The Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Tuesday (July 20th) its latest monthly statistics: one hundred and seventy five (175) foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were registered in June 2010, with a total capital of US$241.4 millions. Accumulated from the first six months of the year, there are nine hundred and forty nine (949) FDI projects approved, with a total value of US$2,218,092,000 — a growth of 27.9% in project numbers, and a 22.53% increase in investment amount respectively.
Six (6) inbound investment projects from Mainland China, which was first open since June 30, 2009, were registered in June 2010, with a total investment volume of US$2,773,000. Aggregated from the last twelve months, fifty-eight (58) projects were approved, with a total investment amount of US$79,910,000.
As to Taiwan’s outbound investment (not including investment targeting Mainland China), seventeen (17) projects were approved in June 2010 and the total amount was US$371,150,000. Accumulated from January to June of 2010, one hundred and ten (110) outward investment projects were registered, which indicated a decline of 9.84% over the same period of 2009, while the total outbound investment amount was US$1,340,638,000, which reflects an increase of 12.37%, compared with the first half-year of 2009.
Regarding Taiwan’s outbound investment to Mainland China, thirty (30) investment projects have been reviewed and approved in June 2010, total investment amounted US$1,150,091,000. Accumulated from January to June of 2010, two hundred and seventeen (217) outward investment projects in the Mainland China were registered, which indicated a growth of 174.68% over the same period of 2009, while the total China-bound investment amount was US$5,739,746,000, which reflects an increase of 195.75%. Among the investment projects into Mainland China, approximately 60 percent were follow-on capital increase of the previous applications.
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