27.00 Sep/18
United States -54019.00 Sep/18


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