Pub date: 29 Feb 2012 Asia / Taiwan Business Forecast Report
Core Views Our forecast for Taiwan’s 2011 and 2012 real GDP growth is 3.6% and 3.4% respectively, which falls below the government’s projection of 4.6% and 4.4% and consensus expectations of 4.9% a... Read More
Pub date: 10 May 2012 Asia Regional Monitor
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Pub date: 18 May 2012 Global Regional Monitor
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Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Autos Industry Report
Taiwan has, due to its geographic position, political stance and population size, traditionally had both its import and export potentials defined by external factors. The remainder of 2012 does not l... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: Taiwan's banking sector has long been due another bout of consolidation and we believe this is likely to take place in 2013. The mergers are necessary in order for banks and other sectors t... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Taiwan's consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and AV products, is projected to be worth about US$8.8bn in 2012. This is expect... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Defence & Security Industry Report
The re-election of President Ma Ying-jeou in January 2012 was a victory for the status quo in relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China (PRC). While a win for the opposition Democr... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Asia / Taiwan Food & Drink Industry Report
We remain cautious on the near-term retail outlook for Taiwan. A bleak outlook on the global economic environment, especially that of Taiwan's major trade partners – China, the US and Japan – are exp... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Freight Transport Industry Report
Taiwan's freight industry will be affected by slower economic growth in mainland China in 2012. As a result we have trimmed back our forecasts for the island's GDP growth. Some transport modes will ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Asia / Taiwan Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We believe that construction activity in Taiwan could remain relatively lacklustre in 2012 and have revised down our construction forecasts for 2012 and 2013, from 5.5% and 8.1% to 4.4% and... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Compared to the other countries whose insurance sectors are profiled by BMI, Taiwan stands out for two reasons. The first is that, by many metrics, and density (ie: premiu... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Metals Industry Report
The Taiwanese steel industry is set for a period of slowdown going into 2012, although infrastructure projects should support long steel production, according to BMI's latest Taiwan Metals Report. I... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Taiwan Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Refinery expansion plans have been thrown into turmoil due to political intervention, and Taiwan may not see a new plant built within the next decade. Meanwhile, a growing appetite for impo... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Asia / Taiwan Petrochemicals Industry Report
Taiwan’s petrochemicals industry has been faced with a series of setbacks, including project cancellations and the shuttering of facilities over safety fears, which are eroding its capacity to compet... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Asia / Taiwan Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: While high volume consumption of pharmaceuticals per capita will continue to draw multinationals to Taiwan, the country remains committed to cost-containment in the public healthcare spend... Read More
Pub date: 04 Aug 2011 Asia / Taiwan Power Industry Report
The new Taiwan Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country’s power consumption will rise from 212TWh in 2010 to 355TWh by the end of the forecast period, representing average annual growth of 5... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Asia / Taiwan Real Estate Industry Report
Taiwan is particularly susceptible to a global economic slowdown through external demand dynamics. Our outlook on Taiwan's main trading partners - China, the US and Japan - is already subdued in the ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Shipping Industry Report
The Port of Kaohsiung is set to hold the top position in Taiwan's maritime sector in terms of both total tonnage and container throughput in 2012. We estimate the port continued its gradual recovery ... Read More
Pub date: 05 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Telecommunications Industry Report
This quarter's update on Taiwan's telecoms market incorporates the latest operational data published by the three largest telecoms operators and the government's National Communications Commission (N... Read More
Pub date: 01 Nov 2011 Asia / Taiwan Multinational Companies Country Directory
The Taiwan database features over 2320 fully researched, senior executive contacts and top decision makers at over 660 multinational companies in Taiwan, across 34 industry sectors.... Read More