foreign exchange and gold:

$275 billion (31 December 2007)

Debt - external:

$97.85 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$92.83 billion (2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$108.9 billion (2007)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$654 billion (28 December 2007)

Currency (code):

New Taiwan dollar (TWD)

Currency code:

TWD

Exchange rates:

New Taiwan dollars (TWD) per US dollar - 32.84 (2007), 32.534
(2006), 31.71 (2005), 34.418 (2004), 34.575 (2003)

Communications
Taiwan

Telephones - main lines in use:

14.313 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

24.302 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every
business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; numerous submarine cables provide
links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the
US; satellite earth stations - 2

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 140, FM 229, shortwave 49

Radios:

16 million (1994)

Television broadcast stations:

76 (46 digital and 30 analog) (2007)

Televisions:

8.8 million (1998)

Internet country code:

.tw

Internet hosts:

5.225 million (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

14.76 million (2007)

Transportation
Taiwan

Airports:

41 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 38
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Heliports:

4 (2007)

Pipelines:

condensate 25 km; gas 661 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 1,588 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge
note: 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to Taiwan Sugar
Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities)
(2007)

Roadways:

total: 40,262 km
paved: 38,171 km (includes 976 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,091 km (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 102
by type: bulk carrier 32, cargo 19, chemical tanker 1, container 24,
passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 14, refrigerated cargo 7, roll
on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Canada 2, France 1)
registered in other countries: 536 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 1, Honduras
2, Ho