Taiwan Trade Center, Chicago

Founded in 1970 to help promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is the foremost non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan. To further strengthen its global trade promotion network and to provide better services, TAITRA has set up 60 overseas branches offices. As one of 5 branch offices in the United States, the Taiwan Trade Center in Chicago plays a vital role in linking the Midwest with Taiwan. Taiwan is the second largest producer in the world for computer hardware, and occupies over 70% of the market share for semiconductor, photoelectric and information & communication products. Its silicon wafer foundry industry has reached 67.4% of global production capacity and ranks number one in the world, alongside its downstream assembly and testing industries. Taiwans IC design industry, which occupies 21.5% of total global production capacity, and high-density TFT-LCD production capacity are the second largest worldwide, and Taiwanese PC...