Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision
instruments (2002)
Imports - partners:
Japan 25.3%, US 11.6%, China 11%, South Korea 7.3%, Saudi Arabia
4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$258 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$87.5 billion (2005 est.)
Currency (code):
new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Currency code:
TWD
Exchange rates:
new Taiwan dollars per US dollar - 31.71 (2005), 34.418 (2004),
34.575 (2003), 33.8 (2002), 33.09 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June (up to FY98/99); 1 July 1999 - 31 December 2000
for FY00; calendar year (after FY00)
Communications Taiwan
Telephones - main lines in use:
13.615 million (2005)