Approved FDI up more than 44% in 2025 to US$11.39 billionStaff writer, with CNAThe value of approved foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Taiwan last year reached US$11.39 billion, up 44.98 percent from the previous year, the Department of Investment Review said yesterday. A total of 1,296 new foreign-invested companies had investment in Taiwan approved last year, with the combined investment totaling about US$1.05 billion. As for foreign-bound investments by Taiwanese companies, the department said 69 outbound investment applications were approved in the final month of last year, with total investment of about US$2.13 billion. Last year as a whole, 817 projects were approved, with combined investment of about US$38.43 billion, down 14.47 percent from a year earlier. Investment by Taiwanese companies in China continued to decline, the department said, with 241 projects approved for all of last year putting up combined investment of about US $1.50 billion, down 58.98 percent from a year earlier.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2026 16:05 UTC