APPENDIX  1-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population
Year-end Population①                        (10 000 persons)	2269	2277	2288	2296	2304
Natural Growth Rate                                                (‰)	3.59	2.92	3.01	2.76	2.40
Population Density①                            (persons/sq.km)	627	629	632	634	637
Sex Ratio①                                               (female=100)	104	103	103	102	102
Labour Force and Employment
Labour Force                                          (10 000 persons)	1024	1037	1052	1071	1085
Labour Force Participation Rate                                 (%)	58	58	58	58	58
Male	68	68	67	67	67
Female	48	48	49	49	50
Employed Persons at Industry as Percentage of Total(%)	35	36	36	37	37
Employed Persons at Services as Percentage of Total(%)	58	58	58	58	58
Unemployment Rate                                                   (%)	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.1
Average Monthly Per Capita Wage                        (NT$)	42685	43163	43493	44414	44424
Industry	40841	41908	42507	43302	43233
Services	44396	44290	44359	45380	45450
Habitation
Average Monthly Per Capita Consumption	137	146	145	147	145
of Electricity                                                      (kwh)
Average Monthly  Per Capita Consumption	10.7	10.7	11.1	11.1	11.0
of Water                                                           (cu.m)
Law and Order
Reported Crimes                       (Case/100 000 persons)	2306	2442	2247	2146	1972
Number of Offenders             (person/100 000 persons)	782	913	1004	1160	1179
Crimes Uncover                                                        (%)	60	62	67	75	77
Young Offenders Between 12 and 17               (person)	10540	9620	10384	10881	11283
Fires                                                                      (case)	6611	5139	4332	3392	2886
Deaths and Injuries                                           (person)	711	671	596	518	405
Traffic Accidents of Motor Vehicles(case/10 000 units)	73	80	80	80	80
Casualties in Traffic Accidents
Deaths                                                             (person)	2634	2894	3140	2573	2224
Injuries                                                            (person)	179108	203087	211176	216927	220346
Number of People in Medical Insurance(10 000 persons)	2213	2231	2248	2263	2292
Number of People in Social Insurance(10 000 persons)
Official and Teacher Insurance	62	59	59	59	59
Labour Insurance	834	854	868	880	880
Farmer Insurance	168	165	162	160	157
Industry
Productivity Index                               (2001=100)	120.9	127.2	132.9	142.3	140.3
Indices of Industrial Production        (2006=100)	92.1	95.5	100.0	107.8	105.9
Manufacturing	92.3	95.7	100.0	108.3	106.7
Construction	82.4	91.7	100.0	99.5	90.3
Gross Industry Product          (NT$ 100 million)	111890	116861	127203	140456	139777
Business and Foreign Trade
Number of Enterprises①                (10 000 unit)	113.0	116.9	117.9	117.7	117.9
Sales Revenue                        (NT$100 million)	319716	342975	345719	360317	354099
Total Value of Imports and Exports
(USD100 million)
Exports	1824	1984	2240	2467	2556
Imports	1688	1826	2027	2193	2404
Trade Surplus (Trade Deficit)	136	158	213	274	152
with Japan	-299	-309	-300	-300	-290
with United States	70	79	97	56	45
with Hong Kong	306	319	355	362	312
Order                                      (USD100 million)	2151	2564	2993	3458	3517
Transportation and Communications
Passenger Traffic             (100 million persons)
Railway	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.0	6.9
Highway	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.5
Airway                                (10 000 persons)
Domestic	2100	1929	1737	1271	985
Non-domestic	2076	2249	2377	2443	2320
Vehicles for Motorway Transportation	56317	57381	57471	56964	54355
(10 000 unit-times)
Vehicles per 100 Persons①                     (unit)	84.5	87.2	88.8	90.2	91.6
Inward and Outward Movements	69624	68793	70651	71026	66828
Cargo                                        (10 000 tons)
Tourism                          (10 000 person-times)
Outbound Tourists	778	821	867	896	847
Inbound Tourists	295	338	352	372	385
Public Accounts and Finance
Revenue②                               (NT$100 million)	13873	15674	16008	17339	17604
Direct Tax                                           (%)	55.8	59.3	60.4	63.1	65.1
Indirect Tax                                          (%)	44.2	40.7	39.6	36.9	34.9
Foreign Exchange Reserve (USD100 million)①	2417.4	2532.9	2661.5	2703.1	2917.1
Exchange Rate
(NT$ to one unit of foreign currency)
US Dollar③	31.78	32.88	32.65	32.49	32.91
Japanese Yen④	0.3118	0.2815	0.2760	0.2916	0.3656
Money Supply M2 ①              (NT$100 million)	230012	245080	257988	260394	278632
Average Annual Growth Rate                    (%)	7.4	6.6	5.3	0.9	7.0
Deposits①                             (NT$100 million)	232565	247095	259420	262088	279779
Loans and Investment①        (NT$100 million)	179640	193602	201539	206269	213326
Rediscount Rate①                                     (% annual)	1.750	2.250	2.750	3.375	2.000
Stock Price Index                                      (1966=100)	6034	6092	6842	8510	7024
Balance of Payments                      (USD 100 million)	266.0	200.6	60.9	-40.2	262.7
Current Account	197.3	175.8	263.0	329.8	246.4
Capital Account	-0.8	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-3.3
Financial Account	71.7	23.0	-196.0	-386.6	-16.9
Price Indices  Annual Growth Rate(2006=100)(%)
Wholesale Trade Price	7.0	0.6	5.6	6.5	5.2
Consumer  Price	1.6	2.3	0.6	1.8	3.5
Imports  Price	8.6	2.4	8.8	9.0	8.8
Exports  Price	1.6	-2.5	2.5	3.6	-2.4
National Accounts                         (NT$100 million)
Gross National Product(GNP)	114376	117456	122293	129685	126730
Gross Domestic Product(GDP)	110655	114547	119176	126358	123409
Final Consumption  Expenditure	81842	85209	86833	89720	91560
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	24202	24384	25314	26680	25448
Exports of Goods and Services	69781	73580	83041	92843	91792
Less: Imports of Goods and Services	66038	68734	76325	83380	86117
GDP Growth Rate                                               (%)	6.2	4.2	4.8	5.7	0.1
Agriculture	-4.1	-8.1	6.1	-1.9	-1.5
Industry	8.9	6.3	6.8	9.3	-1.2
Services	5.3	3.5	3.9	4.3	0.7
Industry Structure                                                (%)
Agriculture	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7
Industry	27.6	27.1	27.0	27.8	25.0
Services	70.8	71.3	71.4	70.7	73.3
Per Capita GNP at Current	506650	518511	537788	568084	553289
Market Prices                                             (NT$)
Per Capita GNP at Current	15156	16113	16532	17299	17542
Market Prices                                            (USD)
Gross Deposits                            (NT$100 million)	31256	30875	34180	38715	34230
Deposit Rate                                                      (%)	27.33	26.29	27.95	29.85	27.01
Notes: ①Year-end data. ②Annual data. ③Selling rate between bank and client, year-end data. ④Selling rate, year-end data.