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2018-05-23
In April, Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI) released its first 2018 Investment Environment Risk Assessment Report, which ranked Taiwan as the 4th in the world in its Profit Opportunity Recommendation (POR) rankings with a total score of 68 points (3rd in the previous rankings, with the same score of 68 points). Among the 50 major countries being assessed, Taiwan is only behind Switzerland, Singapore, and Germany.
In this assessment, risks associated with Taiwan's investment environment is listed as 1B, and BERI's recommendation for investors is that this is a stock market suitable for making long-term investments. Looking ahead to 2019, Taiwan's global ranking will be 5th (68 points). By 2023, Taiwan's global ranking will be 6th (68 points).
Taiwan is ranked 2nd in the Asian region, only behind Singapore (ranked 2nd globally with 70 points). The rankings of other Asian countries are list below: South Korea (ranked 8th globally with 62 points), Japan (ranked 9th globally with 60 points), China (ranked 13th globally with 56 points), India (ranked 17th globally with 53 points), the Philippines (ranked 22nd globally with 49 points), Malaysia (ranked 24th globally with 48 points), Vietnam (ranked 24th globally with 48 points), Indonesia (ranked 31st globally with 47 points), and Thailand (ranked 37th globally with 43 points).
BERI releases Investment Environment Risk Assessment Reports every year during the months of April, August, and December. Assessments are made based on three indicators - operational risks, political risks, and foreign exchange risks. From the point of view of multinational corporations, the pros and cons of an investment environment are used as the basis for assessing the potential profit of investing in each country.
I. The "Operational Risk" Indicator: Ranked 4th globally and 1st in Asia
In terms of the "operational risk" indicator, Taiwan is ranked 4th globally with a score of 67 points (4th in the previous rankings with a score of 68 points). Taiwan is behind Switzerland (ranked 1st globally with a score of 73 points), Germany (ranked 2nd globally with a score of 72 points), and Canada (ranked 3rd globally with a score of 68 points). In Asia, Taiwan is ranked first. The rankings of other Asian countries are: Singapore (ranked 8th globally with 65 points), South Korea (ranked 12th globally with 59 points), India (ranked 13th globally with 58 points), the Philippines (ranked 16th globally with 55 points), Indonesia (ranked 18th globally with 53 points), Vietnam (ranked 21st globally with 50 points), Malaysia (ranked 24th globally with 49 points), China (ranked 30th globally with 45 points), Japan (ranked 35th globally with 44 points), and Thailand (ranked 41st globally with 42 points). Based on BERI's predictions, Taiwan's operational risk assessments for 2019 and 2023 will be 4th and 6th in the world, respectively.
In this report, 15 secondary categories are listed under the operational risk indicator, and Taiwan is ranked in the top 5 globally in eight of the categories: Money supply and inflation (1st), balance of payments (1st), administrative systems (1st), the ratio of labor costs vs. productivity (1st), communication and transportation (3rd), professional services and contracts (3rd), economic growth (4th), and treatment of foreign businesses (4th).
II. The "Political Risk" Indicator: Ranked 13th globally and 6th in Asia
In terms of the "political risk" indicator, Taiwan is ranked 13th globally with a score of 51 points (10th in the previous rankings with a score of 52 points). Taiwan is behind Switzerland, Singapore, Canada, Norway, China, Australia, Germany, Japan, Austria, Vietnam, Finland, and India. Ranked 6th in the Asian region, Taiwan is behind Singapore (ranked 2nd globally with 70 points), China (ranked 3rd globally with 63 points), Japan (ranked 8th globally with 55 points), Vietnam (ranked 10th globally with 53 points), and India (ranked 11th globally with 52 points). The rankings of other Asian countries are list below: South Korea (ranked 17th globally with 47 points), the Philippines (ranked 28th globally with 41 points), Indonesia (ranked 30th globally with 40 points), Thailand (ranked 33rd globally with 39 points), and Malaysia (ranked 40th globally with 36 points).
Based on BERI's predictions, Taiwan's political risk assessment will be ranked 11th in 2019, 12th in 2023, and 11th in 2028.
III. The "Foreign Exchange Risk" Indicator: Ranked first globally
In terms of the "foreign exchange risk" indicator, Taiwan is ranked 1st globally with a score of 86 points (1st in the previous rankings with a score of 84 points). The rankings of other Asian countries are: Japan (ranked 3rd globally with 81 points), South Korea (ranked 5th globally with 79 points), Singapore (ranked 7th globally with 76 points), China (ranked 16th globally with 61 points), Malaysia (ranked 19th globally with 60 points), Indonesia (ranked 23rd globally with 55 points), the Philippines (ranked 29th globally with 50 points), India (ranked 32nd globally with 48 points), Thailand (ranked 32nd globally with 48 points), and Vietnam (ranked 42nd globally with 40 points).
According to the BERI report, due to global economic recovery, Taiwan's export growth reached US$317.4 billion in 2017; a 13.2% increase from 2016 and over US$57.9 billion in trade. Based on BERI's predictions, Taiwan's foreign exchange risk assessment will be ranked 2nd in 2019 (84 points) and 3rd in 2023 (81 points).
There are four secondary categories listed under the foreign exchange indicator, and Taiwan is ranked 1st globally in "international reserve" and "foreign exchange generation", and 2nd in "foreign debt assessment" and "structure of foreign exchange regulations".
Spokesperson: Deputy Director Chen Hsiu-Chuan
Telephone: 02-2331-6361, 0988-368-187
Email: alexchen@moea.gov.tw
Contact Person: Division Chief Hong-liang Li
Telephone: 02-2382-0488, 0928-242-770
Email: hllee@moea.gov.tw
Source: Department of Investment Services, MOEA
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