ossil fuel: 63.2%
hydro: 7.1%
nuclear: 29.7%
other: 0% (1997)

Electricity--consumption: 134.906 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetables,
fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish

Exports: $122.1 billion (f.o.b., 1997)

Exports--commodities: machinery and electrical equipment 21.7%,
electronic products 14.8%, information/communications 11.8%, textile
products 11.6% (1997)

Exports--partners: US 24.2%, Hong Kong 23.5%, Europe 15.1%, Japan
9.6% (1997)

Imports: $114.4 billion (c.i.f., 1997)

Imports--commodities: machinery and electrical equipment 16.5%,
electronic products 16.3%, chemicals 10.0%, precision instrument
5.6% (1997)

Imports--partners: Japan 25.4%, US 20.3%, Europe 18.9%, Hong Kong
1.7% (1997)

Debt--external: $80 million (1997 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $NA

Currency: 1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: New Taiwan dollars per US$1--32.45 (yearend 1997),
27.5 (1996), 27.4 (1995), 26.2 (1994)

Fiscal year: 1 July--30 June

Communications

Telephones: 11.526 million (1998 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and
west coasts
international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa),
Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and Western Europe

Radio broadcast stations: AM 158, FM 48, shortwave 21

Radios: 8.62 million

Television broadcast stations: 29 (in addition, there are two
repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 10.8 million (1996 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 4,600 km (519 km electrified); note--1,108 km belongs to the
Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is
dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m

Highways:
total: 19,634 km
paved: 17,171 km (including 548 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,463 km (1997)

Pipelines: petroleum products 615 km; natural gas 97 km

Ports and harbors: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung,
Su-ao, T'ai-chung

Merchant marine:
total: 180 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,106,573
GRT/7,963,834 DWT
ships by type: bulk 47, cargo 30, combination bulk 3, container 72,
oil tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2