In January 2020, the total trade volume between Taiwan and ASEAN countries were 6.712 billion US dollars. The total exports from Taiwan to ASEAN were 3.934 billion US dollars, while the total imports from ASEAN to Taiwan were 2.778 billion US dollars. In comparison to January 2019, total trade volume between Taiwan and ASEAN countries has decreased by 10.23%, while Taiwan’s export to ASEAN countries experienced a 8.29% decrease and Taiwan’s import from ASEAN countries decreased by 12.83%. Singapore ranks the highest amongst ASEAN countries with a total trade volume of 2.242 billion US dollars (Taiwan’s export to Singapore were 1.386 billion US dollars while Taiwan’s import from Singapore were 0.856 billion US dollars). Malaysia is the second highest with a total trade volume of 1.476 billion US dollars (Taiwan’s export to Malaysia were 0.704 billion US dollars while Taiwan’s import from Malaysia were 0.772 billion US dollars). The export and import details of each ASEAN country are presented as the following table and chart.
unit: US $100 million
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Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, http://cus93.trade.gov.tw . Last viewed on February 10th, 2020.