Government-developed Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2,049.023 billion (US$68.87 billion) in the first half of 2022, hitting half-year record and growing 19.63% on year, according to National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
HSP recorded half-year revenues of NT$825.376 billion, rising 10.94% on year; STSP had NT$652.163 billion, up 34.17%, and CTSP posted NT$571.484 billion, up 18.37%.
The three science parks posted a combined export value of NT$1,803.063 billion for January-August 2022, increasing 4.06% on year, and a combined import value of NT$1,233.609 billion, growing 73.14%, MOST said.
As of the end of August 2022, 1,118 companies had been approved to be stationed in the three parks and 933 of them had set up, were setting up or would set up factories there, NSTC indicated.
There were 318,273 employees in the three parks at the end of August 2022: 170,555 in HSP, 93,263 in STSP and 54,455 in CTSP, NSTC noted.
MOST: Three science parks' revenues by industry, January-June 2022 (NT$b) | |||||
Category of industries | HSP | STSP | CTSP | Total | Y/Y |
Integrated circuits | 591.912 | 502.394 | 477.617 | 1,571.923 | 28.34% |
Opto-electronics | 75.234 | 103.282 | 67.568 | 246.084 | (16.08%) |
Computers & peripherals | 89.911 | 5.415 | 2.871 | 98.197 | 27.15% |
Networking & communication | 30.456 | 8.145 | 0.280 | 38.881 | 16.26% |
Precision machinery | 24.118 | 25.259 | 16.323 | 65.701 | 14.18% |
Biotechnology | 8.714 | 6.170 | 5.114 | 19.998 | 6.08% |
Others | 5.031 | 1.498 | 1.712 | 8.240 | 6.49% |
Source: NSTC, compiled by Digitimes, September 2022
