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Taiwan science park revenues grow almost 25% in January-August

Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES, Taipei 0

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The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2,370.575 billion (US$84.89 billion) in January-August 2021, growing 24.53% on year, according to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

For the eight-month period, HSP recorded NT$1,026.376 billion in revenue, rising 31.70% on year; STSP had NT$676.558 billion, up 30.17%; and CTSP posted NT$667.641 billion, up 10.42%.

The three science parks posted combined exports of NT$1,999.609 billion for January-September 2021, increasing 16.87% on year, and combined imports of NT$809.619 billion, growing 24.92%, MOST said.

As of the end of September 2021, 1,094 companies had been approved to station in the three parks and 913 of them had set up, were setting up or would set up factories there, MOST indicated.

There were 297,560 employees in the three parks as of the end of July 2021: 164,488 in HSP, 82,039 in STSP and 51,033 in CTSP, MOST noted.

MOST: Science park revenues by industry, January-August 2021 (NT$b)

Category of industries

HSP

STSP

CTSP

Total

Y/Y

IC

742.967

450.769

512.942

1,706.679

24.50%

Opto-electronics

105.062

168.715

124.715

398.492

33.75%

Computers & peripherals

96.769

5.855

3.006

105.657

14.50%

Networking & communication

35.583

9.664

0.318

45.566

10.62%

Precision machinery

28.529

30.711

19.471

78.711

19.46%

Biotechnology

11.167

8.921

5.090

25.177

14.51%

Others

6.273

1.922

2.099

10.293

11/92%

Source: MOST, compiled by Digitimes, October 2021