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TAIWAN

GNP (2009): $693 billion.
Annual growth rate (2009): -4%.
Per capita GDP (2009): $30,200.
Unemployment ( 2009) 6.4%.

Budget: Income .............. $60.72 Billion
Expenditure ... $78.5 Billion

Main Crops:
Rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish.

Natural Resources:
Small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos .

Major Industries:
Electronics, textiles, chemicals, clothing, food processing, plywood, sugar milling, cement, shipbuilding, petroleum refining.