China accounts for 51% of Taiwan’s IT production in H1

China continues to play an increasingly important role in

Taiwan’s IT hardware production, according to DigiTimes report based on the

Market Intelligence Center (MIC) statistics in Taiwan. Statistics showed that

the ratio of Taiwan’s IT production value generated from China rose from 36.9

percent in 2001 to 51 percent in the first half of 2002.

The significant growth was boosted by rising shipments of

high-price products, such as LCD monitors and notebook computers in China this

year, according to a report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) quoting MIC

analysts’ comments.

In terms of actual production, LCD monitor and notebook

makers are seen to be the most aggressive in transferring their operations to

overseas bases, especially to China.

In 2000, only three percent of Taiwan’s LCD monitors were

produced outside Taiwan, but the ratio has surged remarkably to 71 percent in

the first half of this year, of which 61 percent originates from China.

Taiwan’s notebook production ratio in China has also jumped

from zero in 2000, 5.2 percent in 2001 to 24 percent in the first half of this

year.

Other IT products’ production ratios in China did not

experience such significant growth, as many manufacturers in these sectors

already moved most of their operations to China over the past few years.

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