APPENDIX 1-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Population
Year-end Population                             (10 000 persons)	2241	2252	2261	2269	2277
Natural Grouth Rate                                                 (‰)	5.94	5.29	4.27	3.59	2.92
Population Density                                (persons/sq.km)	619	622	625	627	629
Sex Ratio                                                   (Famale=100)	104	104	104	104	103
Divorce Rate                                (couple/1000 persons)	2.53	2.73	2.87	2.77	2.75
Labour Force and Employment
Labour Force                                           (10 000 persons)	983	997	1008	1024	1037
Labour Force Participation Rate                                  (%)	57	57	57	58	58
Male	68	68	68	68	68
Female	46	47	47	48	48
Employed Persons at Industry as Percentage of Total(%)	36	35	35	35	36
Employed Persons at Services as Percentage of Total(%)	56	57	58	58	58
Unemployment Rate                                                    (%)	4.6	5.2	5.0	4.4	4.1
Average Monthly Wage Per Capita                       (NT$)	41961	41452	42046	43021	43615
Industry	38940	38709	39655	40868	41872
Services	45020	44222	44452	45064	45234
Habitation
Per Capita Average Monthly Consmption	129	130	136	137	146
of Electricity                                                     (kwh)
Per Capita Average Monthly Consmption	10.4	10.1	10.0	10.7	10.7
of Water                                                            (cu.m)
Law and Order
Reported Crimes                        (Case/10 0000 persons)	2197	2241	2195	2306	2442
Number of Offenders              (person/10 0000 persons)	808	827	706	782	913
Crimes Uncover                                                         (%)	55	59	59	60	62
Young Offenders Between 12 and 17                 (person)	16939	15659	12460	10540	9620
Basic Statistics on Fires
Fires                                                                        (case)	13750	13244	8642	6611	5139
Deaths and Injuries                                             (person)	1041	857	995	714	664
Basic Statistics on Traffic Accidents
Traffic Accidents of Motor Vehicles  (case/10 000 units)	37	49	65	71	80
Deaths                                                               (person)	3344	2861	2718	2634	2894
Injuries                                                              (person)	80612	109594	156303	179108	203087
Number of People in Medical Insurance            (10 000)	2165	2187	2198	2213	2231
Number of People in Social Insurance               (10 000)
Official and Teacher Insurance	63	63	62	62	59
Labour Insurance	778	786	810	834	854
Farmer Insurance	177	175	171	168	165
Industry
Productivity Index(%) (2001=100)	100.0	109.2	114.7	120.9	126.6
Index of Industrial Production (2001=100)	100.0	107.9	115.6	127.0	132.2
Manufacturing	100.0	109.4	117.5	129.9	135.1
Construction	100.0	79.3	86.4	90.6	101.0
Gross Industry Product                          (NT$)	80503	86377	94358	110436	113917
Business and Foreign Trade
Number of Enterprises                            (unit)	105.8	107.0	109.7	113.0	116.9
Sales  Revenue                    (NT$100 million)	235482	246468	273424	319716	342975
Total Value of Imports and Exports
(USD100 million)
Exports	1229	1306	1442	1740	1984
Imports	1072	1125	1273	1679	1826
Balance	156	181	170	61	158
A Favorable(An Unfavorable)Balance of trad
with Japan                          (USD100 million)	-131	-153	-207	-304	-309
with United States               (USD100 million)	94	87	91	65	79
with Hong Kong                 (USD100 million)	251	291	266	277	319
Order Form                         (USD100 million)	1357	1510	1700	2151	2564
Transportation and Communication
Passenger  Traffic         (100 million persons)
Railway	4.8	5.0	4.8	5.2	5.3
Highway	10.9	10.5	9.9	10.1	10.1
Airway
National	2461	2189	2005	2100	1929
International	1950	2006	1592	2076	2249
Vehicles for  Motorway Transportation	46470	48590	52472	56317	57381
(10000unit-times)
Vehicles per 100persons                       (unit)	77.9	79.5	81.8	84.5	87.2
Inward and Outward Movements	55287	60671	63558	68850	68793
Cargo                                     (10000 tons)
Tourism                         (10000person-times)
International Tourists	719	732	592	778	821
Visitor Arrivals	262	298	225	295	338
Public Accounts and Finance
Revenue                               (NT$100 million)	12578	12256	12528	13873	15674
Direct Tax	57.0	53.1	54.8	55.8	59.3
Indirect Tax	43.0	46.9	45.2	44.2	40.7
Foreign Exchange Reserve (USD100 million)	1222.1	1616.6	2066.3	2417.4	2532.9
Exchange Rate
(NT$ to one unit of foreign currency)
US Dollar	35.04	34.81	34.02	31.78	32.88
Japanese Yen	0.2688	0.2950	0.3199	0.3118	0.2185
Money Supply M2               (NT$100 million)	197245	202470	214336	230012	245075
Aerage Annual Growth Rate                (%)	4.4	2.6	5.9	7.4	6.6
Deposits	201607	206098	217592	232565	247091
Loans and Investment	160227	155113	159248	179646	193449
Public Accounts and Finance
Rediscount Rate                        (% annual)	2.125	1.625	1.375	1.750	2.250
Stock Price Index (1966=100)	4907	5226	5162	6034	6092
Balance of Payments	173.5	336.6	370.9	266.0	200.6
(USD100 million)
Current Account	178.9	256.3	285.7	186.6	161.2
Capital Account	-1.6	-1.4	-0.9	-0.8	-1.2
Financial Account	-3.8	87.5	62.9	68.3	17.2
Price Annual Growth Rate                  (%)
Wholesale Trade Price	-1.3	0.1	2.5	7.0	0.6
Consumer  Price	-0.01	-0.2	-0.3	1.6	2.3
Imports  Price	-1.3	0.4	5.2	8.6	2.4
Exports  Price	0.3	-1.5	-1.5	1.6	-2.5
National Account           (NT$100 million)
Gross National Product                    (GNP)	96980	100030	101814	105848	114255
Gross Domestic Product                (GDP)	95066	97488	98476	102059	111316
Household Final Consumption	60426	61495	61866	64283	69384
Expenditure
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	17818	17283	17244	20530	22697
Exports of Goods and Services	48398	52459	57220	67115	69883
Less: Imports of Goods and Services	42984	45235	50122	63235	65410
Economic Growth Rate                      (%)	-2.2	3.6	3.2	5.7	4.1
Agriculture	-2.1	4.7	-0.2	-7.1	-4.1
Industry	-6.0	5.0	4.7	8.3	5.2
Services	-0.1	2.8	2.6	4.8	3.8
Industry Structure                               (%)
Agriculture	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.8
Industry	31.1	31.0	30.4	29.5	24.6
Services	67.0	67.1	67.8	68.7	73.6
Per Capita GNP at Current	435321	466636	452719	468956	504480
Market Prices                        (NT$)
Per Capita GNP at Current	12876	12916	13157	14032	15676
Market Prices                         (USD)
Gross Deposits           (NT$100 million)	23228	25347	26434	27680	28577
Deposit Rate                                  (%)	24.0	25.3	26.0	26.2	25.0