Taiwan foreign remittances net outflow of 8.78 trillion won... cumulative net inflow of 138.47 trillion won

Foreign investors and mainland Chinese investors recorded a net remittance outflow of $6.461 billion (about 8.78 trillion won) from Taiwan in October, according to Securities and Futures Bureau data released on the 5th. Despite that monthly outflow, cumulative net remittances for January-October totaled a net inflow of $101.929 billion (about 138.47 trillion won). The SFB noted that remittance figures and stock trading flows measure different things, with combined listed and OTC net selling over the same ten months reaching NT$2.29471 trillion. The divergence matters because October's outflow coincided with record foreign net selling in Taiwan equities, so the monthly remittance number should not be read as a reversal of the year's cumulative inflow trend. Watch upcoming monthly SFB remittance data alongside foreign trading flows to see whether October's outflow extends into a sustained exit.