Taiwan Balance of Trade  1981-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Taiwan's trade surplus shrank to $4.5 billion in August of 2018 from $5.7 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year, but above market consensus of a $3.9 billion surplus. Imports grew 7.9% to $23.77 billion, below market estimates of a 13.3% gain, driven by purchases of parts of electronic products (10.5%); mineral products (29.5%), namely oil (34.3%); machinery (26.1%) and chemicals (4.5%). Imports rose from ASEAN (+21.2%); Japan (+2.4%); the US (+12.7%); Europe (+19.6%) and Middle East (23.8%); contrarily, purchases from China fell 6.7%. Meantime, exports went up at as softer 1.9% to $28.30 billion and below market expectations of a 5.05% rise. Sales were stronger for parts of electronic products (1.3%); information & communication products (0.3%) and machinery (1.8%). On the other hand, sales of base metal & articles thereof declined 3.5%. Among key trading partners, exports grew to China (+3%); Japan (+7.6%); the US (+2.7%) and Europe (+6.7%). Balance of Trade in Taiwan averaged 1578.45 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
2018-07-09 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $5.21B $4.41B $4.901B $ 5.4B
2018-08-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $2.24B $5.21B $5.179B $ 4.5B
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 $4.53B $ 3.1B
2018-11-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $ 4.8B
2018-12-07 08:00 AM Balance of Trade $ 5.2B


Taiwan Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade 4524.71 2242.23 6662.67 -847.44 USD Million [+]
Exports 28295.50 28361.99 29990.44 1406.50 USD Million [+]
Imports 23770.79 26119.76 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 92.70 93.20 169.30 85.30 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 14793.00 21180.00 25074.00 -1029.00 USD Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 853.35 857.58 1112.21 40.30 Thousand [+]
Gold Reserves 423.60 423.60 423.89 421.23 Tonnes [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 3002.14 212.09 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 September of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
4524.71 2242.23 6662.67 -847.44 1981 - 2018 USD Million Monthly
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balance of trade by Country
Country Last
Argentina -789.00 Jul/18
Australia 1551.00 Jul/18
Brazil 3774.99 Aug/18
Canada -114.30 Jul/18
China 279.10 Aug/18
Euro Area 17555.60 Jul/18
France -3490.00 Jul/18
Germany 16461.00 Jul/18
India -17390.00 Aug/18
Indonesia -1021.40 Aug/18
Italy 5676.00 Jul/18
Japan -445.00 Aug/18
Mexico -2889.20 Jul/18
Netherlands 4612.00 Jul/18
Russia 13402.00 Jul/18
Saudi Arabia 120299.00 Mar/18
Singapore 6755.10 Aug/18
South Africa -4657.00 Jul/18
South Korea 6900.00 Aug/18
Spain -2448240.00 Jun/18
Switzerland 1154.26 Jul/18
Turkey -5980.00 Jul/18
United Kingdom -111.00 Jul/18
United States -50082.00 Jul/18


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