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Exports from Taiwan amounted to US$305.1 billion in 2013, up 49.9% since 2009. Taiwan's top 10 exports accounted for 83.2% of the overall value of its global shipments.
Based on statistics from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Database, Taiwan's total Gross Domestic Product amounted to $926.4 billion in 2013.
Therefore, exports accounted for about 32.9% of total Taiwanese economic output.
Given Taiwan's population of 23.4 million people, the total $305.1 billion in 2013 Taiwanese exports translates to roughly $13,062 for every person in the country. This compares with a benchmark $2,545 in exports per person for the world's total exports (assuming an estimated global population of 7,095,217,980 per the CIA World Factbook).
Taiwan's Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Taiwanese global shipments during 2013. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Taiwan.
Electronic equipment: $114,167,635,000 (37.4% of total exports)
Machinery: $29,489,138,000 (9.7%)
Mineral fuels including oil: $23,146,348,000 (7.6%)
Optical, technical and medical apparatus: $22,244,457,000 (7.3%)
Plastics: $21,935,241,000 (7.2%)
Organic chemicals: $12,089,265,000 (4%)
Iron and steel: $10,102,379,000 (3.3%)
Vehicles excluding trains and streetcars: $9,788,651,000 (3.2%)
Iron or steel articles: $7,243,120,000 (2.4%)
Copper and copper articles: $3,724,013,000 (1.2%)
Mineral fuels including oil were the fastest-growing among the top 10 export categories, up 105.1% for the 5-year period starting in 2009.
In second place for surging export sales were articles of iron or steel, up 65.1%. Taiwanese-exported automobiles posted the third-fastest gain at 55.3%.
Taiwan's unemployment rate was 4.1% in 2013, down slightly from 4.2% during 2012.
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.
Taiwan's Top 10 Exports - World's Top Exports
