The current account surplus in Taiwan decreased by 7.67 billion to USD 14.04 billion in the third quarter of 2018 from a USD 21.71 billion surplus a year earlier, as the goods surplus dropped by USD 7.44 billion to USD 16.30 billion and the primary income surplus narrowed by USD 1.13 billion to USD 1.0 billion. On the other hand, the services deficit declined by USD 0.5 billion to USD 2.42 billion and the secondary income shortfall narrowed to USD 0.84 billion from USD 1.27 billion in Q3 2017. Current Account in Taiwan averaged 5958.25 USD Million from 1981 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 25639 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2017 and a record low of -851 USD Million in the first quarter of 1981.

Current Account in Taiwan is expected to be 22500.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Current Account in Taiwan to stand at 19980.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Taiwan Current Account is projected to trend around 21140.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-02-23 08:20 AM Current Account $26.58B $20.51B $ 19.2B
2018-05-21 08:20 AM Current Account $20.08B $25.65B $ 22B
2018-08-20 08:20 AM Current Account $17.82B $20.08B $ 19.8B
2018-11-20 08:20 AM Current Account $14.04B $17.82B $ 21.6B
2019-02-18 08:20 AM Current Account $14.04B $11B
2019-05-21 08:20 AM Current Account 21300
2019-08-20 08:20 AM Current Account 20800


Taiwan Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade 910.00 4710.00 6662.67 -847.44 USD Million [+]
Current Account 14040.00 16360.00 25639.00 -851.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP 14.70 13.70 21.00 -1.90 percent [+]
Imports 26375.00 23893.76 27132.35 1203.70 USD Million [+]
Exports 27299.60 28606.38 29990.44 1406.50 USD Million [+]
External Debt 202611.00 199051.00 202611.00 31705.00 USD Million [+]
Terms of Trade 92.70 93.80 169.30 85.30 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 11195.00 12259.00 24474.00 -1029.00 USD Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 1125.11 1019.02 1125.11 40.30 Thousand [+]
Gold Reserves 423.60 423.60 423.89 421.23 Tonnes [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 2930.63 508.48 3953.79 81.58 USD Million [+]
Crude Oil Production 0.20 0.20 1.30 0.20 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 0.94 0.50 0.94 0.00 [+]

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Taiwan Current Account

Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid). This page provides - Taiwan Current Account - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Taiwan Current Account - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
14040.00 16360.00 25639.00 -851.00 1981 - 2018 USD Million Quarterly




Country Last Previous
Argentina -7591.00 Sep/18
Australia -10688.00 Sep/18
Brazil -815.00 Dec/18
Canada -10343.00 Sep/18
China 546.00 Dec/18
Euro Area 23.25 Nov/18
France -1117.00 Dec/18
Germany 21000.00 Dec/18
India -19100.00 Sep/18
Indonesia -9148.00 Dec/18
Italy 4805.70 Nov/18
Japan 452.80 Dec/18
Mexico -5081.50 Sep/18
Netherlands 20484.80 Sep/18
Russia 38800.00 Dec/18
Saudi Arabia 29583.00 Sep/18
Singapore 17796.10 Dec/18
South Africa -176577.00 Sep/18
South Korea 4819.30 Dec/18
Spain 1770.00 Nov/18
Switzerland 14596.00 Sep/18
Turkey -1437.00 Dec/18
United Kingdom -26522.00 Sep/18
United States -124817.00 Sep/18


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