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Outward investments and profits of listed companies by 2025 Q1 

2025-06-12


1.    Outward Investments and profits from China:(amount in NTD)
(1)    As of 2025 Q1, 1,194 listed companies (680 TWSE- and 514 TPEx-listed companies) had investments in China accounting for 67.42% of total 1,771 listed companies, a decrease of 17 companies relative to the end of 2024.
(2)    As of 2025 Q1, the accumulated outflow of investments in China of TWSE-listed and TPEx-listed companies were 2,601 billion and 255 billion respectively with a total of 2,856 billion, an increase of 126 billion from the end of 2024.
(3)    In 2025 Q1, the profits from investments in China of TWSE-listed and TPEx-listed companies were 112 billion and 4 billion respectively with a total of 116 billion. The total profits ranked the highest in record and a YOY increase of 14 billion.
(4)    In 2025 Q1, the inflow of profits from investments in China of listed companies were 28 billion. As of 2025 Q1, the accumulated inflow of profits from investments in China of TWSE-listed and TPEx-listed companies were 977 billion and 92 billion respectively. The total amount was 1,069 billion accounting for 37.43% of the accumulated outflow of Investments in China of 2,856 billion.
2.    Outward Investments and profits excluding China: (amount in NTD)
(1)    As of 2025 Q1, 1,326 listed companies (746 TWSE- and 580 TPEx-listed companies) had investments overseas excluding China accounting for 74.87% of total 1,771 listed companies, an decrease of 2 companies relative to the end of 2024.
(2)    As of 2025 Q1, the accumulated outflow of investments of TWSE-listed and TPEx-listed companies were 9,197 billion and 733 billion respectively, totaling 9,930 billion, an increase of 134 billion from the end of 2024.
(3)    In 2025 Q1, the profits from investments of TWSE-listed and TPEx-listed companies were 235 billion and 7 billion respectively with a total of 242 billion. The total profits ranked third highest in record and a YOY increase of 57 billion.
3.    Summary
Since the U.S. China Trade War in 2018, the amount of investments by listed companies in China has significantly decreased, and the profits from investments in China has been steadily repatriated; the amount of Outward Investments excluding China has shown an increasing trend, indicating that although investing in China has increased the company's profit, However, listed companies have slowed down their investment pace to reduce their dependence on the china and use global layout to diversify investment risks in the china. The Financial Supervisory Commission will continue to pay attention to future developments. 
 
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