iculture - products:
rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish

Industries:
electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles,
iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles,
consumer products, pharmaceuticals

Industrial production growth rate:
6.5% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
189.7 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 71.4%
hydro: 6%
nuclear: 22.6%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
175.3 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2005)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2005)

Oil - production:
7,755 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
965,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:
3 million bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
1.1 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
10.7 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2005)

Natural gas - imports:
9.6 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
76.46 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$9.7 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$215 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
computer products and electrical equipment, metals, textiles,
plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002)

Exports - partners:
China 22.5%, Hong Kong 15.7%, US 15%, Japan 7.3% (2006 est.)

Imports:
$205.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision
instruments (2002)

Imports - partners:
Japan 23%, China 11.9%, US 10.9%, South Korea 7.2%, Saudi Arabia
4.9% (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$280.6 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$93.06 billion (2006 est.)

Currency (code):
new Taiwan dollar (TWD)

Currency code:
TWD

Exchange rates:
new Taiwan dollars per US dollar - 32.19 (2006), 31.71 (2005),
34.418 (2004), 34.575 (2003), 33.8 (2002)

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)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
22.17 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every
business and private need