Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$1.909 trillion (US$59.92 billion) during January-October 2016, dropping 0.59% on year, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
For the 10-month period, HSP recorded revenues of NT$844.557 billion, down 7.10% on year; STSP had NT$649.993 billion, up 9.21%; and CTSP posted NT$411.012 billion, down 0.34%.
The science parks posted combined export value of NT$1.363 trillion in January-November 2016, increasing 8.11% on year, and combined import value of NT$740.903 billion, growing 10.01%, MOST said.
As of the end of November 2016, 921 firms had been approved to station in the three parks and 810 of them had set up or were setting up factories there, MOST indicated. There were 268,090 employees in the three parks as of the end of November: 150,591 in HSP, 77,860 in STSP and 39,638 in CTSP, MOST noted.
| MOST: Science parks' revenues by industry, Jan-Oct 2016 (NT$b) | |||||
| Category of industries | HSP | STSP | CTSP | Total | Y/Y |
| IC | 620.815 | 391.050 | 241.442 | 1,253.306 | 4.40% |
| Optoelectronics | 129.133 | 212.358 | 143.882 | 485.373 | (13.72%) |
| PC & peripherals | 29.626 | 1.356 | 2.833 | 33.815 | (1.66%) |
| Networking & communication | 25.758 | 4.860 | 0.061 | 30.678 | (1.06%) |
| Precision machinery | 28.936 | 30.811 | 19.073 | 78.820 | 16.76% |
| Biotechnology | 8.072 | 7.434 | 2.552 | 18.057 | 14.44% |
| Others | 5.217 | 2.125 | 1.170 | 8.512 | 2.99% |
Source: MOST, compiled by Digitimes, December 2016
Article translated by Adam Hwang
