2014 Taiwan Mechanical Products Import and Export Report

• 1. Machinery exports From January to August 2014, Taiwan’s machinery and equipment exports grew slightly, with exports valued at US$13.87 billion, up 7.4% year-on-year. If valued in Taiwan dollars, the export value will reach RMB 417.5 billion, which represents a 9.1% growth over the same period of last year.

In 2013, Taiwan’s machinery exports reached US$19.7 billion, representing a negative growth of 1.6% over the same period of the previous year. However, in the fourth quarter of 2013 exports grew modestly from the same period last year. Taiwan's total export value in January-August 2014 was NT$6,244.4 billion, an increase of 5.1% over the same period of the previous year, of which electronic products grew by 15.8%, textiles grew by 1.7%, information and communications products decreased by 14.3%, and motor products grew negatively. 3.1%, steel 8.4%, petrochemical 6.8%. Exports of machinery products were up by 9.1% according to NT$, and exports performed well.

Detailed analysis In 2014, Taiwan’s machinery exports were valued in Taiwan dollars, and the export value in January was NT$45 billion, a negative growth of 0.9% from the same month of last year. The export value in February was 40.9 billion yuan, up 28.4% from the same month of last year. The export value in March was 55.7 billion yuan, up 14.2% from the same month of last year. In April, it exported 53.6 billion yuan, a 7.7% increase from the same month of last year. In May, it exported 54 billion yuan, up 6.0% from the same month of last year. In June, it exported 57.6 billion yuan, a 13.7% increase over the same month of the previous year. In July, it exported 53.8 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.3% from the same month of last year. Exports in August amounted to 56.7 billion yuan, up 11.5% from the same month of last year.

• 2. Taiwan's major mechanical export markets (1) Mechanical export countries Taiwan's mechanical products From January to August 2014, the major export markets, the mainland ranked first export value of 3,838,380,000 US dollars, accounting for 27.5% of total exports, compared with the same period last year It grew by 1.6%. The United States ranked second, with an export value of 2,341.77 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 16.9% of exports, a 12.5% ​​increase over the same period last year. Japan’s third, with an export value of US$ 830.29 million, accounted for 6.0% of exports, a growth of 11.7% over the same period of last year, as detailed in Table 1 below.

Detailed analysis of mechanical exports to the mainland in January 305 million US dollars, a negative growth of 31.1% over the same month the previous year. In February, it exported 371 million U.S. dollars in the mainland, a year-on-year increase of 61.6%. In March, it exported 503 million U.S. dollars from the mainland, which was 0.4% lower than the same month of last year. In April, the mainland exported 463 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 0.6% from the same month of last year. In May, it exported 526 million U.S. dollars in the mainland, a 5.9% increase from the same month of last year. In June, the mainland exported 561 million U.S. dollars, a 4.9% increase from the same month of last year. In July, the mainland exported US$520 million, a decrease of 4.8% from the same month of the previous year. In August, it exported 555 million U.S. dollars from the mainland, which was 6.5% higher than the same month of last year.

(2) Exports of machine tool countries From January to August 2014, the export value of Taiwan's machine tools reached US$2,248.69 million, a growth of 5.7% over the same period of the previous year. In January alone, it exported 247 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 13.9% from the same month of last year. Exports in February were 231 million U.S. dollars, up 16.8% from the same month of last year. In March, it exported 334 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 14.4% over the same month of the previous year. In April, it exported US$320 million, an increase of 1.12% over the same month of the previous year. Exports in May stood at US$325 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.53%. In June, it exported 352 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 13.3% over the same month of the previous year. In July, it exported 326 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 1.6% over the same month of the previous year. In August, it exported 348 million U.S. dollars, up 14.7% from the same month of last year.

Taiwan’s machine tool products were exported to the top 16 markets from January to August 2014. The mainland ranked first, with an export value of US$ 835.08 million, accounting for 33.6% of all exports, and an increase of 7.6% over the same period of the previous year. The United States ranked second, with an export value of 271.07 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 10.9% of exports, a growth of 5.4% over the same period of last year. Third in Turkey, the export value of 139 million US dollars, accounting for 5.6% of exports, an increase of 19.3% over the same period last year, as detailed in Table 2.

Yu Yuxuan had a negative growth of 25.5% in Thailand, 6.4% in Germany, 15.0% in the Netherlands, 11.1% in Malaysia, 3.5% in South Korea, 14.3% in Russia, 4.0% in Indonesia, 53.0% in the United Kingdom, and 15.9% in Japan. %, India lost 4.8%, Vietnam 17.4%, Italy 75.7% and Brazil 2.2%. The top 16 export markets accounted for about 83 total machine tool exports.

• 3. Machinery imports From January to August 2014, Taiwan’s machinery and equipment imports grew, with imports valued at US$14.493 billion, up 0.3% from the same period last year. If the price is based on the Taiwan dollar, the import value is RMB 449.3 billion, which represents a growth of 1.7% over the same period of last year. In the detailed analysis, the import value of machinery in January 2014 was NT$49.9 billion, representing a negative growth of 12.2% over the same month of last year. In February, imports reached 49.6 billion yuan, up 11.8% from the same month of last year. Imports of 75 billion yuan in March were up 19.0% from the same month of last year. In April, it imported 61.4 billion yuan, up 20.9% from the same month of last year. In May, it imported 49.1 billion yuan, a negative growth of 27.0% from the same month of last year. In June, it imported 62 billion yuan, a negative growth of 2.4% over the same month of the previous year. Imports amounted to 55.1 billion yuan in July, an increase of 11.2% over the same month of the previous year. In August, it imported 46.8 billion yuan, up 7.0% from the same month of last year.

• 4. Major sources of imports of machinery from Taiwan Taiwan's imports of machinery from January to August 2014 were the major sources of imports. Japan ranked first, with an import value of $4.941.25 million, accounting for 33.2% of all imports, which represented an increase of 7.1% over the same period last year. The second is the United States, with an import value of 3,276.22 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 20.3% of all imports, a negative growth of 1.5% over the same period of last year. The third is the mainland, with an import value of 1,866.44 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 12.5% ​​of all imports, up 16.6% over the same period of last year.