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Key Economic and Social Indicators( May 9, 2008)

2008 2007 2006 2005

I. Economic Indicators
1.Economic growth rate (％) 4.32 (f) 5.70 (p) 4.89 4.16
(QI4.19,QII5.24, QIII6.86, QIV6.39)

2.GNP(100 Million US$) 4,281 (f) 3,948 (p) 3,751 3,650

Economic 3.Per Capita GNP (US$) 18,693 (f) 17,294 (p) 16,494 16,113
Growth 　　　　 (NT$) 594,589 (f) 567,923 (p) 536,566 518,511
4.GDP(100 Million US$) 4,132 (f) 3,833 (p) 3,655 3,560
5.Per Capita GDP (US$) 18,042 (f) 16,790 (p) 16,073 15,714
　　　　 (NT$) 573,854 (f) 551,400 (p) 522,859 505,671
1.Consumer price index (％) 3.86 Apr. 1.80 0.60 2.31
2.Wholesale price index (％) 6.18 Apr. 6.47 5.63 0.62
Prices
3.Import price index(on NT$ Basis) (％) 10.23 Apr. 8.95 8.81 2.43
4.Export price index(on NT$ Basis) (％) -3.35 Apr. 3.56 2.49 -2.46
1.Industrial production annual rate (％) 8.3 Mar. 8.1 5.0 4.6
2.Manufacturing production annual rate (％) 8.7 Mar. 8.8 5.0 4.5
　Heavy industry 11.3 Mar. 10.5 6.6 6.3
Production
　Light industry -3.0 Mar. 0.8 -1.7 -2.5
3.Floor areas of applying construction permit(％) -24.0 Mar. -5.4 -15.1 1.7
4.Floor areas of occupancy permit (％) 5.5 Mar. -0.4 16.1 11.3
1.Growth rate of private consumption expenditure(％) 2.9 (f) 2.6 (p) 1.8 3.0
2.Stock price index：(average) 8,878 Apr. 8,510 6,842 6,092
Consumption
　　 (end of period) 8,792 (May 9) 8,506 7,824 6,548
Expenditure
3.Stock trading value ：per day(100 Million NT$) 1,809 Apr. 1,683 1,171 911
Increase rate (％) 38.4 Apr. 43.2 32.0 -19.6
1.Growth rate of fixed capital formation (％) 2.7 (f) 2.4 (p) 0.6 1.2
Growth rate of private fixed capital formation (％) 3.3 (f) 3.4 (p) 3.0 0.3
2.Annual changes of approved foreign investment (％) -25.1 Mar. 10.0 230.4 7.0

Investment 3.Increase rate of capital goods import (％) 7.5 Apr. 3.0 1.9 -0.5
4.Investment ratio(％) (Gross domestic investment percent of
20.8 (f) 20.6 (p) 20.7 20.9
GNP)
5.Net inward remittance of foreign investment in Taiwan's stock
64 Mar. 70 214 289
market
1.Total imports on customs basis (100 Million US$) 215.9 Apr. 2192.5 2027.1 1,826.2
Annual rate (％) 17.7 8.2 11.0 8.2
2.Total exports on customs basis (100 Million US$) 225.9 Apr. 2466.8 2240.0 1,984.3
Trade Annual rate (％) 14.0 10.1 12.9 8.8
3.Balance of foreign trade (100 Million US$) 10.0 Apr. 273.8 212.9 158.2
4.Annual rate of export orders received (％) 12.8 Mar. 15.5 16.7 19.2
5.Overseas production ratio of export orders (％) 47.3 Mar. 46.1 42.3 39.9
1.Central government expenditures (100 Million NT$) 17,781 16,488 16,419 16,852
2.Central government expenditures/GDP (％) 13.5 13.1 13.8 14.8
3.Central government deficit/GDP (％) 1.4 0.1 0.7 1.7
4.Annual changes of outstanding debts extending more than one
3.5 (3,853.0 Billion NT$) 2.7 (3,723.6 Billion NT$) 2.1 5.6
year as taken out by government (％)
Finance (fiscal
year) 5.Outstanding debts extending more than one year as taken out by
29.3 29.6 30.5 31.0
government/GDP (％)
6.Annual changes of tax revenue (％) 2.6 Apr. 8.3 2.1 13.0
7.Tax revenue/GDP (％) 13.8 13.5 13.7
8.Final accounts/Budget for expenditures of central government
97.3 97.4
(％)
 行政院主計處第三局

Key Economic and Social Indicators(cont. May 9, 2008)

2008 2007 2006 2005

1.Foreign exchange (end of period) 30.653 (May 9) 32.443 32.6 32.9
2.Foreign reserves(100 Million US$) (end of period) 2,894 Apr. 2,703 2,661 2,533
3.Rediscount rate (％) (end of period) 3.500 (Mar. 28) 3.375 2.750 2.250
Banking
4.Past-due loan ratio of domestic banks (end of period) 1.69 Mar. 1.84 2.13 2.24
5.Dishonored check ratio in amount (％) 0.77 Mar. 0.64 0.64 0.58
6.Annual changes of M2 (％) 1.8 Mar. 4.3 6.2 6.2
1.Labor force participation rate(％) 58.2 Mar. 58.3 57.9 57.8
(M67.21,F49.37) (M67.24,F49.44) (M67.35,F48.68) (M67.62,F48.12)
2.No. of employed persons(10 thousand) 1,038.0 Mar. 1,029.4 1,011.1 994.2
Labor Force 3.No. of unemployed persons(10 thousand) 41.7 Mar. 41.9 41.1 42.8
4.Unemployment rate(％) 3.86 Mar. 3.91 3.91 4.13
5.Annual changes of labor productivity of manufacturing
6.0 Mar. 7.5 4.7 5.3
establishments (％)
II. Social Indicators
1.Rate of criminal case increased (％) 0.0 Mar. -4.1 -7.6 6.3
Police Forces 2.NO. of violent crimes (cases) 730 Mar. 9,534 12,226 14,301
3.Percentage of criminal caes cleared (％) 72.7 Mar. 74.6 66.8 62.5
1.NO. of fire：Cases 266 Mar. 3,390 4,332 5,139
NO. of deaths by fire (Persons) 8 Mar. 120 125 139
2.NO. of casualties by natural disasters：death(inc. miss.) 0 Mar. 20 13 50
Casualties 　　　　　　　　　　 　 injury 0 Mar. 94 87 152
3.Occuptional injuries ratio per thousandth under labor insurance
0.253 Feb. 4.470 4.557 4.46
(‰)
4.NO. of death of major occupational injury(persons) 24 Mar. 295 369 379
1.Income of highest 20%/lowest 20% (Times) 6.01 6.04
2.Subsidiary amount of the handicapped (100 Million NT$) 102.5 Mar. 192.3 181.8 170.5
Number of the handicapped who hold the "Handbook for the
102.1 Dec. 98.1 93.8
handicapped" (10 thousand)(end of period)
3.Living Allowance for the Old-age Citizens (100 Million NT$) 25.8 Mar. 296.2 279.1 259.7
Number of received(10 thousand)(end of period) 85.5 Mar. 84.2 79.5 74.6

4.Living Allowance for the Old-age Indigenes (100 Million NT$) 0.7 Mar. 7.6 7.2 6.9
Social
Affairs Number of received(end of period) 2.2 Mar. 2.2 2.1 1.9
5.Allowance for the aged middle-low income (100 Million NT$) 6.6 Mar. 84.7 86.7 89.3
Number of received (10 thousand)(end of period) 12.6 Mar. 13.5 14.1 14.8
6.Allowance for the old-age farmers(100 Million NT$) 42.5 Mar. 457.1 412.2 332.0
Number of received(10 thousand)(end of period) 70.6 Mar. 70.7 70.3 69.7
7.Subsistence allowance of government expense home care
17.2 Mar. 165.3 172.3 180.5
veterans(100 Million NT$)
Number of received(10 thousand)(end of period) 8.4 Mar. 8.5 9.0 9.4
1.Refuse incinerators (Sets)(end of period) 25 Jun. 25 26
2.Designed capacity of Waste Incinerated(10 thousand ton) 53.3 Jan. 594.9 568.3 561.5
Environment
3.Percentage of public sewerage system(％) 15.6 14.0
Taipei city 85.8 Mar. 84.7 79.7 76.2
1.Pupil-teacher ratio at elementary and junior high school
16.6 17.1 17.4
levels(persons)(school year)
2.Higher education gross enrollment rate (％)(school year) 85.3 83.6 82.0
Education 3.No. of university and college(school year) 149 147 145
4.Increased rate of students in university and college(％)(school
2.8 4.0 5.8
year)
5.R & D expenditure/GDP(％) 2.6 2.5
1.Saturation rate of tap water (％) 92.0 91.9 91.6
People's Living
2.Rate of self-owned house(％) 87.8 87.3
1.Annual rate of inbound departure of nationals (％) -0.9 Mar. 5.6 4.2 14.5
Tour
2.Annual rate of outbound departure of nationals (％) -7.4 Mar. 3.4 5.6 5.5
1.NO. of registered vehicle(10 thousand)(end of period) 677 Mar. 677 675 667
Traffic 2.Annual rate of shipment of passenger car(％) -25.4 Apr. -16.2 -28.9 10.3
3.NO. of deaths by traffic accidents(Persons) 178 Mar. 2,573 3,140 2,894
1.Life expectancy at birth (Ages) 77.89 77.42
2.National health insurance premium rate (％) 4.55 4.55 4.55 4.55
Health
3.Balance of NHI insurance reserve fund(100 Million NT$)
12.0 15.2
(end of period)
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(M67.62,F48.12)