According to the statistics of the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, one hundred and nineteen (119) FDI projects, with a total amount of US$346.88 millions, were registered in February 2010. Accumulated from the first two months of the year, there are two hundred and thirty four (234) FDI projects approved with a total of US$649.15 millions, which showed an increase of 2.63% in project numbers, and a growth of 3.12% in investment amount, in comparison with the same period of last year.
Regarding inbound investment from Mainland China, which was first open effective June 30, 2009, five (5) projects were approved in February 2010, with a total amount of US$723,000. Aggregated from July 2009 to February 2010, thirty-eight (38) projects were approved, with a total amount of US$68,677,000.
The projects of outward investment approved in February 2010 to all regions but Mainland China were eleven (11), and the total amount was US$26,676,000. Accumulated from January to February of 2010, twenty-nine (29) outbound investment projects were registered, which shows a decrease of 9.38%, compared with the same period of 2009. Total outbound investment amounted to US$183,245,000 for the first two months of 2010, declining 4.87% from the same period last year.
As to Taiwan’s outward investment to Mainland China, twenty-three (23) projects have been approved in February 2010, total investment amounted US$821,693,000. Outbound investment to Mainland China accumulated to seventy-two (72) projects in the first two months of the year, which reflects an increase of 105.71%. Taiwan’s total investment into Mainland China amounted to US$1,372,024,000 for the first two months of 2010, which indicates an increase of 157.07%, compared with the same period of the previous year.
|
