Appendix 1-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population
Year-end Population①                        (10 000 persons)	2261	2269	2277	2288	2296
Natural Growth Rate	4.27	3.59	2.92	3.01	2.76
Population Density①                            (persons/sq.km)	625	627	629	632	634
Sex Ratio①                                               (female=100)	104	104	103	103	102
Labour Force and Employment
Labour Force                                          (10 000 persons)	1008	1024	1037	1052	1071
Labour Force Participation Rate                                 (%)	57	58	58	58	58
Male	68	68	68	67	67
Female	47	48	48	49	49
Employed Persons at Industry as Percentage of Total(%)	35	35	36	37	37
Employed Persons at Services as Percentage of Total(%)	58	58	58	58	58
Unemployment Rate                                                   (%)	5.0	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.9
Average Monthly Per Capita Wage                        (NT$)	42287	43021	43615	44107	45112
Industry	39933	40868	41872	42503	43276
Services	44534	45064	45234	45584	46799
Habitation
Average Monthly Per Capita Consumption	136	137	146	145	147
of Electricity                                                      (kwh)
Average Monthly  Per Capita Consumption	10.6	10.7	10.7	11.1	11.1
of Water                                                           (cu.m)
Law and Order
Reported Crimes                       (Case/100 000 persons)	2193	2306	2442	2247	2146
Number of Offenders             (person/100 000 persons)	703	782	913	1004	1160
Crimes Uncover                                                        (%)	59	60	62	67	75
Young Offenders Between 12 and 17               (person)	12331	10540	9620	10384	10881
Fires                                                                      (case)	8642	6611	5139	4332	3390
Deaths and Injuries                                           (person)	996	711	671	596	518
Traffic Accidents of Motor Vehicles(case/10 000 units)	66	73	80	80	79
Casualties in Traffic Accidents
Deaths                                                             (person)	2718	2634	2894	3140	2573
Injuries                                                            (person)	156303	179108	203087	208451	211234
Number of People in Medical Insurance(10 000 persons)	2198	2213	2231	2248
Number of People in Social Insurance(10 000 persons)
Official and Teacher Insurance	62	62	59	59	59
Labour Insurance	810	834	854	868	880
Farmer Insurance	171	168	165	162	160
Industry
Productivity Index                               (2001=100)	114.7	120.9	127.2	132.9	142.3
Indices of Industrial Production        (2006=100)	84.9	92.1	95.5	100.0	107.8
Manufacturing	84.7	92.3	95.7	100.0	108.3
Construction	78.6	82.4	91.7	100.0	99.5
Gross Industry Product          (NT$ 100 million)	95220	111890	116861	127203	140456
Business and Foreign Trade
Number of Enterprises①                (10 000 unit)	109.7	113.0	116.9	117.9	117.7
Sales Revenue                        (NT$100 million)	273424	319716	342975	345719	360317
Total Value of Imports and Exports
(USD100 million)
Exports	1506	1824	1984	2240	2467
Imports	1280	1688	1826	2027	2193
Trade Surplus (Trade Deficit)	226	136	158	213	274
with Japan	-203	-299	-309	-300	-300
with United States	96	70	79	97	56
with Hong Kong	290	306	319	355	362
Order                                      (USD100 million)	1700	2151	2564	2993	3458
Transportation and Communications
Passenger Traffic             (100 million persons)
Railway	4.8	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.0
Highway	9.9	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2
Airway                                (10 000 persons)
Domestic	2005	2100	1929	1737	1271
Non-domestic	1591	2076	2249	2377	2443
Vehicles for Motorway Transportation	52472	56317	57381	57471	56964
(10 000 unit-times)
Vehicles per 100 Persons①                     (unit)	81.8	84.5	87.2	88.8	90.2
Inward and Outward Movements	63558	69624	68793	70651	71026
Cargo                                        (10 000 tons)
Tourism                          (10 000 person-times)
Outbound Tourists	592	778	821	867	896
Inbound Tourists	225	295	338	352	372
Public Accounts and Finance
Revenue②                               (NT$100 million)	12528	13873	15674	16008	17339
Direct Tax                                           (%)	54.8	55.8	57.0	60.4	63.1
Indirect Tax                                          (%)	45.2	44.2	43.0	39.6	36.9
Foreign Exchange Reserve (USD100 million)①	2066.3	2417.4	2532.9	2661.5	2703.1
Exchange Rate
(NT$ to one unit of foreign currency)
US Dollar③	34.02	31.78	32.88	32.65	32.49
Japanese Yen④	0.3199	0.3118	0.2815	0.2760	0.2916
Money Supply M2 ①              (NT$100 million)	214255	230012	245080	257988	260394
Average Annual Growth Rate                    (%)	5.8	7.4	6.6	5.3	0.9
Deposits①                             (NT$100 million)	217469	232565	247095	259420	262088
Loans and Investment①        (NT$100 million)	165351	179640	193602	201539	206376
Rediscount Rate①                                     (% annual)	1.375	1.750	2.250	2.750	3.375
Stock Price Index                                      (1966=100)	5162	6034	6092	6842	8510
Balance of Payments                      (USD 100 million)	370.9	266.0	200.6	60.9	-40.2
Current Account	292.3	184.8	160.2	246.6	328.8
Capital Account	-0.9	-0.8	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0
Financial Account	76.3	71.7	23.0	-196.0	-369.8
Price Indices  Annual Growth Rate(2001=100)(%)
Wholesale Trade Price	2.5	7.0	0.6	5.6	6.5
Consumer  Price	-0.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	1.8
Imports  Price	5.1	8.6	2.4	8.8	9.0
Exports  Price	-1.5	1.6	-2.5	2.5	3.6
National Accounts                         (NT$100 million)
Gross National Product(GNP)	108484	114376	117456	122015	129339
Gross Domestic Product(GDP)	105196	110655	114547	118898	125890
Final Consumption  Expenditure	78123	81842	85209	86861	89736
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	19577	24202	24384	25176	26665
Exports of Goods and Services	59991	69781	73580	83046	92797
Less: Imports of Goods and Services	52276	66038	68734	76302	83219
Economic Growth Rate                                       (%)	3.5	6.2	4.2	4.9	5.7
Agriculture	-0.1	-4.1	-8.1	6.1	-2.9
Industry	4.0	8.9	6.3	7.0	9.3
Services	3.4	5.3	3.5	3.9	4.3
Industry Structure                                                (%)
Agriculture	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5
Industry	28.0	27.6	27.1	26.8	27.5
Services	70.4	70.8	71.3	71.5	71.1
Per Capita GNP at Current	482284	506650	518511	536566	566566
Market Prices                                             (NT$)
Per Capita GNP at Current	14012	15156	16113	16494	17252
Market Prices                                            (USD)
Gross Deposits                            (NT$100 million)	29425	31256	30875	33873	38354
Deposit Rate                                                      (%)	27.1	27.3	26.3	27.8	29.7
Notes: ①Year-end data. ②Annual data. ③Selling rate between bank and client, year-end data. ④Selling rate, year-end data.