$277.6 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17 $203.4 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
electronics, flat panels, machinery; metals; textiles, plastics, chemicals; optical, photographic, measuring, and medical instruments
Exports - partners:
China 26.6%, Hong Kong 14.4%, US 11.6%, Japan 7.2%, Singapore 4.2% (2009)
Imports:
$250.2 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 18 $172.8 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
electronics, machinery, crude petroleum, precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals
Imports - partners: