Last year Taiwan imports totaled US $ 34 billion, an increase of 43 percent over the previous year (the highest rate in the world). The annualized increase for the first quarter of this year is 63 percent, more than double the initial estimates by the Executive Yuan.
外貨蜂擁而至，去年我國進口了三百四十五億美元，成長率為百分之四十三，高居世界第一；今年第一季的成績更「嚇人」﹘﹘年增率高達百分之六十三，遠遠超過行政院主計處原先預估的二倍。