Why invest in Taiwan?
To strengthen its position in the international supply chain and utilize its favorable trading location in East Asia, Taiwan has established five free trade zones at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and the harbors of Keelung, Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. To further expand trade opportunities, Taiwan has signed ATA Carnet agreements with several countries to eliminate customs paperwork for commercial travelers. Agreements on investment protection and the avoidance of double taxation have also been reached with trading partners.
| • Industry clusters & complete supply chain | ||
| Taiwan: Top one ICT supplier in the world for LCD monitors,chip foundry service | ||
| packaging, cable modems, notebook PCs, Mask ROMs, LAN equipment, ADSL, | ||
| analog modems, and more | ||
| Geographic distribution of competitive industries | ||
| • Abundant skilled and educated human resources | ||
| A wide range of hi-tech talents | ||
| Low-cost labor outsourced from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam | ||
| • Strong R&D capabilitiesa | ||
| Expected R&D expenditure equivalent to 3% of GDP in 2008 | ||
| About 30 R&D centers of multinational companies in Taiwan, such as Intel, HP, | ||
| DELL, Sony, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Dupont, NEC, among others | ||
| • An emerging capital market | ||
| Taiwan Stock Exchange & Venture Capital | ||
| 691 listed companies, US$523 billion market capitalization | ||
| 219 listed venture capital companies | ||
| Basnks: Taiwan’s local banks are able to expand their business scale and become more internationalized through M & A | ||
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• 33 foreign banks (Citibank, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, ABN
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• International alliances between local and foreign banks: Shinsei Bank and their
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| • Efficient logistics operation | ||
| 5 free ports in Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Taichung, and Kaohsiung serve as | ||
| regional hubs to Northeast and Southeast Asian countries | ||
| More than 10 global distribution centers such as Fujitsu, Intel, Bayer, SmartLink, | ||
| Samancor, Applied Materials, etc | ||
| • Gateway to China and the ASEAN markets | ||
| More than 50% of Taiwan's outward FDI goes to China and the ASEAN countries: | ||
| In 2006, Taiwan was the 1st foreign investor in Vietnam, 3rd in Cambodia, Thailand | ||
| and Malaysia, 6th in Indonesia and the Philippines, and 7th in China | ||
| • Sourcing and marketing ICT products through Taiwanes companies
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| IPOs (International Purchasing Offices) based in Taiwan generated orders totaling | ||
| US$73.3 billion in 2006, 10.89% growth compared to the previous year; top 20 | ||
| IPOs registered 96.8% of total purchasing amounts | ||
| Major IPOs in Taiwan: HP, Dell, Sony, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, NEC, Motorola, | ||
| Samsung, Nokia, Royal Philips, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Fujitsu Siemens, Fujitsu, | ||
| Hitachi,Solectron, ViewSonic, etc. | ||