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
