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In the past two years, the export value of peripheral products such as computers, servers, and hard disks has reached the level of 10 billion US dollars. Under the major factors, the value of exports to the United States in the first nine months of this year was 6.6 billion US dollars, a sharp increase of 3.4 times compared with the same period in 2010.
The Statistics Department of the Ministry of Finance issued a statistical report today stating that before the major domestic computer system integration companies moved to China, the export scale of Taiwan’s computers and ancillary units (computers, servers and hard disks, graphics cards, keyboards and other peripheral products) In 1989, it reached 16.2 billion US dollars, accounting for 10.9% of total exports, and computer accessories (mainly memory modules) together accounted for 18.9%, far exceeding the 12.6% of integrated circuits, which was the largest foreign trade in Taiwan at that time. important items.
According to the Statistics Department, due to the westward relocation of computer assembly plants and related electronic component factories, the export value of computers and ancillary units fell rapidly. From 1995 to 2010, it was less than 5 billion US dollars, and the proportion of exports fluctuated between 1.1% and 1.7%. .
According to the analysis by the Statistics Department, the US-China trade war started in 2010, and Taiwanese businessmen returned one after another. In addition, the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic at the end of 2018 pushed up the demand for computer-related products. In 20109 and 20110, the export of Taiwan’s computers and auxiliary units returned to the level of 10 billion US dollars. , the proportion also rebounded to about 3%; the total export value in the first nine months of this year reached 10.6 billion US dollars, and the whole year has the opportunity to exceed 14 billion US dollars, challenging the second highest record in the past.
From the perspective of export regions, the Statistics Department pointed out that the United States has been the largest export market for computers and accessories in Taiwan since 105, accounting for about 38% of exports in that year.
According to the Statistics Department, in recent years, due to the trade disputes between the United States and China, Taiwanese businessmen have successively returned to Taiwan to invest in order to avoid the additional tariffs imposed by the United States on China. U.S. commerce and trade, coupled with the digital business opportunities catalyzed by the epidemic, and the application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, under the influence of three major reasons, the export value in the first nine months of this year increased sharply by 3.4 times compared with the same period in 107, and the proportion of exports increased significantly. to 62.4%.
The Statistics Department pointed out that the growth rate of other markets was relatively small, and their proportions were significantly reduced. For Europe, it fell to 13.1%, the lowest point since the statistics of 1978. For China and Hong Kong, it was less than 10%, and for Japan and ASEAN, it was below 4%.
(Author: Zhang Ai; source of the first picture:Pixabay）
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