Taiwan

Official Title:


General Information

Please note that all statistics reflect Canadian dollars, with some figures reflecting the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is unavailable.
Bilateral Product trade
Canada - Taiwan
Year Exports Imports
2015 $1,457,131,173 $5,456,189,509
2016 $1,585,327,308 $5,077,745,872
2017 $1,693,914,806 $5,441,937,768
2018 $1,996,346,856 $5,879,879,832
2019 $2,040,637,111 $5,967,977,426
Product trade (2019)
21 HS Sections
Canada - Taiwan
Section Exports Imports
01 Animal & Prod. $193,809,317 $35,208,964
02 Veg. Prod. $72,938,279 $38,677,168
03 Fats, Oils & Waxes Prod. $12,098,590 $2,918,097
04 Food Prod. $69,688,241 $80,976,358
05 Mineral Prod. $738,311,691 $24,549,457
06 Chemical Prod. $170,994,073 $112,260,647
07 Plastics, Rubber Prod. $17,389,748 $442,835,114
08 Leather, Fur Prod. $4,591,505 $10,785,159
09 Wood Prod. $77,788,458 $6,950,156
10 Paper Prod. $131,709,479 $29,548,846
11 Textiles Prod. $5,582,923 $116,157,781
12 Dress Access. $950,641 $19,482,346
13 Glass & Stone Prod. $1,113,840 $36,856,327
14 Precious Metals/stones $1,015,927 $48,704,622
15 Base Metal Prod. $224,883,890 $1,187,604,161
16 Mach. Mech. Elec. Prod. $114,947,719 $2,693,934,302
17 Vehicles and Equip. $138,902,818 $594,213,735
18 Specialized Inst. $50,632,147 $187,767,733
19 Arms & Ammunition $120,783 $9,179,814
20 Misc. Articles $5,660,110 $278,478,908
21 Antiques $221,344 $287,489

Capital: Taipei
Population (million): 23.60
Total Area: 36,006km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 23.44 Taiwan $ (TWD) (2018 - Annual average)
National Holiday: N/A
Language(s): Mandarin, Taiwanese (or Minnan dialect), Hakka, Aboriginal languages


Political Information

Type of State:
Presidential Republic

Type of Government:
Unicameral Legislature: Legislative Yuan. NB: Under Canada’s One China policy, Canada does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state and does not maintain official, government-to-government relations with Taipei.

Head of State:
President TSAI Ing-Wen

Head of Government:
Premier LAI, William

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: WU, Joseph
Economic Affairs: SHEN, Jong-Chin

Main Political Parties:
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), New Power Party (NPP), People First Party (PFP)

Elections:
Last: January 2016 (Presidential/Legislative)


Economic Information (2018)

Comparative figures
Type Taiwan Canada
GDP: ($ billion) 765.44 2,222.58
GDP per capita: ($) 32,430.35 60,078.85
GDP growth rate: (%) 2.63 1.83
Inflation: (%) 1.46 2.24
Unemployment: (%) 3.76 5.82

Product Trade and investment (2019)

Canadian exports to country: $2,040,637,111
Canadian imports from country: $5,967,977,426
FDI in Canada (2018): $76 million
CDI in country (2018): $328 million


Representation

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Representative CHEN Winston Wen-yi

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Executive Director Jordan Reeves


February 2020
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF

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