Highways:
total: 19,860 km
paved: 17,119 km (including 382 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,741 km (1990 est.)
Pipelines: petroleum products 615 km; natural gas 97 km
Ports: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Merchant marine:
total: 198 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,812,534
GRT/8,885,092 DWT
ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 29, combination bulk 3, combination
ore/oil 1, container 83, oil tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 11,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 38
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 8
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 12
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6
with paved runways under 914 m: 7
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: 10,253,773 (1993 est.)
Telephone system: best developed system in Asia outside of Japan
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and
west coasts
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa),
Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and Western Europe
Radio broadcast stations: AM 91, FM 23, shortwave 0