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WebGuide - Taiwan

The following WebGuide, compiled by the Ypsilanti Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the American Institute in Taiwan, please click here.

 

Airlines

British Airways - Taiwan

http://www.britishairways.com/

China Airlines

http://www.china-airlines.com/ 

KLM Asia

http://www.klm.com.tw/ 

United Airlines Taiwan

http://www.ual.com/ 

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Banks

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

Asia Dragons.Taiwan business center provides Index of local banks in Taiwan.

http://www.asiadragons.com

Keynote Publishing Co. Provides information in national banks in Taiwan

http://www.polisci.com

Investorlinks.com Inc. Provides central banks in Taiwan.

http://www.investorlinks.com

The Internationalists, Inc. Provides banks and financial institutes in Taiwan. Email: manager@internationalist.com 

http://www.internationalist.com 

Allo Taiwan.com. Provides lists of banks in Taiwan

http://www.allotaiwan.com/ 

Taiwan stock exchange corporation. Index for banks in Taiwan and relted financial information.

http://www.quattro.com 

Taiwan Trade Online. Lists of banks in Taiwan. Email: service@taiwantrade.com 

http://www.taiwantrade.com 
Reserve Bank's index of Taiwanese banks http://www.reserve-bank.com/ 
AAAdir Directory - Directory of Banks, Credit Unions and Financial Information on the Internet http://www.aaadir.com/
Banks of the world by country http://www.wiso.gwdg.de/
Directory of banks on the web.   Coverage : 3.107 banks - i.e. over 95% of all banking sites http://www.qualisteam.com/
Comprehensive listing of Taiwanese Banks from Reserve.com. http://www.reserve-bank.com/

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Business with Taiwan

CETRA@NET--your gateway to trade with Taiwan

http://www.tptaiwan.org.tw/ 

Doing business in Taiwan

http://www.businessculture.com/

Doing business in Taiwan

http://www.worldbiz.com/taiwan.html 

Information Division, Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa

http://www.roc-taiwan.org.za/ 

US-ROC (Taiwan) Business Council

http://www.us-roc.org/ 

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Chambers of Commerce

AmCham Taichung Home Page

http://www.amchamtaichung.org/ 

American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei

http://www.amcham.com.tw/ 

Taiwan Chambers of Commerce

http://isc01.moea.gov.tw/

Taiwan Chamber of Commerce

http://www.tcoc.com.tw/ 

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Directories and Databases

Taiwan Products Online http://www.manufactures.com.tw/ 
Index of Asian business directories http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/ 
Kompass - fee based but extensive free information http://www.kompass.com/ 

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Financing Agencies

Cisco - Cisco Systems Capital: Explore Financing Solutions - Asia/Pacific

http://www.cisco.com/

Financing Asian Business

http://www.asiatrade.com/

Startegis guide to trade and finance - Taiwan

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/

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General Country Information

Yam.com web portal http://www.yam.com.tw/en/yam/ 

The Economist country briefings for Taiwan

http://www.economist.com/

Country analysis brief of natural resources in Taiwan

http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Taiwans general country information sponsored by asiatravelinfo.com

http://www.asiatravelinfo.com/taiwan/ 

Country Information with links to Taiwan offering history, culture, maps, language, government, economy, etc.

http://www.infoplease.com/

CIA World Factbook, Taiwan

http://www.odci.gov/

Maps and geography of Taiwan

http://geography.about.com/
Lycos  Guide for Taiwan http://travel.lycos.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual property rights in Asia - projects, programs, and developments

http://www.intellecprop.mpg.de/

Enforcement of intellectual property rights in Taiwan

http://www.wangandwang.com/
Intellectual Property Links for Taiwan http://www.ipmenu.com/country/taiwan.htm 

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Market Research

USDOC Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/

@ResearchInfo.com FREE Market Research Resources

http://www.researchinfo.com/ 

ACNielsen: The global leader in market research, information and analysis

http://www.acnielsen.com/ 

Asian Demographics

http://www.asiandemographics.com/ 

Marketing Research Association

http://www.mra-net.org/ 
Strategis Index to Market Research in Taiwan http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/

The Virtual Trade Mart and Taiwan Products Showcase Homepage

http://mart.cetra.org.tw/
USDOC ICT Team's Taiwan Page compliments of Eastern Michigan University http://www.emich.edu/ict_usa/TAIWAN.HTM 

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 221441398 233086795 237421251 235104456
325 Chemical Manufactures 76503617 76755811 91414606 77775917
336 Transportation Equipment 33848977 96665107 62532342 55173457
333 Machinery Manufactures 64045192 20713021 32947709 48885935
332 Fabricated Metal Products 5458883 5217696 9945014 10254175
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 2115219 4702829 8582159 9228932
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 9370325 7549358 7669978 8406079
311 Processed Foods 7910518 7168275 5891434 6892111
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 4296183 3946828 4043121 3251416
322 Paper Products 5434583 2033132 3043126 2344103
339 Misc. Manufactures 966143 1594472 1244540 2063772
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 140490 410599 1740604 1898135
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 1666500 1816623 1363183 1587281
910 Waste & Scrap 421082 852736 1508335 1253823
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 851521 523109 979562 1208841
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 1262707 1274429 1570561 1151713
321 Wood Products 484464 137364 645909 911796
113 Forestry & Logging 374022 339253 488505 703540
111 Crop Production 130436 121914 164944 640633
337 Furniture & Related Products 581353 600076 736509 621911
212 Mining 71193 231391 205437 251114
315 Apparel Manufactures 2527 4579 26020 145600
313 Fabric Mill Products 755281 24535 38014 123351
323 Printing & Related Products 4635989 312509 220827 97721
316 Leather & Related Products 87017 53580 141890 86107
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 4456 0 0 74550
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 0 51016
211 Oil & Gas Extraction 22720 37569 37704 21427
920 Used Merchandise 0 0 210150 0
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 0 0 29068 0
112 Animal Production 0 0 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities

Feng Chia University 100 Wen-hwa Road, Taichung 407Taiwan R. O. C. Phone: +886-4-24517250 Ext. 3701 Fax: +886-4-24516101 Email: phlin@fcu.edu.tw

http://www.fcu.edu.tw/ 
Colleges and Universities

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Tel：886-2-26215656 ext 2616、2665 Fax：886-2-26209749 Address：151 Ying-chuan Road Tamsui, Taipei Hsien , Taiwan 25137, Republic of China

http://www.cs.tku.edu.tw/
Colleges and Universities

Department of Computer Science and Information & Engineering, National Taiwan University #1 Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan 106, ROC TEL: 886-2-23625336    FAX: 886-2-23628167

http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/ 
Colleges and Universities

Department of Computer ScienceNational Tsing Hua University 101, Kuang Fu Rd, Sec.2HsingChu, Taiwan 300 R.O.C TEL: +886-3-5714787 FAX: +886-3-5723694

http://www.cs.nthu.edu.tw/
Colleges and Universities

National Cheng Kung University, Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering No. 1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan,Taiwan, ROC. TEL: 886-6-2757575 Ext.62500 TEL/FAX: 886-6-2747076

http://www.csie.ncku.edu.tw/ 
Colleges and Universities

National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) Address:1001 TA HSUEH ROAD, HSINCHU, TAIWAN 30050,ROC Phone: (03)5712121, 5726111

http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/
Colleges and Universities

National Chung-Hsing University 250,Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung

http://www.nchu.edu.tw/
Colleges and Universities

National Taiwan Ocean University 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan 20224, R. O. C., TEL: +886-2-2462-2192, FAX:+886-2-2462-0724

http://www.ntou.edu.tw/
Colleges and Universities Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica. http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ 
Colleges and Universities Colleges and Universities - Taiwan  http://www.mit.edu:8001/
Search Engines Yam.com web portal http://www.yam.com.tw/
Search Engines Yahoo, Taiwan. http://tw.yahoo.com/  
US Subsidiaries 3COM http://ap.3com.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Adobe, Taiwan http://www.chinese-t.adobe.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Apple, Taiwan http://www.apple.com.tw/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco, Taiwan http://www.cisco.com/tw/ 
US Subsidiaries Computer Associates http://www.ca.com.tw/ 
US Subsidiaries HP http://welcome.hp.com/
US Subsidiaries IBM Taiwan Corporation, NO 206, Sec. 1, Keelung Rd.Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.  Tel: (886) 2 725 8888, Fax: (886) 2 729 0844, E-mail: ibmtwn@tw.ibm.com  http://www-901.ibm.com/tw/ 
US Subsidiaries Intel, Taiwan http://www.intel.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Microsoft Taiwan Corporation, P.O. Box 27-16, No. 6, 10th Floor, Min Chuan E. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, TAIWAN, Phone: (886) (2) 2508-7149, Telex/Fax: (886) (2) 2508-9575  http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Novell http://www.novell.com/
US Subsidiaries Oracle http://www.oracle.com/tw/ 
US Subsidiaries Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com.tw/ 
US Subsidiaries Xerox http://www.xerox.com.tw/ 

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Newspapers

Chinese Newspaper in Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- khuang.com's Chinatown on the WWW http://www.khuang.com/
Chinese: Foreign Language News and Newspapers: Publication Types ... http://libraries.mit.edu/
Google Directory - Regional > Asia > Taiwan > News and Media > ... http://directory.google.com/
Newspapers and other media sources from China, Republic (Taiwan), Kidon Media-Link http://www.kidon.com/
Newspapers of Taiwan http://www.ipl.org/
Taipei Times - TaipeiTimes http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/ 
Taiwan Headlines http://www.taiwanheadlines.com/ 
Taiwan Journal http://publish.gio.gov.tw/FCJ/
The China Post http://www.chinapost.com.tw/ 

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Taiwan's Economic Outlook

Asia Pacific Fund Home Page

http://www.asiapacificfund.com/ 

Econosystems - Economic, Information Brokerage and Business Writing - World Economic Outlook.

http://www.econosystems.com/

Financial Express: Taiwan vows to restructure economy in 1999

http://www.expressindia.com/

Pacific Economic Outlook

http://www.pacificeconomicoutlook.com/

World Economic Outlook Database September 1999

http://www.imf.org/

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Taiwan's Government

Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT), MOEA, Director General: Chih-Peng Huang
1 Hukou St., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2351-0271, Fax: 886-2-2351-3603
 http://www.trade.gov.tw 
Council of Agriculture (COA), Executive Yuan, Chairman: Chin-Lung Lee
37 Nanhai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2312-6000, Fax: 886-2-2361-4397
 http://www.coa.gov.tw 
Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), Chairman: Sheng-Cheng Hu, 3, Paoching Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2316-5306, Fax: 886-2-2370-0403
 http://www.cepd.gov.tw 
Department of Health (DOH), Executive Yuan, Minister: Sheng-Mou Hou
100 Aikuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2396-7166, Fax: 886-2-2341-8994
 http://www.doh.gov.tw 
Directorate General of Telecommunications, MOTC, Director General: Jen-Ter Chien, 16 Chi-Nan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2343-3959, Fax: 886-2-2343-3772
 http://www.dgt.gov.tw 
Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan, Minister: Juu-En Chang, 41 Chunghwa Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2311-7722; Fax: 886-2-2311-6071
 http://www.epa.gov.tw 
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Minister: Mei-Yueh Ho, 15 Foochow St., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2321-9273, Fax: 886-2-2391-9398
 http://www.moea.gov.tw 
Ministry of Finance (MOF), Minister: Chuan Lin, 2 Aikuo W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2322-8006, Fax: 886-2-2356-8774
 http://www.mof.gov.tw 
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, G2 Kaitakelan Blvd. Taipei, 100, Taiwan, R.O.C., TEL: (02)2348-2999 http://www.mofa.gov.tw/ 
Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), Minister: Ling-San Lin, 2 Changsha St., Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, Tel: 886-2-2349-2900, Fax: 886-2-2389-6009
 http://www.motc.gov.tw 
Taiwanese Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, 4, Chinan Road, Sec.1, Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.  http://web-server.bsmi.gov.tw/
Governments on the WWW: China (Republic) http://www.gksoft.com/

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Travel and Tourism

AsiaPlanet.com - Travel and background information for  22 Asian countries. http://www.asia-planet.com/ 

GotoTaiwan.Com - Information for Vacationing and Travel in Taiwan

http://www.gototaiwan.com/ 

Open Directory - Regional: Asia: Taiwan: Travel and Tourism

http://dmoz.org/

Taiwan travel and tourism information, travelogues, travel stories

http://www.travel-library.com/

Tourism Bureau, ROC

http://www.tbroc.gov.tw/ 

Travel in Taiwan

http://www.sinica.edu.tw/

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Transportation

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

ABC Country Book of Taiwan - transportation Flag, Map, Economy

http://www.theodora.com/

Enterprise Shipping AgencyShips' Sgency based in Kaohsiung

http://myweb.hinet.net/home11/shashinai/

Keelung freight, transportation and shipping service

http://www.sailings.to/keelung 

Ministry of Transportation and Communications, ROC

http://www.motc.gov.tw/ 

Open Directory - Regional: Asia: Taiwan: Transportation

http://dmoz.org/

Taiwan - Port of Kaohsiung

http://www.khb.gov.tw/ 

Taiwan - Port of Taichung

http://www.tchb.gov.tw/ENG/emain.php 

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US Government

American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) http://ait.org.tw/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/
US Dept. of Energy's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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