Download 1999 'Asian Perspective' Tables

Here are tables referred to in "Taiwan and Globalization," by Lynn
White, in a special issue of ASIAN PERSPECTIVES edited by Samuel S.
Kim.
Table 1: TAIWAN GDP, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, and RATIOS
(in billions of New Taiwan Dollars and percentage ratios)
Year
1987
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99*
2000*
GDP
3237
3523
3939
4307
4811
5338
5875
6377
6892
7478
8131
8720
9158
9816
Commodity
and
Service
Exports
1855
1915
1953
2014
2281
2316
2599
2813
3362
3630
4004
4262
4883
4615
Commodity
ratio of
and
exports
Service/GDP
Imports(percent)
1294
1537
1658
1799
2063
2204
2488
2692
3226
3343
3780
4117
4124
4346
57
54
50
47
47
43
44
44
49
49
49
49
53
47
ratio of
exports/
imports
(percent)
143
125
118
112
111
105
104
104
104
109
106
104
118
106
* The figures for 1999 and 2000 are forecasts, but for 1999 are based
on the first six months of collected data.
The ratios are computed
from raw numbers. All columns cover not just commodities (shangpin),
but also the labor/service (laowu) components (of GDP, exports, and
imports).
The term "Taiwan" throughout this essay, when used for
statistical reporting, includes certain islands in Fujian.
SOURCE: Http://www.moea.gov.tw/~meco/stat/four/b-1-1h.htm (in
Chinese), by the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs. Statistics are
rounded from the original.
Table 2: TAIWAN EXPORTS BY DESTINATION
(billions of U.S. dollars and percentages of commodity exports)
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999*
TOTAL
$b. 85.1
93.1
111.7
115.9
122.1
110.6
67.4
USA
$b. 23.6
28%
24.3
26%
26.4
24%
26.9
23%
29.6
24%
29.4
27%
17.5
26%
HK/PRC $b. 18.5
22%
21.3
23%
26.1
23%
26.9
23%
28.7
24%
24.8
22%
14.4
21%
Europe $b. 12.9
15%
12.9
14%
15.7
14%
16.9
15%
18.4
15%
19.6
18%
11.2
17%
ASEAN
$b.
8.9
10%
10.7
11%
13.9
12%
14.2
12%
14.9
12%
10.5
9%
7.0
10%
Japan
$b.
9.0
11%
10.2
11%
13.2
12%
13.7
12%
11.7
10%
9.3
8%
6.6
10%
Other
$b. 12.2
14%
13.7
15%
16.4
15%
17.3
15%
18.8
15%
17.0
15%
10.7
16%
NOTES:
This ROC table does not include exports to the mainland, but
much of the reported Hong Kong total surely went there.
ASEAN
membership changed in this period; the term here refers to its five
founding nations. All percentages are calculated. The residual "other"
category was calculated as the difference between the total and the
export destinations for which figures are listed.
* The 1999 amounts and portions are for the first seven months only.
SOURCE:
Http://www.moea.gov.tw/~meco/stat/four/c-2h.htm (in Chinese),
ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs, provided raw data.
Table 3: GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
World Economic Forum Competitiveness Rankings, 1999
Singapore
USA
Hong Kong
TAIWAN
Canada
Switzerland
Luxembourg
UK
Netherlands
Ireland
Finland
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Norway
Malaysia
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Austria
Chile
Korea
France
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Israel
Mauritius
Thailand
Mexico
China
Philippines
Costa Rica
Italy
Peru
Indonesia
Hungary
Czech Rep.
Jordan
Greece
Argentina
Poland
Turkey
Slovak Rep.
El Salvador
South Africa
Vietnam
Egypt
Venezuela
Brazil
India
index'99
2.12
1.58
1.41
1.38
1.33
1.27
1.25
1.17
1.13
1.11
1.11
1.04
1.01
1
0.92
0.86
0.85
0.59
0.58
0.58
0.57
0.46
0.44
0.39
0.39
0.37
0.16
0.15
-0.09
-0.1
-0.2
-0.27
-0.31
-0.33
-0.36
-0.37
-0.39
-0.39
-0.4
-0.51
-0.6
-0.65
-0.67
-0.7
-0.72
-0.72
-0.74
-0.85
-0.86
-1.09
-1.2
-1.3
1999
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
53
1998
1
3
2
6
5
8
10
4
7
11
15
14
13
12
9
17
16
30
23
20
18
19
22
27
24
25
26
29
NA
21
32
28
33
34
41
37
31
43
35
34
44
36
49
40
48
NA
42
39
38
45
46
50
1997
1
3
2
8
4
6
11
7
12
16
19
17
5
14
10
9
20
38
22
27
13
21
23
31
25
26
30
24
NA
18
33
29
34
43
39
40
15
46
32
43
48
37
50
36
35
NA
44
49
28
47
42
45
1996
1
4
2
9
8
6
5
15
17
26
16
12
3
13
7
10
11
27
21
19
18
20
23
25
22
32
34
24
NA
14
33
36
31
28
41
38
30
46
35
28
39
37
44
42
NA
NA
43
NA
29
47
48
45
Ecuador
Colombia
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Russia
-1.34
-1.48
-1.5
-1.5
-1.65
-1.94
-2.02
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
NA
47
NA
NA
51
53
52
NA
41
NA
NA
51
52
53
NA
40
NA
NA
NA
NA
49
SOURCE:
Http://www.weforum.org/publications/GCR/99rankings.asp
copies the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness
Report. Criteria are discussed in .../GCR/backgrounder.asp.
Table 4: GOVERNMENT
International Development Institute Rankings
as of April 13 1999
Singapore
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Switzerland
Ireland
Chile
Luxembourg
Australia
New Zealand
Finland
TAIWAN
Canada
Spain
Iceland
USA
China
Thailand
Netherlands
U.K.
Norway
Philippines
Denmark
Japan
Austria
Portugal
Hungary
Brazil
Mexico
Israel
Argentina
Germany
South Africa
India
Indonesia
Venezuela
Greece
Korea
Colombia
Sweden
France
Turkey
Czech Rep.
Belgium
Poland
Italy
Russia
Slovenia
1999
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
1998
1
2
3
8
6
16
11
9
4
15
14
7
23
18
13
5
22
17
10
12
19
20
27
32
29
26
21
25
33
30
36
31
28
24
39
43
34
41
35
42
38
40
45
46
44
37
-
1997
1
2
4
5
12
10
24
14
3
15
20
9
21
19
7
6
18
22
8
13
11
23
28
26
30
39
16
29
36
17
25
34
31
27
42
40
32
37
38
35
33
41
43
45
44
46
-
1996
1
2
4
11
23
5
17
13
3
30
6
10
35
20
7
9
8
28
16
15
12
22
21
27
32
40
18
38
31
24
19
37
14
25
44
42
33
26
41
36
29
34
39
43
45
46
-
1995
1
2
4
8
27
6
10
3
25
5
23
32
20
9
12
7
31
15
24
17
28
19
22
29
42
16
39
38
11
13
35
14
21
43
41
18
26
34
33
30
36
40
44
45
46
-
SOURCE:
International Development Institute, Lausanne,
Switzerland; http://www.imd.ch/wcy/facors/f2data.html.
Table 5: INTERNATIONALIZATION
International Development Institute Rankings
as of April 13 1999
USA
Singapore
Luxembourg
U.K.
Hong Kong
Netherlands
Germany
Ireland
France
Belgium
Finland
Denmark
Italy
Spain
Sweden
Chile
Hungary
China
Portugal
Philippines
Japan
Austria
Israel
Canada
Norway
Switzerland
TAIWAN
Australia
Malaysia
Russia
Turkey
Greece
New Zealand
Thailand
Czech Rep.
Brazil
Iceland
Argentina
Indonesia
Korea
Venezuela
South Africa
Mexico
India
Poland
Slovenia
Colombia
1999
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
1998
1
2
4
5
3
6
8
7
10
9
11
12
19
18
14
23
26
20
13
28
34
25
33
22
15
17
32
27
24
30
31
35
16
37
29
39
38
21
36
46
41
45
40
42
43
44
1997
1
2
5
4
3
6
7
12
10
8
13
9
27
14
11
16
21
29
15
31
32
18
34
19
23
26
30
28
17
37
36
33
22
25
24
41
39
20
35
45
42
46
38
43
44
40
1996
2
1
3
8
4
5
9
10
7
6
15
11
21
25
12
13
30
23
32
31
14
20
18
17
24
19
26
29
16
45
27
35
22
33
34
46
36
28
37
43
44
39
40
41
42
38
1995
2
1
7
3
4
9
10
8
6
18
11
19
20
13
17
37
34
26
31
12
16
22
21
30
15
24
28
23
46
27
35
14
29
32
44
41
25
33
40
42
38
43
39
45
36
SOURCE:
International Development Institute, Lausanne,
Switzerland; www.imd.ch/wcy/facors/f3data.html.